Sean Williams has returned from a break to increase strength to the line-up for the one-off Test, and Craig Ervine may lead the area.
Clive Madande, Brian Bennett and Johnathan Campbell, who are all part of the continuous T20I set against India, are the new faces in Zimbabwe's Examine club, which was named earlier today for the one-off device against Ireland later this month. Joylord Gumbie, who is yet to be capped in the structure, is also in the crew of 15.
Zimbabwe, who last played a Test match back in February 2023, in Bulawayo against West Indies, and are not a part of the ICC's World Test Championship, may travel to Ireland for the first Test between the two states, with the match slotted for July 25 to 29. The game may be played in Belfast.
Leading them will be Craig Ervine, and making a comeback after missing that series against West Indies because of an injury is Sean Williams, who Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC ) said would "provide the team with the much-needed experience" along with Tendai Chatara, Blessing Muzarabani, Victor Nyauchi and Richard Ngarava. Ervine has missed the T20I line, which the last three are playing, with ZC claiming Williams and he had never been taken into consideration for choice.
Madande has appeared in both ODIs and T20Is, while Bennett and Campbell have only played T20Is thus far.
Ervine, with 20 Test appearances over the years, and Williams, with 14, are the most experienced Test players in the travelling party, and while Zimbabwe do n't have a lot of pedigree in the format, their opponents have only played eight Tests since playing their first Test in May 2018. Before winning their first test by six innings in Abu Dhabi earlier this year, they lost their first seven before falling to Afghanistan by six innings.
Ireland were expected to host Australia for three Batsmen and three T20Is also, and while there is no word on whether those are also part of the plan or no, fund-related problems for Cricket Ireland have meant a cut in the number of home accessories this summer.
Gary Ballance made his final looks for Zimbabwe after he had left England for Zimbabwe when they last played Test cricket. The players who were part of that two-Test series but are n't in the mix now are Chamu Chibhabha, Innocent Kaia, Tanunurwa Makoni, Milton Shumba, Tafadzwa Tsiga, Brad Evans, Brandon Mavuta, Kudzai Maunze and Donald Tiripano.
Zimbabwe squad for one-off Test in IrelandCraig Ervine ( capt ), Brian Bennett, Johnathan Campbell, Tendai Chatara, Tanaka Chivanga, Joylord Gumbie (wk ), Roy Kaia, Clive Madande (wk ), Wellington Masakadza, Prince Masvaure, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarava, Victor Nyauchi, Sean Williams
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