Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) will host the Women’s squad of Pakistan from February 09th – 20th, 2021, and will play six matches across 50-overs and T20 formats at Harare Sports Club. The 50-overs matches are crucial for Zimbabwe Women’s preparations towards the scheduled Women’s World Cup Qualifiers during July 2021 in Sri Lanka.
Pakistan Women, who are touring South Africa, will travel to Zimbabwe before returning home. Even Pakistan Women will use the tour to fine-tune their ODI line-up before the World Cup Qualifiers. The three 50-overs matches will be played on 09th, 11th and 13th February, while the three T20I matches will be played on 16th, 18th and 20th. Zimbabwe currently do not have ODI status and hence, the matches will not be played with ODI status.
While no crowd will be allowed at the venue to watch the games, Zimbabwe Cricket have announced that all the matches will be live streamed on their YouTube channel and website. The 50-overs matches will start at 9am local time, while the T20I matches will start at 1:30pm local time.
Zimbabwe Women’s players are playing in inter-squad team matches, with players selected in Northerns and Southerns squads in a series of two matches each in 50-overs and 20-overs formats.
Zimbabwe Women’s Squad
Mary-Anne Musonda, Ashley Ndiraya, Precious Marange, Pelajia Mujaji, Chiedza Dhururu, Modester Mupachikwa, Kellies Ndlovu, Tasmeen Granger, Esther Mbofana, Francesca Chipare, Loryn Phiri, Nomvelo Sibanda, Josephine Nkomo, Audrey Mazvishaya and Christabel Chatonzwa
Northern/Southern Practice Games Brief Scores
Northern Women 129/3 in 25 overs (Chiedza Dhururu 42, Ashley Ndiraya 23, Pelajia Mujaji 15, Precious Marange 2/21, Josephine Nkomo 1/26) with Southern Women 101/3 in 22 overs (Modester Mupachikwa 40, Christabel Chatonzwa 25, Audrey Mazvishaya 2/8, Nomvelo Sibanda 1/18) in an abandoned game.
Northern Women 152 all out in 37.3 overs (Mary-Anne Musonda 33, Ashley Ndiraya 31, Pelajia Mujaji 26, Chiedza Dhururu 22, Precious Marange 2/20, Loryn Phiri 2/20, Josephine Nkomo 1/22) beat Southern Women 137 all out in 46.2 overs (Modester Mupachikwa 42, Precious Marange 18, Loryn Phiri 11, Tasmeen Granger 4/22, Audrey Mazvishaya 2/22, Mary-Anne Musonda 1/16, Francesca Chipare 1/35) by 15 runs
Southern Women 56/6 in 20 overs (Kellies Ndlovu 25 n.o, Nomvelo Sibanda 2/5, Audrey Mazvishaya 1/13, Francesca Chipare 1/13) lost to Northern Women 57 for no loss in 9.1 overs (Chiedza Dhururu 26 n.o, Ashley Ndiraya 22 n.o) by 10 wickets
Northern Women 75/8 in 20 overs (Tasmeen Granger 36 n.o, Chiedza Dhururu 15, Loryn Phiri 3/16, Esther Mbofana 1/9, Josephine Nkomo 1/15, Kellies Ndlovu 1/18) lost to Southern Women 76/3 in 18 overs (Precious Marange 33 n.o, Josephine Nkomo 15 n.o) by 7 wickets
