Zimbabwe Cricket Announces Schedule For The Ireland And Scotland Limited-Overs Tour

Zimbabwe Cricket has announced a tight schedule for the five-match T20 International series and three-match ODI series against Ireland starting from this month. Zimbabwe missed out on getting into the T20 World Cup 2021 qualifiers despite being a Test-playing nation and they will have to improve their rankings ahead of the next T20 World Cup.

They will also have a chance to better their position in the ICC World Super League table for the automatic qualifiers of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. Zimbabwe is currently at the last position in the World Super-league table which they will be looking at to improve with the series against Ireland.

Jam-Packed Schedule For Zimbabwe Team

Zimbabwe will be travelling to Ireland for the limited-overs tour and the series will start off with first with the five-match T20 series. The first two T20 international games are set to be held on August 27 and August 29 at Clontarf and it will be followed by three games at the Bready on September 1, 2, and 4.

The T20 series will be then followed by the three-match ODI series that will be taken into account for the World Super League. Zimbabwe will move from Bready to Stormont for the 50 over format, and it starts on 8th September.

The Ireland tour comes to end with the last ODI to be played on the 13th of September. Zimbabwe will have very little time to rest as they will be preparing for the next T20 international series in Scotland in four days’ time.

Zimbabwe Women’s Team To Host Thailand For A Limited-Over Series

The Zimbabwe Men’s tour of Scotland will take place from the 15th of September to the 19th of September at Edinburgh. In the meantime, Zimbabwe women’s team is set to host the Thailand Women’s team for a three-match T20 internationals and four-match ODI series. The T20 games will be held from August 27 to August 30 at Harare.

Zimbabwe men’s team have lost their previous T20I series to Bangladesh 1-2 and they will be looking to put up a better performance against Ireland and Scotland.