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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