The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Scotland in September 2021 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] All of the matches took place at The Grange Club in Edinburgh.[3] Scotland's last home international fixtures were in August 2019.[4]
| Zimbabwean cricket team in Scotland in 2021 | |||
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| Scotland | Zimbabwe | ||
| Dates | 15 – 19 September 2021 | ||
| Captains | Kyle Coetzer | Craig Ervine | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Zimbabwe won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Richie Berrington (168) | Milton Shumba (112) | |
| Most wickets | Safyaan Sharif (4) |
Tendai Chatara (5) Luke Jongwe (5) | |
| Player of the series | Milton Shumba (Zim) | ||
Scotland won the first T20I match by seven runs,[5] with Zimbabwe winning the second match by ten runs to level the series.[6] Zimbabwe won the third T20I by six wickets to win the series 2–1.[7]
Squads
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Zimbabwe's Brendan Taylor retired from international cricket following the final match of Zimbabwe's tour of Ireland, which took place two days prior.[10]
T20I series
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd T20I
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- Innocent Kaia (Zim) made his T20I debut.
- Richie Berrington (Sco) played in his 250th international match.[11]
3rd T20I
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
References
edit- ^ "Zimbabwe to tour Ireland and Scotland in August-September". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Zimbabwe get go-ahead to tour Ireland and Scotland in August-September". CricBuzz. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "International cricket returns to Scotland as three matches against Zimbabwe are confirmed". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Scotland arrange three T20I matches with Zimbabwe in Edinburgh". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Berrington & Sharif lead Scotland to seven-run victory over Zimbabwe". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ "Williams, Masakadza help Zimbabwe draw level". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ "Sensational Shumba helps Zimbabwe to series victory". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Captain Coetzer leads Scotland squad to ICC Men's T20 World Cup". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Craig Ervine named Zimbabwe captain for Ireland, Scotland tours". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Brendan Taylor to retire from international cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Zimbabwe beat Scotland to level series". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 19 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.