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Eddie Chikamhi Senior Sports Reporter
CRICKET Ireland have announced a new schedule for the men’s eight-match multi-format series against Zimbabwe.
The tour was originally scheduled to started today but was postponed a fortnight ago because of Covid-19 quarantine requirements.
Cricket Ireland confirmed the new dates in a statement yesterday, with the five-match T20I series now set to kickoff the tour on August 27.
“The original series dates had to be rescheduled when advice received by government and health authorities around quarantining requirements meant that the series could not go ahead as originally planned,” said the statement.
“The main changes in the new schedule – apart from playing dates – is that two of the T20 Internationals will now be played at Clontarf, and the T20 International series will now be played prior to the World Cup Super League One-Day Internationals, effectively flipping the playing schedule.
“As part of the broader schedule, the Ireland Wolves will play a Zimbabwe XI in a 50-over match leading into the ODI series.”
Zimbabwe will play five T20Is and three One Day Internationals. The ODI series forms part of the 2023 ICC World Cup Super League, which is the qualifying pathway for the next World Cup.
Zim tour of Ireland schedule
T20I series:
• 27 August: Ireland Men v Zimbabwe Men – 1st T20I (Clontarf, start 12pm)
• 29 August: Ireland Men v Zimbabwe Men – 2nd T20I (Clontarf, start 12pm)
• 1 September: Ireland Men v Zimbabwe Men – 3rd T20I (Bready, start 3pm)
• 2 September: Ireland Men v Zimbabwe Men – 4th T20I (Bready, start 3pm)
• 4 September: Ireland Men v Zimbabwe Men – 5th T20I (Bready, start 3pm)
Wolves match:
• 6 September: Ireland Wolves v Zimbabwe XI – ODM (Venue TBC, start 10.30am)
World Cup Super League series:
• 8 September: Ireland Men v Zimbabwe Men – 1st ODI (Stormont, start 10.30am)
• 10 September: Ireland Men v Zimbabwe Men – 2nd ODI (Stormont, start 10.30am)
• 13 September: Ireland Men v Zimbabwe Men – 3rd ODI (Stormont, start 10.30am)
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