Zimbabwe tour of Ireland to begin on August 27

Zimbabwe’s tour of Ireland that was initially slated to begin on August 6 has now been rescheduled and will start on August 27. The rescheduling of the tour has been done on the advice of Ireland’s health authorities. 

"There has been a great deal of behind-the-scenes work on pulling together a revised playing programme since the earlier series postponement, but thanks to the support of Provincial Unions and various hosting clubs, we have managed to create a schedule that meets the evolving requirements of health and sporting authorities," Ireland's High Performance cricket director Richard Holdsworth said in the statement.

The first T20Is of the series will take place in Clontarf while the other three will be played in Bready. The ODI matches will be held in Stormont.

Zimbabwe will spend the first ten days of their tour training and playing in the Republic under biosecure protocols. 

"In order to meet quarantining requirements in both jurisdictions, the visiting side will spend the first ten days of their tour training and playing in the Republic under biosecure protocols, then the two sides can then move to Northern Ireland to complete the series," Holdsworth said. 

Zimbabwe had recently suffered a 0-3 defeat against Bangladesh in ODIs at home and have also failed to qualify for the World T20 slated to take place later this year.