The

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toured Australia in August and September 2022 to play three

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(ODI) matches. The ODI series formed part of the inaugural

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. Zimbabwe last toured Australia in the 2003–04 cricket season to play two Test matches and an ODI tri-series along with

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. In May 2022,

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confirmed the fixtures for the tour, with all the matches taking place at the Riverway Stadium in

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Background

Originally, the fixtures were scheduled to be played in June 2020, but they were moved to early August 2020 by

. The revised dates clashed with the inaugural season of The Hundred in England, with several Australian cricketers initially expected to take part in the tournament. However, The Hundred was postponed to 2021 due to the

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. The pandemic also put Zimbabwe's tour to Australia in doubt, but on 28 May 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the series. The series was put into further doubt in June, after Cricket Australia announced several cost-saving measures. On 20 June 2020, Cricket Australia's interim chief executive officer, Nick Hockley, said that getting clarity on the status of the tour was on his priority list. However, on 30 June 2020, the tour was postponed due to the pandemic. In February 2022,

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were looking at the possibility of playing the matches later that year, with the addition of three

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(T20I) matches or a Test match.

Squads

also named

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and

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as reserves.

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was added to Australia's squad after the first ODI in place of

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ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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