Cricket Australia is considering taking on the nation's major football codes head on next year by scheduling a rare one-day international series in March.

Officials either side of the Tasman are exploring potential new dates for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, which has been bumped from its January time slot after the Indian board flexed its muscle on a series it is hosting against Australia.

Cricket officials in Australia and New Zealand are looking for new dates for the Chappell-Hadlee series. Credit:AAP

Under the initial Future Tours Programme of world cricket, Australia was to play New Zealand in three ODIs to start after the New Year's Test in Sydney before travelling to India.

CA had been hoping the Board of Control for Cricket in India would push back the tour but instead they brought the series forward from the second half of January.