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Ireland’s six-match tour of Zimbabwe, scheduled for April, has been postponed despite Zimbabwe having yet to report any cases of COVID-19. The two countries agreed that the risks involved in traveling, amid the growing threat of coronavirus worldwide, has necessitated a rescheduling of this series.
The teams were due to play three T20s and three ODIs, all in Bulawayo. Though the Irish government has not put in place is a travel restriction or prohibition to Zimbabwe at the moment, both countries agreed on a safety-first approach.
“We were looking forward to hosting Ireland in Bulawayo next month, but with the world in the throes of a public health emergency on a scale not witnessed in over a century, postponing the tour was the only reasonable decision,”Givemore Makoni, Acting Managing Director of Zimbabwe Cricket said. “We are looking to reschedule the tour once the pandemic has been brought under control.”
Domestic cricket in Zimbabwe was active until 10 days ago, with the final two rounds of the Logan Cup scheduled to begin this weekend. The government has set up an isolation facility in the capital Harare but their biggest concern comes from their southern neighbours, South Africa, home to more than three million Zimbabweans and with 62 cases of confirmed cases of coronavirus.