Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka-led Sri Lanka will host minnows Zimbabwe in a three-match ODI series from January 16. The matches will be played at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, under a Bio-Secure Bubble. Follow SL vs ZIM LIve Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Ahead of the tour, the Zimbabwe team will arrive in Sri Lanka on January 10. All three matches will be day-night affairs and are expected to be part of ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.
Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka to host Zimbabwe for three-match ODI series from Jan 16
The Zimbabwe National Team will tour Sri Lanka during January 2022 to take part in a 03 Match ODI Series.
The Matches will be played at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, under a Bio-Secure Bubble – FIXTURE: https://t.co/fyaJWCGIG7 #SLvZIM
— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) December 28, 2021
Plans to stage three Twenty20s with Zimbabwe were shelved because of the Sri Lanka’s upcoming tour of Australia, an SLC spokesman said.
The Zimbabwe series comes on the heels of Sri Lanka’s 2-0 Test series victory over the West Indies.
That tour was the last overseen by Mickey Arthur, who left this month to coach English county side Derbyshire.
Sri Lanka’s five-match T20 tour of Australia is slated for February 11-20.
TOUR SCHEDULE
| DATE | MATCH | VENUE |
| 16th January, 2022 | 01st ODI (Day/Night) | PICS, Kandy |
| 18th January, 2022 | 02nd ODI (Day/Night) | PICS, Kandy |
| 21st January, 2022 | 03rd ODI (Day/Night) | PICS, Kandy |
Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka to host Zimbabwe for three-match ODI series from Jan 16
Sri Lanka are currently on the sixth spot of the Super League points table while Zimbabwe are at the bottom with just two wins from nine matches.
| Rank | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | Points | NRR | Penalty Overs |
| 1 | England | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 0.838 | |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0.322 | |
| 3 | Australia | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0.633 | |
| 4 | Ireland | 15 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 50 | -0.47 | |
| 5 | India | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49 | -0.074 | 1 |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 15 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 42 | -0.305 | 3 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 | -0.236 | |
| 8 | West Indies | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 | -0.975 | |
| 9 | South Africa | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 39 | -0.026 | 1 |
| 10 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2.352 | |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.527 | |
| 12 | Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | -0.049 | |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | -0.785 |
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