The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Ireland in August and September 2021 to play three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The ODI series formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. Cricket Ireland confirmed the fixtures in February 2021. Originally, three T20I matches were scheduled to be played, but two more T20I matches were added in April 2021, after planned matches against Pakistan were cancelled.
However, on 22 July 2021, Cricket Ireland announced that the series would need to be rescheduled due to quarantine requirements needed for the visiting team. The aim was to reschedule the matches for August-September 2021. Zimbabwe Cricket requested government clearance to travel to Ireland, with 19 August 2021 proposed as the date to depart for the tour. On 5 August 2021, Cricket Ireland confirmed the new itinerary for the tour, with the series starting on 27 August 2021.
Zimbabwe won the first T20I match by three runs. However, Ireland went on to win the next three matches, winning the series with a match to spare. Zimbabwe won the fifth T20I match by five runs, with Ireland winning the series 3–2.
Zimbabwe won the first ODI by 38 runs. In the second ODI, Ireland scored 282/8 before the match was washed out, ending in a no result. The day before the third ODI of the series, Zimbabwe's Brendan Taylor announced that he would retire from international cricket following the match. Ireland went on to win the match by seven wickets, with the series drawn 1–1.
Squads ODIs T20Is ODIs and T20Is Andrew Balbirnie (c) Mark Adair Curtis Campher George Dockrell Shane Getkate Graham Kennedy Josh Little Andy McBrine Barry McCarthy William Porterfield Neil Rock Simi Singh Paul Stirling Harry Tector Lorcan Tucker Craig Young Andrew Balbirnie (c) Mark Adair Curtis Campher George Dockrell Shane Getkate Josh Little Barry McCarthy William McClintock Kevin O'Brien Neil Rock Simi Singh Paul Stirling Harry Tector Lorcan Tucker Ben White Craig Young Craig Ervine (c) Ryan Burl Regis Chakabva Tendai Chatara Luke Jongwe Tinashe Kamunhukamwe Wesley Madhevere Tadiwanashe Marumani Wellington Masakadza Tarisai Musakanda Blessing Muzarabani Dion Myers Richard Ngarava Sikandar Raza Milton Shumba Brendan Taylor Donald Tiripano Sean Williams
Zimbabwe did not name individual squads for the ODI and T20I matches, opting instead to name a combined squad of 18 players for the tour. Curtis Campher was ruled out of Ireland's ODI squad after suffering an injury in the first T20I match. Shane Getkate was named as Campher's replacement for Ireland's ODI matches.
Tour match
T20I series 1st T20I
2nd T20I
3rd T20I
4th T20I
5th T20I
ODI series 1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo