Zimbabwean cricket team in Scotland in 2021

Zimbabwean cricket team in Scotland in 2021
 
  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]

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

[edit]
T20Is
 Scotland[8]  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

[edit]

1st T20I

[edit]
15 September 2021
14:00
Scorecard
Scotland 
141/6 (20 overs)
v
 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

[edit]
17 September 2021
14:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
136/5 (20 overs)
v
 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

[edit]
19 September 2021
14:00
Scorecard
Scotland 
177/4 (20 overs)
v
 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.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Zimbabwe to tour Ireland and Scotland in August-September". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Zimbabwe get go-ahead to tour Ireland and Scotland in August-September". CricBuzz. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ "International cricket returns to Scotland as three matches against Zimbabwe are confirmed". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Scotland arrange three T20I matches with Zimbabwe in Edinburgh". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Berrington & Sharif lead Scotland to seven-run victory over Zimbabwe". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Williams, Masakadza help Zimbabwe draw level". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Sensational Shumba helps Zimbabwe to series victory". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Captain Coetzer leads Scotland squad to ICC Men's T20 World Cup". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Craig Ervine named Zimbabwe captain for Ireland, Scotland tours". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Brendan Taylor to retire from international cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Zimbabwe beat Scotland to level series". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 19 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zimbabwean_cricket_team_in_Scotland_in_2021&oldid=1204557935"