daniel chigunwe
Zimbabwe will host Afghanistan for a full-fledged tour beginning 9 December 2024.
Bulawayo will host Zimbabwe’s first Boxing Day Test at home in 28 years and the nation’s first-ever New Year’s Test as Afghanistan tour Zimbabwe for a multi-format series.
The Asian nation will tour Zimbabwe to play series in all three formats. The tour will commence with a three-match T20I series in Harare from 9-12 December.
This will be followed by a three-game ODI series at the same venue between 15-19 December.
The action then moves to Bulawayo, where Zimbabwe and Afghanistan will play a two-Test series. The first will be a Boxing Day Test, running from 26-30 December, while the second Test will run from 2-6 January.
Schedule:
T20I Series
December 9, 2024, 1st T20I, Harare Sports Club
December 11, 2024 2nd T20I, Harare Sports Club
December 12, 2024 3rd T20I, Harare Sports Club
ODI Series
December 15, 2024 1st ODI, Harare Sports Club
December 17, 2024 2nd ODI, Harare Sports Club
December 19, 2024, 3rd ODI, Harare Sports Club
Test Series
December 26-30, 2024, 1st Test, Queens Sports Club
January 2-6, 2025, 2nd Test, Queens Sports Club
Head-to-head Afghanistan and Zimbabwe have an equal record of a win each from two Tests.
In the ODIs, Afghanistan have an advantage of 18 wins from 28 games. This becomes an overwhelming advantage for the Asian side in T20Is, who have 14 wins from 15 encounters. — ICCcricket
Bongani Ndlovu