HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC- One of Zimbabwe’s most experience player, Elton Chigumbura, has been left out of squads announced to play tests and one-day international matches against the West Indies in the Caribbean.
Zimbabwe Cricket has announced that Chigumbura, a former captain, will not be touring the Caribbean due to his poor domestic form.
Chigumbura who has over 100 ODI caps is the only notable absentee in the action starved Zimbabwe side.
Brendan Taylor will skipper the side which plays two Test matches, three one-day internationals (ODI) and two Twenty20 (T20) games against the World T20 champions.
The tour runs from February 20 to March 20 and will feature matches in Grenada, Antigua, Barbados and Dominica.
The month-long tour will be Zimbabwe’s first competitive assignment since the World T20 tournament in Sri Lanka and their first away tour since New Zealand in January.
The tour will get underway with a three-match ODI series which will see international cricket return to the Grenada National Stadium for the first time since 2009.
The three-match ODI series will take place from February 22-26.
Antigua will play host to the two T20 matches on consecutive days, March 2-3.
The reigning ICC World T20 champions have only met Zimbabwe once before in T20 matches.
One Day International Squad
Brendan Taylor, Hamilton Masakadza, Vusi Sibanda, Tino Mawoyo, Kyle Jarvis, Tendai Chatara, Chris Mpofu, Prosper Utseya, Regis Chakabva, Malcolm Waller, Keegan Meth, *Craig Ervine, *Chamu Chibhabha, *Tino Mutombodzi, *Natsai M’shangwe
Test Squad
Brendan Taylor, Tino Mawoyo, Vusi Sibanda, Hamilton Masakadza, Regis Chakabva, Malcolm Waller, Kyle Jarvis, Keegan Meth, Tendai Chatara, Chris Mpofu, Prosper Utseya, *Sean Williams, *Timycen Maruma, *Raymond Price, *Graeme Cremer
[*C. Ervine, T. Mutombodzi, C. Chibhabha and N. M’Shangwe, will return to Zimbabwe after the ODI and T20 fixtures and will be replaced by S. Williams, T. Maruma, R. Price and G. Cremer]
