Coming to Australia this year with three of the best cricket teams on the planet - India, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka - is the ODI tri-series after a four-year absence from cricket world.

Battling against each other in a 12-match (including finals) Commonwealth Bank Series are teams Australia, India, and Sri Lanka, according to Cricket Australia.

The international cricket schedule also boasts of six Vodafone Tests, which will grace each state capital this summer beginning December, and two KFC T20 INTLs, which will be hosted by two of the country's largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne.

Meanwhile, cricket fans in Canberra, the home of the Australian Story, have also a heap coming their way as the state will host the traditional PM's XI game versus Sri Lanka, not to mention the CA Chairman's XI v India tour game.

"Fans will certainly have plenty of variety this summer," stated Cricket Australia Chief Executive Officer, James Sutherland.

Aussie fans will have access to all the lives scores, and all the behind-the-scene action on CATV or via 'Cricket Live,' an iPhone application.

The full international schedule from 2011 to 2012 will be available here.