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FORMER Zimbabwe captain, Brendan Taylor, has completed a full return to the team after being included in the 16-man team for the T20 International series against Sri Lanka.
The three-match series starts at Harare Sports Club this afternoon while the remaining two matches are at the same venue on Saturday and Sunday.
It is the first time that Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka are meeting in a T20I series here, having played six matches Sri Lanka (four), West Indies and Canada between 2008 and 2024.
The squad was named yesterday with the 39-year-old Taylor returning to the fold after an absence of more than three years following a ban by the International Cricket Council.
Also returning to the shortest format of the game is all-rounder, Sean Williams who had missed the Chevrons’ T20I assignments for more than a year.
Sikandar Raza captains the squad, which has Brad Evans and Tadiwanashe Marumani among the inclusions, while Newman Nyamhuri, Wessly Madhevere, Vincent Masekesa and Tafadzwa Tsiga miss out from the squad that contested last month’s triangular series against New Zealand and South Africa.
The series presents another key step in Zimbabwe’s preparations to establish a consistent core ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier, set to be staged in Harare later this month.
ZIMBABWE SQUAD
Sikandar Raza (Captain), Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Brad Evans, Trevor Gwandu, Clive Madande, Tinotenda Maposa, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarava, Brendan Taylor, Sean Williams
