There will be a historic match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan. (Photo: Getty)
There are only 12 teams in international cricket, which have been given the right to play Test cricket by the ICC. Among them, teams like India, England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka usually play the majority of Test cricket. But now teams like Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, which have little importance in cricket, have also started giving importance to it. In this series, the Zimbabwe team will now host Afghanistan in 2 test matches. These two games are going to be historic.
Boxing Day test after 28 years
The Afghanistan team will soon tour Zimbabwe. In this tour which begins on December 9, series of all three formats i.e. T20, ODI and Test will be played. During this period, apart from 3 T20s and 3 ODIs, the Zimbabwe team will host 2 historic test matches. In fact, after 28 years, the Zimbabwe team will host the Boxing Day test. Earlier in 1996, he had played the Boxing Day Test against England at home. Not only this, the Zimbabwe team will also be hosting the New Year Test for the first time.
Both matches between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe will take place in Bulawayo. The Zimbabwe Cricket Board has expressed its desire to organize it. Let us tell you that both the teams have played two test matches against each other before this. Both matches were played in Abu Dhabi and both teams won 1-1. There have also been 28 ODI and 15 T20 matches between the two teams.
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What is the Boxing Day test?
Generally, the Test match that starts on the day after Christmas, i.e. December 26, is called the Boxing Day match. It is famous in Commonwealth countries such as Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. The most popular Boxing Day Test is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Australia.
complete agenda
Afghanistan’s tour of Zimbabwe will begin with a 3-match T20 series. Then a 3-match ODI series will be played and finally a Test series will be organized. The first T20 match will be held on December 9, the second T20 on December 11 and the third T20 on December 12. After this, the first ODI will be played on December 15, the second ODI on December 17 and the third ODI on December 19. All matches in these two series will take place in Harare. Then, the first Test will be played in Bulawayo from December 26 to 30 and the second Test from January 2 to 6.
