Zimbabwe Set To Tour West Indies In February And March

27 November 2012

Grenada will host international cricket for the first time since 2009

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Zimbabwe will tour the West Indies to play two Tests, three One-Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals in February and March.

The ODI series will see international cricket return to the Grenada National Stadium for the first time since 2009 and the Tests will be the first between the two sides since 2003.

The West Indies and Zimbabwe have only met in six Tests in all between 2000 and 2003 and their latest clashes will be hosted in Barbados and Dominica as the final two matches of the tour.

Grenada will host all three ODIs with Antigua playing host to the T20 matches. The reigning ICC World Twenty20 champions have only met Zimbabwe once before, and in 2010 the tourists pulled off a 26-run win on a turning track in Port-of-Spain.

Zimbabwe in West Indies 2013

20th February: Zimbabwe v UWI Chancellor's XI, Grenada

22nd February: 1st ODI, Grenada
24th February: 2nd ODI, Grenada
26th February: 3rd ODI, Grenada

2nd March: 1st T20I, Antigua
3rd March: 2nd T20I, Antigua

7th-9th March: Tour game, Barbados

12th-16th March: 1st Test, Barbados
20th-24th March: 2nd Test, Dominica

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Fixtures & Results

22nd February: 1st ODI, St George's
WIN 337-4 beat ZIM 181-9 by 156 runs: Report

24th February: 2nd ODI, St George's
WIN 274-3 beat ZIM 273-8 by 7 wickets: Report

26th February: 3rd ODI, St George's
WIN 215-5 beat ZIM 211-9 by 5 wickets: Report

2nd March: 1st T20I, Antigua
WIN 131-2 beat ZIM 130-8 by 8 wickets: Report

3rd March: 2nd T20I, Antigua
WIN 158-7 beat 117-6 by 41 runs: Report

12th-16th March: 1st Test, Barbados
WIN 307 & 12-1 beat ZIM 211 & 107 by 9 wickets: Report

20th-24th March: 2nd Test, Dominica
WIN 381-8 dec. beat ZIM 175 & 141 by inns. & 65 runs: Report

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