Zimbabwe set for Boxing Day, New Year's Test against Afghanistan

Afghanistan are set to tour Zimbabwe for a Test, ODI and T20I series to be played from December 9. The Harare Sports Club and Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo will host the matches.

In Short

• Boxing Day Test will be played in Zimbabwe for the first time in 28 years
• Afghanistan’s tour of Zimbabwe starts on December 9
• The ODI series between the teams starts on December 15

Afghanistan will tour Zimbabwe for a multi-format series in December and January. The tour starts with the three-match T20I series to be held at the Harare Sports Club from December 9 to 12. The same venue will host the three-match ODI series from December 15 to 19.

Thereafter, Bulawayo will host the Boxing Day Test from December 26. The Boxing Day Test will be played in Zimbabwe for the first time in 28 years. Bulawayo will also host Zimbabwe’s first-ever New Year’s Test from January 2.

Both teams have played two Tests against each other at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi back in March 2021. Zimbabwe won the opening Test by 10 wickets after which Afghanistan secured a six-wicket triumph.

In ODIs, the Afghans have had the upper hand over Zimbabwe, winning 18 out of 28 matches. Afghanistan cricket has witnessed a huge rise, especially since January 2023. Earlier this year, they stunned and made their way through to the semi-finals of the Men’s T20 World Cup.

Recently, they also defeated South Africa 2-1 in a bilateral ODI series. Zimbabwe, on the other hand, set the record for the highest-ever T20I score, racking up 344 for four against Gambia earlier this month.

Schedule for Afghanistan’s tour of Zimbabwe

T20I series

9 December, 2024, 1st T20I, Harare Sports Club
11 December, 2024 2nd T20I, Harare Sports Club
12 December, 2024 3rd T20I, Harare Sports Club

ODI series

15 December, 2024 1st ODI, Harare Sports Club
17 December, 2024 2nd ODI, Harare Sports Club
19 December, 2024, 3rd ODI, Harare Sports Club

Test series

26-30 December, 2024, 1st Test, Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
2-6 January, 2025, 2nd Test, Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo