CricInfo are carrying an itinerary for Ireland's trip to Zimbabwe, from which I'm assuming that they've formally agreed to tour. The schedule is for an Intercontinental Cup fixture against Zimbabwe XI, and three ODIs against the senior Zimbabwe side, with all matches to be played at Harare Sports Club. Here are the details:
20-23 September 2010 Zimbabwe XI v Ireland 26 September 2010 Zimbabwe v Ireland: 1st ODI 28 September 2010 Zimbabwe v Ireland: 2nd ODI 30 September 2010 Zimbabwe v Ireland: 3rd ODI
With Ireland having recently overtaken Zimbabwe in the ICC ODI rankings, the three ODIs would give Zimbabwe a chance to reclaim 10th place.
The pre-World Cup warmup fixtures have been announced for next year's tournament, and Zimbabwe will be facing South Africa and Ireland in their two matches. These aren't official ODIs, of course, but do provide some useful match practice ahead of the group stage of the competition and tend to be matches were Zimbabwe spring the odd surprise. Here are the details:
Sat Feb 12 South Africa v Zimbabwe Chennai Tue Feb 15 Ireland v Zimbabwe Nagpur
The full list of Zimbabwe's World Cup group fixtures can be found on our Fixtures page.
No word yet from either board, but Associated Press are reporting that the Intercontinental Cup fixture between Zimbabwe XI and Ireland, which had ben set to take place on neutral ground in South Africa, has been moved to Zimbabwe. The report also states that Cricket Ireland have agreed to three one-day internationals to supplement to four-day match - it's not clear at the moment whether these will be against Zimbabwe XI or against the full senior side. More details when I get them.
Taiwan News - Ireland agrees to play 3 ODIs in Zimbabwe
The schedule for South Africa U19's tour of Zimbabwe is out:
4 July 2010 1st ODI Harare Sports Club 5 July 2010 2nd ODI Harare Sports Club 7 July 2010 3rd ODI Harare Sports Club 8 July 2010 4th ODI Harare Sports Club 10 July 2010 5th ODI Zimbabwe Cricket Academy 11 July 2010 1st Twenty20 Harare Sports Club 11 July 2010 2nd Twenty20 Harare Sports Club
I suspect that there's a typo with one of the T20 matches - ZC's schedule states that "all Twenty20 matches will begin at 13:00", which clearly couldn't happen if they're both on the same date, but for now I'll have to publish what we've been given.
Zimbabwe will visit South Africa in October for three ODIs and two Twenty20 matches. Here's the schedule:
8 October 2010 1st T20 International OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein 10 October 2010 2nd T20 International De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley 15 October 2010 1st ODI OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein 17 October 2010 2nd ODI Senwes Park, Potchefstroom 22 October 2010 3rd ODI Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Some confirmation of upcoming fixtures for Zimbabawe XI in and around the Intercontinental Cup for your information, with the series against Netherlands and Canada having now been pinned down. Both will take place sooner than originally planned, with the Netherlands series being moved forward to July from September, and the matches against Canada now being a few weeks earlier than originally scheduled. Here are the details:
Zimbabwe XI in Netherlands
23 July 2010 Netherlands v Zimbabwe XI: Only ODI VRA Ground, Amstelveen 25-28 July 2010 Netherlands v Zimbabwe XI: Intercontinental Cup Match Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Zimbabwe XI in Canada
2-5 August 2010 Canada v Zimbabwe XI: Intercontinental Cup Match 7 August 2010 Canada v Zimbabwe XI: 1st ODI 8 August 2010 Canada v Zimbabwe XI: 2nd ODI
Zimbabwe will get two warm-up matches ahead of the World Twenty20, in addition to their matches against West Indies 'A'. Both will be played at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia - against Australia on 27 April, and Pakistan on 29 April.
Zimbabwe's fixtures against West Indies 'A' have been confirmed - what had been expected to be 2 four-day matches has now become one four-dayer and two Twenty20s, but it's still better than nothing. Here are the dates:
16-19 April 2010 West Indies 'A' v Zimbabwe St George's, Grenada 22 April 2010 West Indies 'A' v Zimbabwe St George's, Grenada 24 April 2010 West Indies 'A' v Zimbabwe St Andrew's, Grenada
The Barbados Nation reports that Zimbabwe are set to face West Indies 'A' in two 4-day matches ahead of the World Twenty20. The matches were confirmed to the paper by West Indies coach Otis Gibson:
"There are a lot of plans at the moment with regards to West Indies cricket that would be unrolled in the next couple of months. One of them is an "A" team. We met with the selectors yesterday (Saturday) to pick an "A" team because Zimbabwe is coming back in about two or three weeks to play two four-day games against a West Indies "A" team."
It's turning out to be a busy few months for the Zimbabwe side. Thanks to @WICRICNEWS on Twitter for the tip-off.
Barbados Nation - 'Stay in shape'
ZC have confirmed that Zimbabwe will host a triangular series with Sri Lanka and India after the World Twenty20. The series will be played between 26th May and 14th June, with both Harare Sports Club and Queens Sports Club hosting matches. The tri-series will be followed by a two-match Twenty20 series between Zimbabwe and India. Here's the schedule:
28 May 2010 Zimbabwe v India Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 20 May 2010 India v Sri Lanka Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 1 June 2010 Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 3 June 2010 Zimbabwe v India Harare Sports Club 5 June 2010 India v Sri Lanka Harare Sports Club 7 June 2010 Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka Harare Sports Club 9 June 2010 Final Harare Sports Club 12 June 2010 Zimbabwe v India: 1st T20I Harare Sports Club 12 June 2010 Zimbabwe v India: 2nd T20I Harare Sports Club
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