{"id":30642,"date":"2026-04-02T15:30:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30642"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:30:48","slug":"australia-to-play-three-odis-in-zimbabwe-in-september","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/australia-to-play-three-odis-in-zimbabwe-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia to play three ODIs in Zimbabwe in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia will tour Zimbabwe for three One-Day Internationals (ODI)\u00a0 in September, the first \u200btime they have played in the African \u200cnation since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe are to co-host the 2027 50-over World Cup with South Africa and \u200bNamibia, and this year\u2019s tour provides \u200bthe Australians with a chance to \u2060familiarise themselves with conditions.<\/p>\n<p>All three ODI fixtures \u200bwill be played at the Harare Sports \u200bClub between September 15-20.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to welcome Australia back to Zimbabwe for what promises to \u200bbe a highly competitive ODI series,\u201d Zimbabwe \u200bCricket Managing Director Givemore Makoni said in a statement \u200con \u2060Thursday. \u201cFixtures of this calibre are vital for our growth as a team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the International Cricket Council Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2027 on \u200bthe horizon, \u200bthis tour \u2060provides invaluable preparation as we build towards hosting the tournament \u200balongside South Africa and Namibia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe defeated \u200bAustralia \u2060by 23 runs in February at the T20 World Cup in a fixture played \u2060in \u200bColombo, Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20498,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-30642","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Zimbabwe are to co-host the 2027 50-over World Cup with South Africa and \u200bNamibia","published_date":"","news_description":"Zimbabwe are to co-host the 2027 50-over World Cup with South Africa and \u200bNamibia.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30643,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30642\/revisions\/30643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=30642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}