Zimbabwean cricket team in Australia in 2020

Zimbabwean cricket team in Australia in 2020

	Australia	Zimbabwe
Dates	9 – 15 August 2020
One Day International series

The Zimbabwe cricket team were scheduled to tour Australia in August 2020 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches.^[1] The ODI series would have formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.^[2]^[3]^[4] Zimbabwe last toured Australia in the 2003–04 cricket season to play two Test matches and an ODI tri-series along with India.^[5]

Originally, the fixtures were scheduled to be played in June 2020, but they were moved to early August 2020 by Cricket Australia.^[6] The revised dates clashed with the inaugural season of The Hundred in England, with several Australian cricketers initially expected to take part in the tournament.^[7] However, The Hundred was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8] The pandemic also put Zimbabwe's tour to Australia in doubt,^[9] but on 28 May 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the series.^[10]^[11] The series was put into further doubt in June, after Cricket Australia announced several cost-saving measures.^[12] On 20 June 2020, Cricket Australia's interim Chief Executive Officer, Nick Hockley, said that getting clarity on the status of the tour was on his priority list.^[13] However, on 30 June 2020, the tour was postponed due to the pandemic.^[14]^[15]

ODI series[]

1st ODI[]

9 August 2020
11:00
Scorecard

Australia	v	Zimbabwe

TBC

2nd ODI[]

12 August 2020
11:00
Scorecard

Australia	v	Zimbabwe

TBC

3rd ODI[]

15 August 2020
11:00
Scorecard

Australia	v	Zimbabwe

Riverway Stadium, Townsville

References[]

^ "CA announces an international schedule for 2020-21". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
^ "Schedule for inaugural World Test Championship announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ "Men's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
^ "Zimbabwe: Chevrons Set to Bounce Back". The Herald. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ "Pandemic forces Zimbabwe tour to be postponed". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ "Agents, players knew about Zimbabwe series: Cricket Australia". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
^ "Australia's Zimbabwe series is set to clash with the Hundred. Warner could bypass ODIs for it". Fox Sports. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
^ "The launch of The Hundred moved to 2021". www.ecb.co.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ "Cricket Australia chief: India tour 'nine out of 10' chance of taking place". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
^ "Australia scheduled to return to action with ODIs against Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
^ "Australia announce dates for summer fixtures". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
^ "Justin Langer planning for September return and adapting to reduced staff". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
^ "Q&A: Get to know Nick Hockley, CA's interim CEO". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
^ "Zimbabwe Tour of Australia in August Postponed Due to COVID-19". Network18 Media and Investments Ltd. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ "Zimbabwe's three-match ODI tour to Australia postponed". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

External links[]

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2021–22
Bangladesh	2003 2008
England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33 1936–37 1946–47 1950–51 1954–55 1958–59 1962–63 1965–66 1970–71 1974–75 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2021–22 2022–23
India	1947–48 1967–68 1977–78 1980–81 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2018–19 2020–21
New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Pakistan	1964–65 1972–73 1976–77 1978–79 1981–82 1983–84 1989–90 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20
South Africa	1910–11 1931–32 1952–53 1963–64 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23
Sri Lanka	1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016–17 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
West Indies	1930–31 1951–52 1960–61 1968–69 1975–76 1979–80 1981–82 1984–85 1988–89 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2020–21 2022–23
Zimbabwe	1994–95 2003–04 2020

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1992 2015
World Twenty20	2022
Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2017–18
Other multi-team tournaments	1985

Other tours
Afghanistan	2014–15
Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
England Lions	2012–13
Fijian	1907–08
Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75
PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83
UAE	2014–15
West Indies (WSC)	1977–78

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