2023-2031 FTP news, updates, etc

[Regenholz]

Next two years:

July 2024: 1 Test away to Ireland
July-August 2024: U25 tour of England - unknown fixtures
August 2024: 2 FC, 3 ODs at home to SA Emerging XI (Zim Emerging XI)
October 2024: 2026 T20 World Cup Africa Sub-Regional Qualifier B, in Kenya.
November 2024: 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is at home to Pakistan
December 2024: 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is at home to Afghanistan

January 2025: 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is at home to Ireland
March 2025: 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is away to Bangladesh
May 2025: 1 Test away to England
June 2025: 2 Tests at home to South Africa
July 2025: T20I Tri-series at home to South Africa and New Zealand
Jul/Aug 2025: 2 Tests, 3 ODIs at home to New Zealand
August 2025: 2026 T20 Word Cup Africa Regional Final Qualifier, location TBC.
September 2025: 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is at home to Sri Lanka
October-November 2025: 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is at home to Afghanistan

May 2026: 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is away to Pakistan
July 2026: 2 Tests, 5 ODIs at home to Bangladesh
September 2026: 3 ODIs at home to Australia
December 2026: 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is away to Afghanistan

Some local journos now confirming the full Afghanistan series is going ahead in December, all three formats as planned.

Many thanks - lots of key information here. I see that the Test vs England is now confirmed for Trent Bridge. I have tickets in hand!!

[Donald]

End of 2024 and 2025 is very busy indeed. Good to see

[sam_ahm]

Yup! Looks like the Afghanistan tour is on.

[Kriterion_BD]

Yup! Looks like the Afghanistan tour is on.

Excellent news. Will be awesome to watch a full series between these two sides!

Is this the first 3-format series between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe?

[secretzimbo]

Zimbabwe A/Emerging/U25/XI/Academy/whatever they are calling it this week - are going to Rwanda to play some African teams , November 18th-29th

[Googly]

A 5 wicket haul from Nyamhuri against Rwanda B and he'll be straight into our national side.
We're going backwards really quickly.

[tawac]

More of a development side than anything. No where near being an A side. Good for ZC to be mixing it up with other African countries. Good for the game.

[Googly]

I'm really curious about Dave Houghton. The season has started and he's not involved in anything and I'm assuming he's still employed?

That for me is the biggest warning signal that there's no real intent to turn the ship around. The guy is a wealth of knowledge...and influence. It's a huge alarm bell.

[Googly]

Dion should be bringing on Blessing right now.

These are the last two good batters and he will cause them problems. Bowl him out now.

[tawac]

ZC still has to keep players in the bank for the Netherlands A tour. It' would be better to have a proper Zim A for this tour to see how the fringe players can perform.