Harare, Sep 23 (IANS) The Zimbabwe government on Wednesday granted permission to the country’s cricket board to send the national men’s team to tour Pakistan for a limited-overs series in October-November.
“The Government of Zimbabwe has granted Zimbabwe Cricket the permission to tour Pakistan for a limited-overs series scheduled for October-November,” Zimbabwe Cricket said on their official Twitter handle.
The limited-overs tour will feature three ODIs and as many T20Is, according to a report in geosuper.tv. The ODIs, that are a part of World Cup Super League, will be played on October 30, November 1 and 3 in Multan while the T20Is are scheduled for November 7, 8 and 10 in Rawalpindi. This would be Zimbabwe’s second visit to Pakistan in the last five years.
The cricket board has already called up a training camp for provisional 25 players — who would be part of the tour — at the Harare Sports Club which began on Tuesday.
–IANS
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