Zimbabwean cricket team in Scotland in 2021

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Zimbabwean cricket team in Scotland in 2021
  Flag of Scotland.svg Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
  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)

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]

Contents

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

T20Is
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland [8] Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe [9]

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

1st T20I

15 September 2021
14:00
Scorecard
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg
141/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
134/9 (20 overs)
Richie Berrington 82* (61)
Tendai Chatara 2/23 (4 overs)
Milton Shumba 45* (30)
Safyaan Sharif 4/24 (4 overs)
Scotland won by 7 runs
The Grange Club, Edinburgh
Umpires: Allan Haggo (Sco) and David McLean (Sco)
Player of the match: Richie Berrington (Sco)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd T20I

17 September 2021
14:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
136/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
126 (19.4 overs)
Sean Williams 60* (52)
Gavin Main 1/17 (3 overs)
Matthew Cross 42 (35)
Richard Ngarava 2/13 (4 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 10 runs
The Grange Club, Edinburgh
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and David McLean (Sco)
Player of the match: Richard Ngarava (Zim)

3rd T20I

19 September 2021
14:00
Scorecard
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg
177/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
180/4 (19.1 overs)
George Munsey 54 (30)
Luke Jongwe 2/32 (3 overs)
Milton Shumba 66* (29)
Michael Leask 2/22 (3 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets
The Grange Club, Edinburgh
Umpires: Allan Haggo (Sco) and Mark Hawthorne (Ire)
Player of the match: Milton Shumba (Zim)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.

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