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31 January 2022

Fixtures of T20 World Cup 2022 have been Announced

 



Fixtures of T20 World Cup 2022 have been announced. India placed alongside Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh & two qualifiers in Group 2 of Super 12 stage. India will square off against Pakistan in their first match of the tournament on October 23 at the MCG



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30 May 2015

Pak win the series after 17 months....

Pak beat zinbabwe in 2nd odi by 6 wickets and also win the series by 2-0....after 17 months last beat srilanka by 3-2 in december 2013......


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23 May 2015

Pakistan triumph as cricket comes home through Zimbabwe
















Look at the crowd in Gaddafi Stadium 60 thousands plus people watching this match Pak vs zim.
 The occasion of international cricket's return to Pakistan was made merrier by the opening pair of Mukhtar Ahmed and Ahmed Shehzad as they tore into and broke down Zimbabwe's challenging 172 for 6, to ensure the side, playing at home after six years, won by five wickets.
Their 142-run stand equalled the opening partnership between Salman Butt and Kamran Akmal against Bangladesh in the 2010 World T20 but the one at the Gaddafi Stadium will be counted as more special. The March 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka team bus, outside this very cricket stadium, had taken international cricket away from them.
The full house was fully entertained by the newcomer Mukhtar, who made 83 off 45 balls. His dozen boundaries were hit off a bowling attack which lacked a leader and a strong attacker but Mukhtar did what he had to do. He was severe on everything straight and on his legs, nine of his 12 fours coming through fine-leg, midwicket and long-on. He reached 50 off 34 balls and left the more recognised Shehzad far behind.
Shehzad didn't miss out though, getting to his fifty in the 12th over. He struck some brutal hits down the ground but was generous enough to let Mukhtar do all the hitting. The pair fell in consecutive overs - Shehzad gave a catch to point, while Mukhtar hit straight to long-on - but the crowd was fully entertained for one hour by the pair.
After the Mukhtar-Shehzad partnership, Pakistan lost three more wickets before captain Shahid Afridi struck a straight boundary to complete the win with three balls to spare.
The start of the evening, too, will remain memorable. The crowd started to enter the stadium more than two hours before the first ball and it was a full house when Shahid Afridi and Elton Chigumbura strode out to the toss, held seven minutes earlier as the Pakistan president Mamnoon Hussain met with both squads. Afridi gave one last pep talk before the hosts raced to the turf.
The first ball was a fuller length delivery from Anwar Ali that crashed into Hamilton Masakadza's pad. The pace bowler didn't appeal, but an appeal wouldn't have been out of place given the drama of the occasion. Masakadza then got to work with a string of boundaries but he failed to keep the crowd's noise down. A gap of six years for an international game kept them animated even as they fanned themselves with the four and six placards.
Masakadza got seven fours and a six in his 27-ball 43, cutting, lap-sweeping and forcing fours through point, midwicket, fine-leg and mid-off. His only six was a high pull off Bilawal Bhatti over square-leg in the third over. Vusi Sibanda was nondescript at the other end with 13 off 15 balls.
Their 58-run stand ended in the seventh over when Sibanda top-edged Mohammad Sami for 13 and next ball, Pakistan's comeback man - playing his first international match since July 2012 - got Masakadza to inside-edge on to the stumps. The noise was at a maximum but despite that, and the regular wickets, their fielding errors slightly blotted the occasion. A few outfielders dived over the ball, Sarfraz missed two stumpings, including that of Chigumbura when he was on eight, and Riaz dropping a skier off his own bowling.
Charles Coventry, another comeback story of the day, was given caught-behind though TV replays showed the ball appeared to hit his bicep on the way to the wicketkeeper. Chigumbura, meanwhile, kept the pace set by Masakadza with timely boundaries. Zimbabwe's tally of 58 in the last five overs was mostly his doing.
Chigumbura's late onslaught began with a top-edged four off Bhatti before fours were squeezed past point and inside-edged. He added blasts over point, midwicket and extra cover off Riaz's third over before flicking Sami's full-toss to reach his second T20 fifty, making 54 off 35 balls.
Sikandar Raza struck a high six over midwicket before falling in the 17th over but he helped Chigumbura add 42 for the fifth wicket in just 4.2 overs.
Malik was the most economical bowler with 1 for 12 from three overs while Sami took 3 for 36. Riaz finished with two wickets but he was too wayward for a bowler leading the attack.
Zimbabwe's bowlers too were poor for most of the Pakistan innings, though Cremer looked happy with his two wickets while Williams and Brian Vitori took one wicket apiece.
For the fans and the team, it was a joyous occasion, a chance to cherish a match played in their home. International cricket in Pakistan came to a halt in Lahore and it is here that Zimbabwe's tour got underway, with a win for the home team
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17 May 2015

Zimbabwe tour of Pakistan in Trouble After Karachi Attack on Bus...

Tour on, says PCB; Zimbabwe say not yet

Zimbabwe's proposed tour of Pakistan witnessed another day of confusing signals from both sides. The PCB twice, in separate statements, asserted unambiguously that the tour was on while ZC insisted through the day that no such decision had been taken.Late-night reports from Pakistan that the Zimbabwe team was to land in Lahore on May 19 only added to the sense of confusion. They also revealed the importance of this visit for Pakistan, where no Full Member has toured since the attack on the Sri Lankan team in March 2009.The PCB issued a statement at 9-30 pm local time, quoting its chairmanShaharyar Khan welcoming what he referred to as Zimbabwe Cricket's decision to undertake the tour of Pakistan from next week. "After last evening's unsettling news that Zimbabwe Cricket had 'postponed' its visit to Pakistan, I received a call from my Zimbabwean counterpart William Manase and he most kindly informed me that his Board was still willing and ready to send their team to Pakistan," Shaharyar's statement said."This evening we were informed that Zimbabwe Cricket had decided to stick to its plans of sending their team to Pakistan. We welcome this affirmative response, and assure Zimbabwe Cricket again that [of] the best possible security," the statement said.The press release followed statements made by Shaharyar to reporters in Lahore in the afternoon. He said he had had verbal communication from Manase, the ZC chairman, confirming the visit. "Manase called me three times to reaffirm that Zimbabwe would be touring Pakistan as per schedule," Shahrayar was quoted as saying.The PCB's COO, Subhan Ahmed, said preparations for the tour were in full swing. "This morning we had a meeting of the organizing committee to tie all the loose ends. The ticket sales shall commence from tomorrow. From the inquiries and feedback that we are getting, people are really eager to come and watch the revival of international cricket in Pakistan."The statements and the mood they conveyed were in direct contradiction to the sense prevailing within ZC, whose website contained a press release quoting CEO Wilfred Mukondiwa that no decision to tour had been made. "There are consultations going on at the moment with relevant authorities. We do not have a final position as yet," Mukondiwa said.Friday's confusion echoed developments on Thursday, when ZC issued a press release saying they were suspending the tour to Pakistan on the advice of the country's Sports and Recreation Committee, who, after consulting the Foreign Affairs Ministry, deemed it "unsafe" to travel to Pakistan. The SRC is the organisation which has to okay all national team tours and without their permission, ZC could not send a team.Less than 30 minutes after that release, ZC's communications manager Lovemore Banda sent a second email retracting the statement and explained that discussions were still "ongoing." Late on Thursday afternoon, Banda confirmed that meetings were still taking place. The situation remained the same on Friday afternoon, with ZC involved in consultation all day and no resolution reached.Zimbabwe named a squad of 16 players, including one new cap, to travel to Pakistan. Although some players were wary of visiting Pakistan, they all remained available for selection despite the international player body FICA advising them not to go. FICA's own security report called the risks of touring Pakistan "unmanageable."However, ZC were satisfied with arrangements made for their safety after an advance party, including managing director of cricket Alistair Campbell, visited Pakistan last week. The group were given a tour of the stadium and facilities as well as a thorough explanation of the security plan put in place to protect Zimbabwe's cricketers. Campbell told journalists in Pakistan he was "very excited," about his country being the first Test-playing nation to re-open the door to Pakistan, and hoped it would help bring cricket back to the country.That trip came before a terrorist attack on a bus in Karachi on Wednesday, which killed over 40 people and brought concerns over visiting Pakistan back into the spotlight, even though Zimbabwe's tour schedule is exclusively confined to Lahore. If the series goes ahead, it could be officiated by PCB-appointed match officials in the event that ICC officials do not travel to Pakistan. The ICC is still awaiting confirmation of the series from both boards before it can take a call over security for its officials.
While police widened the scope of investigation into Wednesday’s brutal attack on a bus carrying Shia Ismailis, Sindh Rangers claimed to have arrested 145 suspects in targeted operations in the city.A spokesperson for the paramilitary force said on Thursday that the raids had been conducted in Sohrab Goth, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Orangi Town and other areas and those held included alleged target killers and members of banned outfits.

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19 March 2014

Zimbabwe finish in last-ball


Tom Cooper drives straight, Netherlands v Zimbabwe, World T20, Group B, Sylhet, March 19, 2014 

On Monday, Zimbabwe wanted to bat second in Sylhet. On Wednesday, they did.
On Monday, Zimbabwe's captain Brendan Taylor asked his batsmen to put more value on their wickets. On Wednesday, they did.
On Monday, Zimbabwe's match against Ireland went down to the last ball and they lost. On Wednesday, the margins were just as close but the result was different.
Zimbabwe kept themselves in contention for the main draw of the World T20, despite making hard work of chasing 141 on a surface which, on Monday, Taylor had assessed as a 180-run pitch. They needed much less and were solid at the start, but almost left themselves with too much to do at the end.
Having watched their own bowlers pluck the Netherlands top-order in the Powerplay, and concede 37 runs in the next six overs, Zimbabwe approached their chase conservatively at first. Hamilton Masakadza and Sikandar Raza left as many deliveries as they hit upfront before Raza was hurried into skying one to deep midwicket.
The early setback did not rattle Zimbabwe. At the same stage in Netherlands' innings, after 4.3 overs, Zimbabwe had already taken four wickets. Prosper Utseya had two of those, removing Stephan Myburgh for a first-ball duck and having Peter Borren caught at mid-off.
The Cooper brothers held Netherlands' innings together, and Zimbabwe had Masakadza and Taylor. Tom and Ben Cooper put on 52 for the fifth wicket for Netherlands, with Tom, the senior partner, adding 29 of those runs. Masakadza and Taylor put on 62 and took Zimbabwe closer to the target.
The Zimbabwe pair showed patience, focusing as much as on singles, and trying to turn them into twos, as they did on clearing the boundary. They each managed the latter only once, off Tom Cooper in the 10th over, which left Zimbabwe with 75 to get off the second half of their innings.
Three boundary-less overs followed and the required run rate crept up but Masakadza and Taylor were resolute in not rushing. Then Masakadza decided one of them had to. He charged Pieter Seelaar for the second time in the over and missed to find the ball hitting the middle stump.
When Netherlands lost their fifth wicket, with 6.1 overs left in the innings, Mudassar Bukhari went in to bat. He shared a stand of 53 with Cooper and assumed the role of the finisher. Zimbabwe lost Masakadza with 6.3 overs left in their chase and decided not to hold their big-hitter back. Elton Chigumbura was promoted to No. 4 but was out two balls after he arrived. He slapped Seelaar straight to cover to leave Netherlands with the advantage and Taylor out in the middle on his own.
The next two overs yielded only ones and twos as Peter Borren's slower ball and Timm van der Gugten's full delivery proved miserly. Zimbabwe needed 40 runs off the last 24 balls but they would have known it was not impossible as Netherlands had scored 37 in the same period.
Ball one of the 17th over. Logan van Beek overpitched and Taylor hit over mid-on for four. Ball two: Van Beek was too short and Taylor got four more. Off the last ball of the over, Van Beek went short again and Sean Williams found the gap between mid-wicket and square leg, making the equation a manageable 25 off 18.
The next six balls from Ahsan Malik offered no width at all. Taylor and Williams carved out 10 runs anyway to bring it down to 15 off the 12.
Van der Gugten was back to bowl the penultimate over. Taylor tried to lift him over the covers, but Borren stuck out his hand to pull off a tough chance. Zimbabwe would have to score 14 off 11 without Taylor. Van der Gugten aimed at the toes for the rest of that over but Williams and Vusi Sibanda kept him out and took the runs on offer to bring it down to seven off the last six.
Malik started the final over with a yorker. Then he conceded two. Williams swung wildly at the next ball but the inside edge beat Wesley Baressi to go for four. One needed off three. Zimbabwe appeared to have turned into the South African class of 1999 when Williams missed the next ball and followed that up with a mindless run that found him well short of his ground.
With the fielders up to save the single, Malik missed the yorker and Sibanda lofted the ball over long-on, sending it into the stands. Borren covered his eyes so he did not have to look, Taylor opened his
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15 October 2013

FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFYING Matches of 15 oct 2013

Fixtures
Date


Matches

15/10/13 16:00 
Leobnan
Egypt
15/10/13 18:00
Portugal
Luxembourg
15/10/13 19:00
Cyprus
Albania
15/10/13 19:30
Costa Rica
Mexico
15/10/13 19:45
Republic of Ireland
Kazakhstan
15/10/13 19:45
Faroe Islands
Austria
15/10/13 20:00
Scotland
Croatia
15/10/13 20:00
Hungary
Andorra
15/10/13 20:00
Norway
Iceland
15/10/13 20:00
Switzerland
Slovenia
15/10/13 20:00
Israel
Northern Ireland
15/10/13 20:00
Lithuania
Bosnia-Herzegovina
15/10/13 20:00
Greece
Liechtenstein
15/10/13 20:00
England
Poland
15/10/13 20:15
Denmark
Malta
15/10/13 20:30
Serbia
FYR Macedonia
15/10/13 20:30
Jamaica
Honduras
15/10/13 20:30
Panama
USA
15/10/13 20:30
Chile
Ecuador
15/10/13 20:30
Paraguay
Colombia
15/10/13 20:45
Italy
Armenia
15/10/13 20:45
Sweden
Germany
15/10/13 21:00
Belgium
Wales
15/10/13 21:00
Romania
Estonia
15/10/13 21:00
Turkey
Netherlands
15/10/13 21:10
Latvia
Slovakia
15/10/13 21:15
Peru
Bolivia
15/10/13 21:15
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
15/10/13 21:30
Uruguay
Argentina
15/10/13 22:00
Azerbaijan
Russia
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17 September 2013

Champions League T20 (CLT20) 2013 Schedule

Sep 17, 201315:30Otago Volts vs FW , 1st Qualifier T20 Hyderabad
Sep 17, 201319:30SRH vs TBC , 2nd Qualifier T20 Hyderabad
Sep 18, 201315:30Otago Volts vs TBC , 3rd Qualifier T20 Hyderabad
Sep 18, 201319:30FW vs SRH , 4th Qualifier T20 Mohali
Sep 20, 201315:30FW vs TBC , 5th Qualifier T20 Mohali
Sep 20, 201319:30Otago Volts vs SRH , 6th Qualifier T20 Mohali
Sep 21, 201319:30RR vs Mumbai Indians , 1st T20 Jaipur
Sep 22, 201315:30Brisbane Heat vs TT , 2nd T20 Ranchi
Sep 22, 201319:30CSK vs Titans , 3rd T20 Ranchi
Sep 23, 201315:30Highveld Lions vs Perth Scorchers , 4th T20 Ahmedabad
Sep 23, 201319:30Mumbai Indians vs TBC , 5th T20 Ahmedabad
Sep 24, 201315:30Titans vs Brisbane Heat , 6th T20 Mohali
Sep 24, 201319:30TT vs TBC , 7th T20 Mohali
Sep 25, 201315:30Perth Scorchers vs TBC , 8th T20 Jaipur
Sep 25, 201319:30RR vs Highveld Lions , 9th T20 Jaipur
Sep 26, 201319:30CSK vs TBC , 10th T20 Ranchi
Sep 27, 201319:30Mumbai Indians vs Highveld Lions , 11th T20 Ahmedabad
Sep 27, 201319:30Mumbai Indians vs Highveld Lions , 11th T20 Ahmedabad
Sep 28, 201315:30Titans vs TBC , 12th T20 Ranchi
Sep 28, 201319:30CSK vs Brisbane Heat , 13th T20 Ranchi
Sep 29, 201315:30Highveld Lions vs TBC , 14th T20 Jaipur
Sep 29, 201319:30RR vs Perth Scorchers , 15th T20 Jaipur
Sep 30, 201315:30Titans vs TT , 16th T20 Ahmedabad
Sep 30, 201319:30Brisbane Heat vs TBC , 17th T20 Ahmedabad
Oct 1, 201319:30RR vs TBC , 18th T20 Jaipur
Oct 2, 201315:30Perth Scorchers vs Mumbai Indians , 19th T20 Delhi
Oct 2, 201319:30CSK vs TT , 20th T20 Delhi
Oct 4, 201319:30TBC vs TBC , 1st Semi Final T20 Jaipur
Oct 6, 201319:30TBC vs TBC , 2nd Semi Final T20 Delhi
Oct 6, 201319:30TBC vs TBC , Final T20 Delhi
 

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20 September 2012

An African derby in Hambantota

Malcolm Waller drops a catch , Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, Group C, World T20 2012, Hambantota, September 18, 2012
Hambantota will play host to an African derby as tournament favourites South Africa begin another campaign for major silverware, this time against neighbours Zimbabwe. AB de Villiers' men probably could not have asked for a gentler easing in and will view this match as the beginning of a journey that they hope will end on October 7 in Colombo, with a trophy.
Despite some in the South Africa team being on the road since June, they showed no signs of homesickness and most were delighted to be in the island nation. De Villiers posted photographs of the air-force helicopter the team travelled in and Dale Steyn and Lonwabo Tsotsobe put up pictures of the beach in Hambantota.
They have found ways of keeping themselves fresh, asmall sign that mindset has changed under Gary Kirsten. South Africa have made promises that they are ready to perform under pressure and that, more than ability with bat and ball will be under scrutiny.
Knowing that mind games have been used successfully used against South Africa in the past, Zimbabwe will look to make the most out of their victory in the unofficial tri-series in June where they beat a South African side in the final.
Expect words on the field from Zimbabwe, who will be more motivated by who their opposition is than the context in which this match is played. Their flights to Harare are probably booked and boarding passes waiting to be stamped but Zimbabwe will want to make a point before boarding
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Today: South Africa vs Zinbabwe


Hambantota: Perennial under-achievers at big-ticket ICC events, South Africa will start their campaign to shed the `chokers` tag when they take on minnows Zimbabwe in their opening Group C match of the World Twenty20 on Thursday.

The game should not prove too much of an ask for the Proteas as it would take a very special effort from Zimbabwe after being thrashed by hosts Sri Lanka in their opening match yesterday.
On paper, it is a battle of unequals with the A B de Villiers-led South Africa looking way too formidable for Brendan Taylor`s Zimbabwe. Whatever the department of the game, the South African stand far superior in talent and experience.
And it would be tough for Zimbabwe to bounce back from the opening-match thrashing against a quality opposition, for which winning this match would be good enough to make the Super Eight cut.
Zimbabwe`s batting completely fell apart against Sri Lanka and chasing 182, the line-up folded for 100 with four batsmen contributing nothing to the total and two others falling for single-digit scores.
But Taylor insisted that it was a one-off flopshow and his team is far better than what the scoreboard might suggest.
"We have played enough cricket to go back from today, rethink, have a good look, start training and come back a better side," he said last night.
Zimbabwe`s bowling effort too was pedestrian to say the least with the combined might of six managing to grab just one wicket.
In the absence of that one inspiring player which almost every team banks on, Zimbabwe can hardly be given a chance to staging an upset win and go through beyond the group stage.
South Africa, on the other hand, is a team which once again looks good enough to go the distance but will have to improve their ability to handle pressure.
"I think we have definitely put certain things in place to give ourselves the best chance. We have buckled in previous ICC events, so hopefully we can go all the way this time around," said batsman J P Duminy summing up what the under-achievers would have to do.
The Proteas seem to have adapted well posting a good warm-up win over New Zealand in which most of their key batsmen got good match practice.
The form of Richard levi, who clinched the ICC Twenty20 Performance of the Year, would be crucial along with the ever-reliable Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla.
They have the pace battery, led by Dale Steyn, to intimidate any opposition but it is the spin department which would be a slight cause of concern.
Teams (from):
South Africa: A.B. De Villiers (c), Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Johan Botha, JP Duminy, Francois du Plessis, Jacques Kallis, Richard Levi, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Justin Ontong, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.
Zimbabwe: Brendan Taylor (c), Vusi Sibanda, Hamilton Masakadza, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Malcolm Waller, Elton Chigumbura, Craig Ervine, Graeme Cremer, Ray Price, Kyle Jarvis, Chris Mpofu, Richard Muzhange, Brian Vitori, Prosper Utseya, Forster Mutizwa.
Match starts at 7.00 pm (pkT)
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30 May 2012

Zimbabwe Twenty20 Triangular Series, 2012 / Fixtures



Mon Jun 18 
11:00 GMT | 13:00 local
16:00 PKT 1st Match - Zimbabwe v Bangladesh
Harare Sports Club
N/A
Tue Jun 19
11:00 GMT | 13:00 local
16:00 PKT 2nd Match - Bangladesh v South Africa
Harare Sports Club
N/A
Wed Jun 20
11:00 GMT | 13:00 local
16:00 PKT 3rd Match - Zimbabwe v South Africa
Harare Sports Club
N/A
Thu Jun 21
11:00 GMT | 13:00 local
16:00 PKT 4th Match - Zimbabwe v Bangladesh
Harare Sports Club
N/A
Fri Jun 22
11:00 GMT | 13:00 local
16:00 PKT 5th Match - Bangladesh v South Africa
Harare Sports Club
N/A
Sat Jun 23
11:00 GMT | 13:00 local
16:00 PKT 6th Match - Zimbabwe v South Africa
Harare Sports Club
N/A
Sun Jun 24
11:00 GMT | 13:00 local
16:00 PKT Final - TBC v TBC
Harare Sports Club
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18 May 2012

Vusi Sibanda makes a comeback in Zimbabwe squad

Vusi Sibanda holed out for 14, Zimbabwe v Pakistan, 2nd ODI, Harare, September 11, 2011  
Vusi Sibanda has made a return to Zimbabwe's national squad and was included in the 24-man training group to play South Africa in five Twenty20 matches in June. Sibanda was not considered for Zimbabwe's January tour of New Zealand after he chose to play grade cricket in Australia instead of fulfilling domestic commitments in Zimbabwe.
Although Sibanda returned home after a five-week stint for Eastern Suburbs in Sydney before the New Zealand tour, Zimbabwe Cricket's (ZC) cricket committee decided not to select him on principle. At the time, Sibanda was told that if he renewed his commitment to ZC, he would be considered again.
Sibanda finished the 2011-12 season with his local franchise, the Mid West Rhinos, for whom he played four first-class and five limited-overs matches, including a 162 against Mountaineers. Zimbabwe do not have any international assignment through the winter, but Sibanda's path back to the national team appears to be clear as he was included in the preliminary squad for the practice matches against South Africa.
"I am very pleased that the issues are done and dusted," Alan Butcher, Zimbabwe coach, told ESPNcricinfo. "Now, Vusi can move forward and put it out of his mind."
The training squad is a strong group, including many of the faces who steered Zimbabwe to a successful Test comeback in August last year. Brendan Taylor will lead the team propped up by the experience of Hamilton Masakadza, Prosper Utseya, Ray Price, Elton Chigumbura and Tatenda Taibu. Experienced seamer Chris Mpofu also makes a comeback after missing the New Zealand series with a lower back injury.
Some of the newer faces include under-19 wicketkeeper batsman Kevin Kasuza and medium-pacer Richard Muzhange. Zimbabwe have packed the training squad with bowlers as seamers Tendai Chatara and Njabula Ncube as well as legspinner Natsai Mushangwe been given the opportunity to work with the national team.
"I am very happy with the group we've got," Butcher said. "We've decided that in T20s, we should try and look more at allrounders for the side." Chigumbura, Waller, Meth and Shingi Masakadza are the four premier allrounders in the squad.
The five matches, which will take place in Harare from June 20-24, have not been given international status because they will take place outside of the FTP. They will also not be broadcast on television, given ZC's financial crunch. South Africa are hoping to use the matches as preparation for the World T20 in September and Butcher said Zimbabwe will do the same. "It gives us a chance to work on a few things and see the make up of the side," he said. "I was quite happy with the way we played T20 cricket in New Zealand and hopefully we can build on that."
Zimbabwe lost all the matches they played on the New Zealand trip, but gave the best account of themselves in the Twenty20s. "It will be good for us to play against another top side and that's exactly what South Africa are," Butcher said. "We've got a great bunch of guys who have been working hard so we're excited about what's to come." 

Zimbabwe squad: Brendan Taylor (capt), Tatenda Taibu, Elton Chigumbura, Malcolm Waller, Charles Coventry, Forster Mutizwa, Graeme Cremer, Raymond Price, Tendai Chatara, Prosper Utseya, Kyle Jarvis, Chris Mpofu, Brian Vitori, Keegan Meth, Njabulo Ncube, Kevin Kasuza, Chamu Chibhabha, , Hamilton Masakadza, Shingi Masakadza, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Richard Muzhange, Vusi Sibanda, Craig Ervine
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