Harare, Oct 29 (UNI) Zimbabwe will host Afghanistan for a full-fledged tour beginning December 9, 2024.
Bulawayo will host Zimbabwe’s first Boxing Day Test in 28 years and the nation’s first-ever New Year’s Test as Afghanistan tour Zimbabwe for a multi-format tour.
The Asian nation will tour Zimbabwe to play series in all three formats. The tour will commence with
a three-match T20I series in Harare from 9-12 December.
This will be followed by a three-game ODI series at the same venue between December 15-19.
The action then moves to Bulawayo, where Zimbabwe and Afghanistan will play a two-Test series. The first will be a Boxing Day Test, running from December 26-30 December, while the second Test will run from January 2-6, an ICC report said.
Schedule:
T20I Series9 December, 2024, 1st T20I, Harare Sports Club
11 December, 2024 2nd T20I, Harare Sports Club
12 December, 2024 3rd T20I, Harare Sports Club
ODI Series
15 December, 2024 1st ODI, Harare Sports Club
17 December, 2024 2nd ODI, Harare Sports Club
19 December, 2024, 3rd ODI, Harare Sports Club
Test Series
26-30 December, 2024, 1st Test, Queens Sports Club
2-6 January, 2025, 2nd Test, Queens Sports Club
Head-to-head Afghanistan and Zimbabwe have an equal record of a win each from two Tests.
In the ODIs, Afghanistan have an advantage of 18 wins from 28 games. This becomes an overwhelming advantage for the Asian side in T20Is, who have 14 wins from 15 encounters.
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