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Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter
CRICKET Ireland has released new dates for its series against Zimbabwe later this month.
Initially, Zimbabwe were supposed to tour Ireland from yesterday, but the hosts were forced to reschedule after being advised by their government and health authorities around quarantining requirements.
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 to the ODI series.
Richard Holdsworth, high performance director for Cricket Ireland, said: “In order to meet quarantining requirements in both jurisdictions, the visiting side will spend the first 10 days of their tour training and playing in the Republic under bio-secure protocols, then the two sides can then move to Northern Ireland to complete the series. As a consequence of this change, we have had to flip the order of the T20I and ODI series, and we will see the return of international cricket at Clontarf for the first time since May 2019.”
Zimbabwe tour of Ireland dates
T20I series
• 27 August: Ireland Men vs Zimbabwe Men – 1st T20I (Clontarf)
• 29 August: Ireland Men vs Zimbabwe Men – 2nd T20I (Clontarf)
• 1 September: Ireland Men vs Zimbabwe Men – 3rd T20I (Bready)
• 2 September: Ireland Men vs Zimbabwe Men – 4th T20I (Bready)
• 4 September: Ireland Men vs Zimbabwe Men – 5th T20I (Bready)
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