Frequent flyers: Four nations in three weeks

There might be just four games of international cricket left in the Australian summer, but there’s no rest in sight for the Australian cricket team. Players will be spread across four countries in the coming weeks with series against Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and India to be played in one-day, Twenty20 and Test formats.

With one squad of ODI players locked in a series with Pakistan, another has been named for the Chappell-Hadlee three-match series in New Zealand later this month.

Seven of the players that will face New Zealand will then head directly to the United Arab Emirates where Australia will use the ICC Academy facilities in Dubai for a training camp.

A similar training camp at the same venue was held by England in 2012 ahead of their 2-1 series win, and the Australians will be hoping a little of that rubs off on them.

And while Justin Langer, Ricky Ponting and Jason Gillespie are in the dugout when an Australia T20 team faces Sri Lanka, half a world away Australia's Test team will be getting to grips with the subcontinent in a three-day tour match in Mumbai. Allowing for India's timezone, the hours of play in both matches will overlap and both should finish about the same time.

With the frequent flyer points racking up and well-thumbed passports at the ready, we unravel the logistical nightmare of who is where and when on the Qantas Tours of New Zealand and India.

January 23: Allan Border Medal event in Sydney

January 24: Australia ODI squad fly to Adelaide. Except Billy Stanlake, who returns home to Queensland.
WBBL and BBL semi-finals played in Perth

January 25: WBBL and BBL semi-finals in Brisbane.
Marcus Stoinis flys Perth to Adelaide to re-join Australia ODI squad

January 26: Australia v Pakistan 5th VB ODI, Adelaide.
Stanlake, Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh fly to New Zealand

January 27: Remainder of Australia ODI squad fly from Adelaide to New Zealand.
David Warner returns to Sydney for family time.

January 28: BBL and WBBL finals, Venue TBC (Perth, Brisbane or Sydney)

January 30: NZ v Australia 1st ODI, Auckland. 
The same day Ashton Agar, Jackson Bird, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Steve O'Keefe, Matt Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson fly to Dubai.

February 2: NZ v Australia 2nd ODI, Napier

February 5: NZ v Australia 3rd ODI, Hamilton. 
Warner flies from Sydney to Dubai

February 6: Steve Smith, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc and Matthew Wade fly from New Zealand to Dubai. Remainder of the Chappell-Hadlee ODI squad return home

February 10-12: Intra-squad practice match in Dubai for Test players

February 13: Australia Test squad fly from Dubai to India

February 17: Australia v Sri Lanka 1st T20, Melbourne

February 17-19: TBC v Australians, 3-day warm-up match, Mumbai

February 19: Australia v Sri Lanka 2nd T20, Geelong

February 22: Australia v Sri Lanka 3rd T20, Adelaide

February 23-27: India v Australia, 1st Test, Pune

March 4-8: India v Australia, 2nd Test, Bangalore

March 16-20: India v Australia, 3rd Test, Ranchi

March 25-29: India v Australia, 4th Test, Dharamsala