| Zimbabwean cricket team in Scotland in 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Scotland | Zimbabwe | ||
| Dates | 15 – 19 September 2021 | ||
| Captains | Kyle Coetzer | Craig Ervine | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Zimbabwe won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Richie Berrington (168) | Milton Shumba (112) | |
| Most wickets | Safyaan Sharif (4) |
Tendai Chatara (5) Luke Jongwe (5) | |
| Player of the series | Milton Shumba (Zim) | ||
The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Scotland in September 2021 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. All of the matches took place at The Grange Club in Edinburgh. Scotland's last home international fixtures were in August 2019.
Scotland won the first T20I match by seven runs, with Zimbabwe winning the second match by ten runs to level the series. Zimbabwe won the third T20I by six wickets to win the series 2–1.
Squads
Zimbabwe's Brendan Taylor retired from international cricket following the final match of Zimbabwe's tour of Ireland, which took place two days prior.
T20I series
1st T20I
| 15 September 2021 14:00 Scorecard |
Scotland  141/6 (20 overs) |
v |  Zimbabwe134/9 (20 overs) |
| Richie Berrington 82* (61) Tendai Chatara 2/23 (4 overs) |
Milton Shumba 45* (30) Safyaan Sharif 4/24 (4 overs) |
| Scotland won by 7 runs The Grange Club, Edinburgh Umpires: Allan Haggo (Sco) and David McLean (Sco) Player of the match: Richie Berrington (Sco) |
- Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd T20I
| 17 September 2021 14:00 Scorecard |
| Zimbabwe 136/5 (20 overs) |
v | Scotland 126 (19.4 overs) |
| Sean Williams 60* (52) Gavin Main 1/17 (3 overs) |
Matthew Cross 42 (35) Richard Ngarava 2/13 (4 overs) |
| Zimbabwe won by 10 runs The Grange Club, Edinburgh Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and David McLean (Sco) Player of the match: Richard Ngarava (Zim) |
- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- Innocent Kaia (Zim) made his T20I debut.
- Richie Berrington (Sco) played in his 250th international match.
3rd T20I
| 19 September 2021 14:00 Scorecard |
| Scotland 177/4 (20 overs) |
v | Zimbabwe 180/4 (19.1 overs) |
| George Munsey 54 (30) Luke Jongwe 2/32 (3 overs) |
Milton Shumba 66* (29) Michael Leask 2/22 (3 overs) |
| Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets The Grange Club, Edinburgh Umpires: Allan Haggo (Sco) and Mark Hawthorne (Ire) Player of the match: Milton Shumba (Zim) |
- Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
References
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- "Williams, Masakadza help Zimbabwe draw level". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- "Sensational Shumba helps Zimbabwe to series victory". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- "Captain Coetzer leads Scotland squad to ICC Men's T20 World Cup". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- "Craig Ervine named Zimbabwe captain for Ireland, Scotland tours". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- "Brendan Taylor to retire from international cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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