Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) to host Bangladesh in all three formats of the game next month. The tour will start from July 7, during the tour a three-match one-day international (ODI) series will also be played that forms part of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League. Despite a ban on sports events in the country, The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has permitted Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) to host Bangladesh.
The tour includes one Test match, three one-day international (ODI) matches followed by three Twenty20 international (T20I) games. All the matches between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh will be played behind closed doors at Harare Sports Club, with no spectators allowed in the ground as part of the pandemic protocols that ZC has put in place at its facilities. And the tour will begin with the Test match scheduled for 7-11 July.
“ZC is particularly grateful to SRC Chairman Mr Gerald Mlotshwa for personally fighting tooth and nail to ensure cricket was exempted from the Government directive to suspend all sporting activities in the country as part of new COVID-19 restrictions aimed at containing the spread of the virus.” Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) said in their statement.
Before the Test, the tourists will play a two-day practice match scheduled for 3-4 July as well as another warm-up game on July 14, ahead of the ODI series. The tour will be held in a bio-secure bubble to ensure a safe tour.
FIXTURES: ZIMBABWE VS BANGLADESH – JULY 2021
DATES | MATCH | VENUE | |
7-11 July 2021 | Only Test | Harare Sports Club | |
16 July 2021 | 1st ODI | Harare Sports Club | |
18 July 2021 | 2nd ODI | Harare Sports Club | |
20 July 2021 | 3rd ODI | Harare Sports Club | |
23 July 2021 | 1st T20I | Harare Sports Club | |
25 July 2021 | 2nd T20I | Harare Sports Club | |
27 July 2021 | 3rd T20I | Harare Sports Club |