The Ireland Men’s cricket tour of Zimbabwe scheduled for the end of March and early April has been postponed with hopes that it will be rescheduled for another time.
Zimbabwe Cricket officials advised Cricket Ireland yesterday that the tour could not proceed because of the ongoing COVID-19 situation in the country.
The squad was due to fly to Harare on 28 March 2021 and play a three-match T20 International series, followed by a three-match one-day international series in April.
“We’re obviously disappointed, but to be honest, it is not an unexpected announcement from our Zimbabwean counterparts,” said Cricket Ireland High-Performance Director, Richard Holdsworth.
“We appreciate their efforts and willingness to try and make the tour possible, but in the end, the health and safety of players and support staff must be of primary consideration.”
“We’ll now look at whether alternate fixtures can be arranged during that period, which is a crucial window in advance of a busy home season and in a T20 World Cup year.”
“This places even greater importance on the proposed Ireland Wolves tour in February/March given the need to provide many of our players the volume and quality of cricket we need to keep the momentum in player development we have been seeing over the last few years. We expect to be providing an update on the Wolves situation in coming days.”
That tour is scheduled to take place in South Africa against Namibia over an eight-game series.
The Ireland Men’s year ahead is still planned to be busy, with three visiting teams during the summer, several scheduled tours and the T20 World Cup in October.
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