Zimbabwean cricket team in Scotland in 2017

Zimbabwean cricket team in Scotland in 2017
Zimbabwean cricket team in Scotland in 2017
	Scotland
Dates	15 – 17 June 2017
Captains	Kyle Coetzer
One Day International series
Results	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Kyle Coetzer (170)
Most wickets	Con de Lange (5)

The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Scotland in June 2017 to play two One Day International (ODI) matches.^[1] Both matches were played at The Grange Club, Edinburgh.^[2] It was the first bilateral series between the two teams.^[3] In the first match, Scotland beat Zimbabwe on the back of a Kyle Coetzer century, recording their first win in an ODI against a Test playing nation.^[4] The series finished 1–1, with Zimbabwe winning the second match by 6 wickets.^[5]

Squads

Scotland^[6]	Zimbabwe^[7]
Kyle Coetzer (c) Richie Berrington Matthew Cross (wk) Josh Davey Alasdair Evans Con de Lange Michael Leask Calum MacLeod Preston Mommsen George Munsey Safyaan Sharif Chris Sole Craig Wallace Mark Watt	Graeme Cremer (c) Ryan Burl Tendai Chatara Chamu Chibhabha Craig Ervine Hamilton Masakadza Solomon Mire Peter Moor (wk) Christopher Mpofu Tarisai Musakanda Richard Ngarava Sikandar Raza Donald Tiripano Malcolm Waller Sean Williams

ODI series

1st ODI

15 June 2017
Scorecard

Scotland 317/6 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 272 (41.4 overs)
Kyle Coetzer 109 (101) Sean Williams 2/48 (10 overs)		Malcolm Waller 92 (62) Con de Lange 5/60 (8 overs)

Scotland won by 26 runs (DLS method)
The Grange Club, Edinburgh
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Ian Ramage (Sco)

Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
Rain during Zimbabwe's innings set them a revised target of 299 runs in 43 overs.
Con de Lange (Sco) took his first five-wicket haul in an ODI.
This was the first ODI match between the two sides and Scotland's first ever win in an ODI against a Test playing nation.^[8]

2nd ODI

17 June 2017
Scorecard

Scotland 169 (42 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 171/4 (37 overs)
Kyle Coetzer 61 (60) Graeme Cremer 5/29 (10 overs)		Sikandar Raza 58* (88) Chris Sole 3/36 (9 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets
The Grange Club, Edinburgh
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Ian Ramage (Sco)

Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.

References

^ "Scotland to host Zimbabwe in June". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
^ "Scotland to host Zimbabwe in two ODIs". Sport24. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
^ "Zimbabwe to tour Scotland in June". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
^ "Scotland beat Zimbabwe to claim first ODI win over a Test nation". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
^ "Zimbabwe level series courtesy Cremer's five-wicket haul". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
^ "Scotland look to capitalise on rare Full Member series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
^ "Masakadza finds favour ahead of Zimbabwe's triple tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
^ "Coetzer, de Lange star in Scotland's first win over a Full Member". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

[Fixtures-1] "Scotland to host Zimbabwe in June". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 22 March 2017.

[Grange-2] "Scotland to host Zimbabwe in two ODIs". Sport24. Retrieved 22 March 2017.

[bilateral-3] "Zimbabwe to tour Scotland in June". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2017.

[Test-4] "Scotland beat Zimbabwe to claim first ODI win over a Test nation". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

[result-5] "Zimbabwe level series courtesy Cremer's five-wicket haul". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

[ScoSquad-6] "Scotland look to capitalise on rare Full Member series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2017.

[ZimSquad-7] "Masakadza finds favour ahead of Zimbabwe's triple tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

[first-8] "Coetzer, de Lange star in Scotland's first win over a Full Member". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

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