The United Arab Emirates cricket team toured Zimbabwe in April 2019 to play four One Day International (ODI) matches. It was the first time that the United Arab Emirates played a Full Member side in a bilateral series.
Ahead of the tour, Zimbabwe named a 27-man training squad. Zimbabwe's regular captain, Hamilton Masakadza, was ruled out of the tour due to injury, with Peter Moor named as the ODI captain in his place. Also missing for Zimbabwe was experienced batsman Brendan Taylor, who was ruled out due to a calf muscle tear. Zimbabwe Cricket announced that the profits from the third ODI match of the tour would go to the Cyclone Idai relief efforts. Zimbabwe's former captain, Graeme Cremer, worked as a coaching consultant for the UAE team for the tour, after Cremer moved from Zimbabwe to Dubai earlier in the year.
Zimbabwe won the series 4–0.
Squads ODIs Peter Moor (c) Ryan Burl Regis Chakabva Brian Chari Tendai Chatara Elton Chigumbura Craig Ervine Kyle Jarvis Timycen Maruma Brandon Mavuta Solomon Mire Christopher Mpofu Tony Munyonga Ainsley Ndlovu Sikandar Raza Donald Tiripano Sean Williams Mohammad Naveed (c) Ashfaq Ahmed Qadeer Ahmed Sultan Ahmed Shaiman Anwar Mohammad Boota Imran Haider Amir Hayat Zahoor Khan Rohan Mustafa Chundangapoyil Rizwan Ghulam Shabber Chirag Suri Muhammad Usman
Ryan Burl was added to Zimbabwe's squad for the third and fourth ODIs.
Tour match 50-over match: Zimbabwe Chairman's XI vs United Arab Emirates
Fixtures 1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
4th ODI
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo