2023-2031 FTP news, updates, etc

[Mr Twig]

Bangladesh tests moving to 2025 is a bit disappointing but not a disaster as Bangladesh generally keep their commitments and we can be very hopeful of those games happening.

So March, May, July, August, we've got fixtures, fair enough. What we need now is for some good results!

It makes sense from a scheduling point of view to add the Tests to the limited overs tour in March 2025. It should be a very similar schedule to the current Bangladesh v Sri Lanka series going on right now.

If all goes to plan, Zimbabwe will play 11 Tests in 2025. lol

[secretzimbo]

Ireland's Test match against Zimbabwe, pencilled in for Stormont in late July, is reportedly being scrapped as the beleaguered Board are yet again struggling with their finances.

Sounds like Ireland are now going ahead with the Test but have scrapped all of the white ball fixtures of the tour. ZC not happy.....

Effectively now having to fly to Ireland in the middle of our off-season for just 1 single Test match.

[TapsC2]

It will never make sense why The ICC don’t fund test cricket for Zim, Ireland and Afghanistan. Really doesn’t make any sense. They want it to die

[Mr Twig]

Ireland's Test match against Zimbabwe, pencilled in for Stormont in late July, is reportedly being scrapped as the beleaguered Board are yet again struggling with their finances.

Sounds like Ireland are now going ahead with the Test but have scrapped all of the white ball fixtures of the tour. ZC not happy.....

Effectively now having to fly to Ireland in the middle of our off-season for just 1 single Test match.

I don’t mind it. ZC has form (I’m pretty sure we cancelled on Ireland twice in the last few years) so can’t really be complaining. Ideally, the cancelled LOI games should be converted to a Test to make it a 2 Test series.

[Mueddie28]

Netherlands and Scotland would be happy to play in limited overs games..

[sam_ahm]

Scrapping all the LOIs doesn't make any sense to me. They could have at least retained T20s along with a test.

[ZIMDOGGY]

When’s our next test? I cannot keep up

[secretzimbo]

In Ireland, end of July.

[Kriterion_BD]

Ireland are cancelling theri series vs Australia outright due to lack of cricket grounds and pitches. Two thoughts here:

1) Zimbabwe should consider themselves fortunat they are getting a Test match fixture when the Aussie series is scrapped alltogether.

2) Pretty shambolic that a Test playing nation doesn't have at least one full time ground at home.

[TapsC2]

It’s also setting us up because we are supposed to host Ireland in January. 2 tests are scheduled for that tour. That’s a million dollars if we use this figure of 500k for a test match that’s always going around. In fact the Irish guys once suggested it costs over a million for them to host and that’s why they avoid it

Afghanistan should be coming just before them and they might expect us to fulfill the full schedule which has 2 tests. South Africa and New Zealand are coming next year for 2 tests each as well and I’m sure those matches will be played because you can’t miss the opportunity to play a big side. So ZC will probably have a huge test cricket bill next year. I see a minimum of 1 test against both Afghanistan and Ireland plus the 4 tests in total against South Africa and New Zealand. That could cost them 3 million.

The India tour should bring in some decent money so maybe they will use that to cover their costs