Zimbabwe plays very inadequate amount of tests & there are huge gap between them often.
Sep 2017 - ?July/August 2017 - Tour of Sri Lanka (1 Test, 5 ODIs)
October 2017 - Host West Indies (2 Tests)
February 2018 - Tour of Bangladesh (ODI Tri-series)
Nov 2017- ?
Dec 2017- ?
Jan 2018- ?
The available window for Zim is above. I don't think Sep is the right time. But after WI tests, Nov, Dec & Jan looks like the best option.
In Nov 2017 - Invite Ireland for a 3 match test series in Zimbabwe. Ireland doesn't host matches at this time.
In Dec 2017/Jan 2018- Go to Greater Noida, India (where Afg plays home matches) for a 3 match test series against Afg. Followed by Ban tour in Feb 2018. So, this will mean subcontinent tour from Dec 2017/Jan 2018. Maybe if possible, sneak in a couple of ODIs against Ind.
Also playing against Ire & Afg before Ban tour will Zim to work out the Ire & Afg players for the World Cup Qualifiers.
Thoughts guys ?