Cricket Australia announced their 2019-20 summer schedule todayWhat's the story?Cricket Australia announced their 2019-20 summer schedule for both the Australian men's and women's team. For the first time in 41 years, the Australian summer will extend to the month of March as they will host their Trans-Tasman rivals, New Zealand in the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy.The Australian men's team will host Pakistan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka in 2019/20 while the women's team will host the women's teams of India, England and Sri Lanka.The backgroundAustralia had one of the their worst summers last year as for the first time in cricket history they lost a home Test series to India.Apart from that the Aussies even failed to perform well against South Africa in both the limited overs series. However, they will have their star players Steve Smith and David Warner back in the team when they take field in the 2019/20 home summer.The heart of the matterTen venues, five visiting teams and a total of 28 matches will make up the 2019-20 international summer of cricket pic.twitter.com/bFS3mTNDT4— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) May 6, 2019As mentioned ahead, 5 cricketing nations will tour Australia from October 2019 to March 2020 and here's how the Australian summer schedule looks like:Full 2019-20 International FixturesAll start times are subject to change, and listed in Australian Timings Women's CommBank T20s v Sri LankaSeptember 29: North Sydney Oval, 2.30pmSeptember 30: North Sydney Oval, 7pmOctober 2: North Sydney Oval, 2pmWomen's CommBank ODIs v Sri LankaOctober 5: Allan Border Field, 10amOctober 7: Allan Border Field, 10amOctober 9: Allan Border Field, 10amMen's Gillette T20s v Sri LankaOctober 27: Adelaide Oval, 2pmOctober 30: Gabba, 6.10pmNovember 1: MCG, 7.10pmMen's Gillette T20s v PakistanNovember 3: SCG, 2.30pmNovember 5: Manuka Oval, 7.10pmNovember 8: Perth Stadium, 4.30pmMen's Domain Test Series v PakistanNovember 21-25: Gabba, 10amNovember 29-December 3: Adelaide Oval, 2pm (D/N)Men's Domain Test Series v New ZealandDecember 12-16: Perth Stadium, 1pm (D/N)December 26-30: MCG, 10.30amJanuary 3-7: SCG, 10.30amWomen's CommBank T20 tri-seriesJanuary 31: India v England, Manuka Oval, 2.10pmFebruary 1: Australia v England, Manuka Oval, 2.10pmFebruary 2: Australia v India, Manuka Oval, 2.10pmFebruary 7: India v England, Junction Oval, 2.10pmFebruary 8: Australia v India, Junction Oval, 2.10pmFebruary 9: Australia v England, Junction Oval, 2.10pmFebruary 12: Tri-series Final, Junction Oval, 1.40pmMen's Gillette ODIs v New ZealandMarch 13: SCG, 2.30pm (D/N)March 15: SCG, 10.30amMarch 20: Blundstone Arena, 2.30pm (D/N)Australia's men's team will tour India in late January next year. The Aussies are also scheduled to tour South Africa and Bangladesh in February 2020. Thus, there will be a 63-day break in the Australian home season.CA's Head of Cricket Operations Peter Roach said:"Scheduling international cricket is challenging in that nine of the ten major cricketing countries have seasons similar to ours, so working with them to find space in the calendar to fulfil our obligations to the ICC Future Tours Program (FTP) is a juggling act."What's next?The Australian home season kicks off on 29th September with the women's T20 series versus Sri Lanka. Do tune in to Sportskeeda for the live coverage of the entire Australian summer.