Zimbabwe women's cricket team in Ireland in 2019

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Dates 3 – 14 July 2019
Captains Laura Delany
Twenty20 International series

The Zimbabwe women's cricket team were scheduled to play the Ireland women's cricket team in July 2019. [1] [2] It would have been the first time that the Zimbabwe women's team will tour Ireland. [3] However, in June 2019, the tour was cancelled 48 hours before it was due to take place, due to a funding issue from Zimbabwe Cricket. [4] [5] Warren Deutrom, the CEO of Cricket Ireland, expressed his disappointment at the late cancellation, but made alternative arrangements for the Ireland women's team ahead of the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. [6] [7]

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The tour was scheduled to consist of three 50-over matches and three Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is). The WT20Is would have taken place on the same days and venues as the corresponding men's fixtures. [8] [9] Prior to the cancellation by Zimbabwe, Cricket Ireland had also considered cancelling both of the tours, following poor ticket sales for international matches earlier in the season, but the International Cricket Council (ICC) provided a US $500,000 bailout. [10]

Zimbabwe women were also scheduled to travel to the Netherlands following this series, to play four WT20I against the Netherlands women's cricket team, but that tour was also cancelled for the same reason. [11] In July 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Zimbabwe Cricket, with the team barred from taking part in ICC events. [12] [13]

Squads

50-oversT20Is
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland [14] Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland [14] Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe

Ahead of the tour, Kim Garth was ruled out of Ireland's squad due to an injury and was replaced by Hannah Little. [15]

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  2. ↑ "Ireland v West Indies: Young Ireland squad ready for West Indies challenge". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Delany returns to Ireland squad for Zimbabwe series". CricBuzz. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Zimbabwe cancel women's tour". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Zimbabwe women's tour to Ireland cancelled because of funding issues". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "Cricket Ireland expresses profound disappointment at women's tour cancellation". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Changes to Ireland Women schedule and amended start time to Ireland Men's 1st T20I against Zimbabwe". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Three double-headers announced among 12-match international summer schedule for Ireland Women". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "Ireland Women to play West Indies, Zimbabwe and Scotland in summer series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
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