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The Pakistan cricket team toured Zimbabwe to play five match odi series
in July 2018 which consisted of five One Day Internationalin July 2018 which consisted of five One Day International (ODI) matches.[1] All the fixtures were played at the Queens Sports Club,Bulawayo.[2] Originally,the tour was scheduled to have two Tests,three ODIs and two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). (ODI) matches. All the fixtures were played at the Queens Sports Club,Bulawayo. Originally,the tour was scheduled to have two Tests,three ODIs and two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).
The United Arab Emirates cricket team toured Zimbabwe in April 2019 to play four One Day International (ODI) matches. It was the first time that the United Arab Emirates played a Full Member side in a bilateral series.
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The Ireland cricket team toured Zimbabwe in January 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. Zimbabwe won the T20I series 2–1. The ODI series was drawn 1–1 after the final match ended with no result due to rain.
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- ↑ "Ryan Higgins". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
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