Zimbabwe Will Play 5 T20Is And 3 ODIs Against Ireland And Then 3 T20Is Against Scotland

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Zimbabwe will clash against Ireland in a five-match T20I series and a three-match ODI series which will be followed by three T20Is against Scotland.

Their tour of Ireland will commence on 27 August starting off with the T20I series. The first two matches will take place at Clontarf on 27 and 29 August. The next three matches will take place at Bready on 1,2 and 4 September. The three ODIs will be hosted by Stormont on 8, 12, and 13 September, which will be a part of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League.

Zimbabwe Tour of Ireland: Zimbabwe to play 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is against Ireland in Aug-Sept

Zimbabwe Will Play Against Ireland In 5 Match T20Is And 3 Match ODIs

Zimbabwe will then travel to Edinburgh to take on Scotland for the three-match T20I series. The matches are scheduled to take place on 15, 17, and 19 September.

The country’s women’s team will also play hosts to Thailand in a three-match T20I and a four-match ODI series. The T20 matches will take place in Harare on August 27, 29, and 30 which will be followed by the ODI matches.

Ireland and Zimbabwe were to play three ODIs and five T20Is in August | AFP

Soon after the completion of the series against Thailand, the women’s team will then leave for Botswana to participate in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier scheduled for September 7-20.

Earlier this year, Ireland’s white-ball tour of the African country was postponed amid the Covid-19 reshuffle. ZC had then clarified in a statement that the postponement had been due to a squeeze on the schedule, rather than due to any concerns around Covid-19.

Zimbabwe Will Push For Qualification For The 2023 ODI World Cup In The Rescheduled ODIs Against Ireland

The team has not qualified for the upcoming T20 World Cup, but the (re)scheduled ODIs against Ireland will be a chance for them to drag themselves off the bottom of the World Cup Superleague points table and push for qualification for the 2023 ODI World Cup.

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In their most recent ODI series, Zimbabwe was swept 3-0 by Bangladesh at home. As for Ireland, they are placed seventh on the Super League table, although they have had the benefit of playing 12 matches; unlike the African county which has played only six.