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Umpire Anil Chaudhary has been nominated to the ICC’s international panel of umpires by the BCCI

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Aug-2013Umpire Anil Chaudhary has been nominated to the ICC’s international panel of umpires by the BCCI. Vineet Kulkarni, S Ravi and C Shamsuddin, who were nominated last year, remain on the panel.While four Indian umpires on the international panel are mandatory, there is currently no Indian on the elite panel, the ICC’s premier set of umpires. Generally, two umpires from the elite panel stand in Test matches, while one elite-panel umpire and one international-panel umpire stand in limited-overs games.Kulkarni and Ravi have been named under the on-field category, while Shamsuddin and Chaudhary will be off-field umpires. Chaudhary, 48, who is yet to officiate an international game, replaces Sudhir Asnani on the panel. The highest-profile games Chaudhary has stood in were IPL matches.India’s four nominees for the panel were picked at the BCCI’s umpires sub-committee meeting in Bangalore on Thursday. BCCI vice-president Niranjan Shah, who chaired the meeting, said: “The general consensus was that the quality of umpires here in India has steadily improved ever since we brought in the review-system over the last four to five years. We were supposed to recommend four umpires to the ICC international panel and we decided to back Ravi and Vineet Kulkarni for on-field and Shamsuddin and Anil Chaudhary for off-field.”

Nasir Jamshed has said he is disappointed after being dropped from the Test side ahead of the Zimbabwe tour, and is hopeful of gaining selection for Pakistan’s next assignment

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Aug-2013Nasir Jamshed, the Pakistan batsman, has set his sights on a Test comeback after being dropped from the side ahead of the Zimbabwe tour which begins on August 23.Jamshed enjoyed a prolific ODI season last year, where he scored 462 runs in eight innings at an average of 66, establishing himself as a regular, though he didn’t hit the same highs in his 16 ODIs this year. His Test performances, have been found wanting, with only 51 runs in four innings, and a high score of 46 in a difficult series in South Africa.Speaking on the opening day of the national training camp on Tuesday, Jamshed said: “Test cricket is an important format and essential for every big player. I am disappointed over being dropped from the Test side. I will try my best to regain a place in the five-day format too by giving good performances in ODIs and T20s. If I am given another chance in Test cricket, you will find me a more mature player. I have realised my mistakes [in South Africa] and I have learnt the lessons.”Another notable selection was of the allrounder Anwar Ali, who first gained prominence with his display of swing bowling during the ICC U-19 World Cup in 2006. He has only played one T20I for Pakistan, in a match against Zimbabwe in Canada on October 2008. Since then he has worked on his batting, becoming a competent allrounder in the domestic scene. Over the last two seasons, he has taken 107 wickets at the first-class level, while providing contributions with the bat as well.Anwar was hopeful that his new-found ability with the bat would hold him in good stead for the tour: “This time I have come back in the team with improved batting skills too to play my role in the team as an effective all-rounder.”

The BCCI is believed to be working on a back-up plan for the trouble-hit tour of South Africa in November and December. It could involve hosting an ODI tri-series with Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Amol Karhadkar13-Sep-2013The BCCI is believed to be working on a back-up plan for the trouble-hit tour of South Africa in November and December. It could involve hosting an ODI tri-series with Pakistan and Sri Lanka and the details are likely to be discussed in Chennai on Saturday, when officials from the three boards attend an Asian Cricket Council meeting.The ACC meeting is scheduled two days before Cricket South Africa chief Haroon Lorgat and BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel meet in Dubai on the sidelines of an ICC board meeting to try and resolve the impasse over India’s tour of South Africa.If a tri-series is organised, it will effectively replace the limited-overs leg of the bilateral series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the UAE, but it would also mean either a cancelled or severely curtailed India tour of South Africa.Sri Lanka and Pakistan are set to play two Twenty20 internationals, five ODIs and three Tests from December 11 to January 20. The limited-overs leg concludes on December 27.India’s calendar includes a short series against West Indies in November and a tour of New Zealand from January 19. The only option for CSA is to host India for two Tests, three ODIs and a Twenty20 international from December and ending with the New Year’s Test. A tri-series in India would cut into this space.PCB chief operating officer Subhan Ahmed and SLC secretary Nishantha Ranatunga are expected to represent their boards at the ACC meeting. The ACC is headed by BCCI president N Srinivasan. The CEO of ACC, Syed Ashraful Haq, has also arrived in India.The schedule for India’s tour of South Africa was announced by CSA on July 8 but it immediately fell into problems and the schedule has not been endorsed by the BCCI. Though there has been no official statement, it appears the sticking point seems to be CSA’s appointment of Lorgat as its chief executive despite a series of run-ins between Lorgat and the BCCI during his tenure as ICC chief.

Perhaps Essex have spent too much time watching England recently. Serenely placed on 61 for 0, Chelmsford offered no hint of the bedlam that once again was about to engulf Essex’s batting

Tim Wigmore03-May-2015
ScorecardLiam Norwell sparked another classic Essex collapse•Getty Images

Perhaps Essex have spent too much time watching England recently. Serenely placed on 61 for 0, Chelmsford offered no hint of the bedlam that was about to engulf Essex’s batting.Even with Ravi Bopara and Ryan ten Doeschate detained by the IPL, the sense that Essex boast a formidable batting line-up was reinforced by Dan Lawrence making 161 at The Oval this week in just his second first-class game. It only makes their propensity to collapse, most spectacularly when they were routed for 20 by Lancashire here two years ago, all the more inexplicable.And, on the evidence of the start to the summer, this unfortunate trait remains, particularly at Chelmsford. In their previous home game, Essex suffered a collapse of 51 for 7 against Kent; against Gloucestershire this time it was even worse: 45 for 8. Bafflingly, these games were sandwiched by an utterly imperious performance against Surrey, when Essex declared on 610 for 8.This time Liam Norwell was the main beneficiary. Persistent morning drizzle had delayed the start until ten to two – and given the wicket a distinctly green tinge, leading Geraint Jones to insert Essex after winning the toss between two former England wicket-keepers.Normally such conditions are an invitation to bowl full, but Jaik Mickleburgh had driven proficiently through the offside. At the suggestion of David Payne, Gloucestershire located a slightly shorter length. For Norwell, ambling in with his strawberry blond hair, the results were spectacular, as he extracted late movement from a good length.Three times in eight balls a batsman obligingly nicked him to Chris Dent, who calmly poached Dan Lawrence, James Foster and Jesse Ryder at second slip: a welcome contrast with the swathes of dropped chances that have undermined Gloucestershire’s start to 2015. With Mickleburgh already having been clean bowled, Norwell had snared four wickets for two runs in two overs.Norwell’s teammates benefited from similar virtues, pitching the ball up and allowing Essex to implode. The dismissals of Kishen Velani, trying to flick a ball on offstump to midwicket, Graham Napier, lashing his second ball to point after hitting his first there for four and Greg Smith, heaving wildly outside offstump, were particularly regrettable.To restrict Essex to 159 all out under increasingly sunny skies was quite an effort from Gloucestershire. And even that represented a partial recovery from the wreckage of 106 for 8.In the circumstances, Essex were most grateful to have a spin bowler with evident batting aptitude. That was not Monty Panesar but Adeel Malik, the younger brother of former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik. After a brief and undistinguished career in Pakistan – 14 first-class games yielding 486 runs at 21.13 and eight wickets at 43.62 – Malik has impressed in the Essex second team, and was rewarded with his first first-class match since 2010.Batting with grace and palpable intent, Malik clubbed Payne over long on for a ferocious clean six, and then smeared him down the ground for a four before Payne located a gap between his bat and pad.Malik has just signed a three-month contract, and his batting ability will make it more difficult for Panesar to return to the side. In an over of legspin before the close, he bowled with enough flight to suggest he might be a genuine wicket-taking threat, twirling his arms in a manner reminiscent of Danish Kaneria.Not that Gloucestershire will be particularly perturbed. In glorious evening sunset, Will Tavare and Dent completed a sterling day’s work. Technically proficient and an assured leaver of the ball, Tavare invites comparisons with his uncle Chris. He provides a neat contrast with his opening partner Chris Dent, a powerful left-hander adept at marmalising anything short.An emphatic pull off Ryder, judging the length early before crashing the ball to the square leg boundary, was almost contemptuous. Together Tavare and Dent added almost half of Essex’s total to leave Gloucestershire envisaging their first win at Chelmsford since 1930.

The PCB-appointed performance review committee suggested that the country’s cricket body ensure ‘accountability’ in the system and carry out objective appraisals of players and support staff after every tour

Umar Farooq13-Jun-2015The PCB-appointed performance review committee suggested that the country’s cricket body ensure ‘accountability’ in the system and carry out objective appraisals of players and support staff after every tour.PCB had constituted an autonomous review committee, comprising two independent members, Wasim Bari and Iqbal Qasim, PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan, executive committee head Najam Sethi and chief operating officer Subhan Ahmad to assess the 2015 World Cup performance. They met on Friday at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore to chalk out their assessment.The role of the committee, however, is unclear and the suggestions made are merely recommendatory with their implementation not made mandatory. The committee highlighted four aspects required to strengthen the team: strategic thinking, fielding and fitness, pick-and-stick policy and positive team culture.The committee also singled out accountability as the significant factor that would help determine the team’s performances. It’s something that Pakistan’s system has lacked as evidenced from how players dropped for one series on the basis of performance return in another without meeting the selection criteria. Selection has especially been inconsistent in limited-overs series.The review committee insisted on the pick-and-stick approach to ensure a player selected received ample opportunities to showcase his ability. Recently, Pakistan picked Sami Aslam, a promising opener who impressed during the Test series against Bangladesh, but was dropped for no reason. Mohammad Sami is another example: having been selected out of nowhere for the Zimbabwe series at home, he now faces the axe ahead of the ODI series against Sri Lanka next month.The selection committee that selects a pool of 15 or more players for a series has always distanced itself from the result, leaving the responsibility of naming the final XI to the team management. However, neither the coach nor the captain take responsibility, and according to PCB’s policy, neither has a vote in selecting the squad. Such a situation has led to nobody taking ownership.The review committee met for the second time this week after its earlier meeting barely lasted 15 minutes. The committee was meant to review the World Cup where Pakistan lost in the quarterfinal. The independent members, according to PCB, have been asked to assess the Bangladesh tour as well, where Pakistan lost all the three ODIs and one T20.”The Committee unanimously decided to expand the scope of their review to include Pakistan’s dismal tour in Bangladesh and reiterated the purpose of the review being to establish reasons for the below par performance and to suggest ways to improve upon such performances,” PCB said in a press release. “The Committee agreed that it was important to undertake a review of the players and support staff performance after every tour as a measure of assessment and there should be accountability at every stage.”

Andre Fletcher and Kevin Pietersen powered St Lucia Zouks to 179 against Trinidad &Tobago Red Steel before rain washed out the game

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Jun-2015
Match abandoned due to rain
ScorecardFile photo – Andre Fletcher set up St Lucia Zouks’ innings with a fifty•LatinContent/Getty Images

Andre Fletcher struck 57 off 49 balls and Kevin Pietersen hit 42 off 26 balls as St Lucia Zouks ran up 179 in 20 overs, the highest CPL score at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in Gros Islet before rain washed out the match.Rain arrived five balls into the Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel’s chase, forcing the second game of the season to be called off, with the teams taking a point each.Fletcher and Johnson Charles gave Zouks a strong start after the hosts were inserted. They raced to 37 in four overs before Jacques Kallis had Charles caught at short midwicket for 16. Fletcher, joined by Kevin Pietersen, built the innings before kicking into higher gear in a partnership worth 70 in 8.5 overs. Though both batsmen departed in successive overs, late contributions from Henry Davids (27), Darren Sammy(15) and Kyle Mayers (19) ensured that Zouks finished with a formidable total.Fletcher and Pietersen hit 13 boundaries between them while Kallis was the pick of the bowlers for Red Steel, claiming figures of 2 for 31.Kallis would later begin the chase with a four and a six before rain cut the match short.

Adam Voges reflects on how the frankness with Australia coach Darren Lehmann told him he was out of the World Cup squad allowed him to focus on securing a Test spot

Daniel Brettig06-Jul-20151:28

‘It’s been a long road to get here’ – Voges

“I’m done then, am I?”Through his tears, Adam Voges summoned the gumption to ask Darren Lehmann if his international hopes were completely snuffed out. It was Allan Border Medal night in January 2014, and outside Doltone House on Sydney’s Elizabeth Street, Lehmann had told Voges that he would not be figuring in the team’s 2015 World Cup plans.Up to that moment, virtually all of Voges’ opportunities to play for Australia had been in coloured clothing. His record showed he had seldom let the team down. So to hear he would not be considered for the squad that would compete for the game’s biggest trophy on home soil truly hurt. There was not much room for any other chances, but Voges had to ask the question.Stubbing out a cigarette, Lehmann replied. “No, you’re not done, there’s always opportunities.” It might have been a throwaway line from a selector to a jilted player, but it has turned out to be very true. Voges cast off any bitterness about missing a World Cup spot and forged ahead for West Australia. Eighteen months later he is set to play in the first Investec Ashes Test in Cardiff.”I didn’t think I’d ever let anyone down when I’d played one-day cricket,” Voges said. “I thought my performances statistically were good and I played in a lot of teams that won games, so from that point of view it was pretty disappointing. But Boof was very honest and I knew exactly where I stood at the end of it.”It took a little while I must admit, but I moved on and my focus from then was doing well for WA. I think during that conversation I said, ‘Well I’m done then am I’, and his answer was no, you’re not’.”So maybe there was that little glimmer of hope when I walked away from that, but he certainly didn’t shut the door that’s for sure. It was just an honest chat that we had. It hasn’t changed me or him as a person in any way. I think there’s still a mutual respect and a good relationship there. I’m sure it was a hard chat for him to have as well.”Lehmann’s frankness allowed Voges to focus on Western Australia, and a prolific 2014-15 season elbowed him onto the plane to the West Indies and England. In Dominica he showed the value of his calm, measured batting on the way to a memorable debut hundred, and in England his ability to soak up pressure and bat around more combustible teammates will be invaluable.Adam Voges ended a long wait for the baggy green with a century on debut in the Caribbean•Getty Images

“I was batting the other day [in Chelmsford] and I came out and Warner was smacking them. Then he got out and Watto came in and he smacked them. Then he got out and Mitch Marsh came in and he smacked them,” Voges said. “I was quite happy doing my thing at the other end. If I can build partnerships with those guys then that’s what I try and focus on.”There will be times where I hopefully get a bit of a run on as well, and I’m certainly not there to just occupy balls. I’ll certainly be proactive and positive in the way that I play but those guys were on a different level the other day. I think that’s the art of batting, knowing when are the right times to attack and when a bloke is bowling well and you need to get through a tricky period. And knowing when you can cash in as well.”Generally, an Ashes is not considered the best time to include players with minimal Test match experience. However, Voges’ rich history of first-class matches, both in England and Australia, leaves him well placed to make an immediate impact, much as the opener Chris Rogers did in 2013.”I’ve learnt a bit of patience over the last few years,” Voges said. “My two young ones will be here tomorrow, and I think they’ve taught me patience pretty well. But I think it’s just experience – it’s going to be a big occasion, I’m sure there will be some nerves. You’d be disappointed if there weren’t.”But just going back and knowing I’ve played a lot of cricket now and just being able to go back on that experience and hopefully that will hold me in good stead.”That experience includes plenty of knowledge of England players. Stuart Broad, for one, was a team-mate with Nottingham. “Off the field, he’s a nice guy,” Voges said. “I’ve played a lot with him, I’ve always got along well with him. It’s always different when you walk across the white line, and we won’t be saying too much to each other I’m pretty sure. Once it’s all finished I’m sure we’ll have a beer afterwards but we’re here for business now, and that’s how it will be.”It’s the Ashes, we all grow up watching and is probably the most important Test series, so from that point of view, because of the occasion and how big it is, there’s always going to be a little bit of niggle in the heat of the moment, and that’s fine. Looking forward to getting out there.”

Academy duo Lewis McManus and Mason Crane saved Hampshire from a sixth defeat of the season and handed Durham their first draw

ECB/PA22-Jul-2015
ScorecardLewis McManus, a former England Under-19, was playing only his second first-class match•All Out Cricket

Academy duo Lewis McManus and Mason Crane saved Hampshire from a sixth defeat of the season and handed Durham their first draw, preventing them from reclaiming second spot from Warwickshire. Chris Rushworth took nine wickets in the match – including a hat-trick spread over two innings – but could not quite force victory for Durham.Hampshire had slumped to 39 for 5 in pursuit 305 for victory as Rushworth and Ryan Pringle carved through the home side’s batting. But a 43-run stand between McManus and Joe Gatting steadied Hampshire, before the 20-year-old wicketkeeper and Gareth Berg added 53 for the seventh wicket to frustrate the visitors.Rain slowed Durham down further, as nine overs were lost to a half-hour shower, allowing allowed McManus, now joined by Jackson Bird, to regroup. Bird and James Tomlinson both fell lbw to Pringle but Crane, on first-class debut, joined McManus in helping to see out the final 5.2 overs with Hampshire nine down, making the most of an uncharacteristic drop from Paul Collingwood.McManus finished on 53 not out from 166 balls, his maiden first-class fifty, after clipping the final delivery of the match, from Rushworth, for four. The draw all but ended Durham’s title dreams and kept Hampshire glued to the bottom of Division One.”I was looking at surviving those last six balls and getting the team over the line and get a draw but to get that and a half-century at the same time was a bonus,” McManus said, after playing in only his second first-class match.In the morning, teenage legspinner Crane was denied a debut five-for as he took four scalps before Durham declared. Mark Stoneman made sure the board kept moving with an aggressive 88, which included two sixes that cleared the boundary comfortably.Scott Borthwick was Crane’s first wicket of the day, as one turned out the rough to bowl Durham’s No. 3 for 39. Australia international John Hastings – who was moved up the order to push the run rate – swung straight into the hands of James Vince, before Stoneman was bowled.That wicket was enough to persuade Collingwood to declare – setting Hampshire 305 to win in a minimum of 72 overs.And Hampshire got off to a howler as Michael Carberry edged behind to the first ball of the innings to give Rushworth yet another wicket – and complete a rare hat-trick, with all three wickets occurring in different overs. Rushworth had taken wickets with the final ball of the 109th over and first ball of the 11th over to finish Hampshire’s first innings on Tuesday.Liam Dawson followed the opener after lunch when he was pinned lbw by Rushworth before Jame Vince was also leg before but to Pringle. Adams was the next to depart when he edged behind trying to withdraw his bat to give Rushworth his ninth wicket of a storming match.Former Durham captain Smith completed a disastrous 4.3 overs in which four wickets and only seven runs were scored when he flicked to Collingwood at slip. But two long stands swung the game back towards Hampshire’s grasp as McManus continued his run of scoring his highest score in each of his four first-class innings by classily playing the situation.Bird was lbw to Pringle – the spinner concluding with career best figures of 5 for 63 – with 8.5 overs remaining to jangle the nerves before Tomlinson fell with less than 15 minutes before the 6pm cut off.Crane came in and scored his first professional runs – on the day he was given a first professional contract – before Collingwood spilled a regulation slip chance to heighten the suspense. But Hampshire got away with their collapse in tense circumstances.

Mark Wood has enjoyed the thrill of taking the wicket that won the Ashes for England, but on the horizon is the less palatable thought of an operation on a persistent ankle ailment

Andrew McGlashan18-Aug-2015Mark Wood has spent the last week trying to soak up the experience of being the bowler who took the Ashes-winning wicket for England when he dismissed Nathan Lyon at Trent Bridge. However, on the horizon are the less palatable realities that he may miss out on the final Investec Test at The Oval due to the congestion among England’s quicks and could also require surgery on the ankle problem that has plagued him throughout his short career.It is almost impossible to wipe the smile off Wood’s face, and the memory of that moment when Lyon’s stumps were splattered will stay with him forever, but he has conceded, having sought specialist advice, that the pain management that currently goes into keeping him serviceable – “it doesn’t hurt as much when I take the pills the doctor gives us” – may not be the long-term solution.”I’ve had that many injuries so far in my short career that I never want to be thrown out of the team,” he said. “Long term, the ankle problem may need some work done to it – whether that’s time off or maybe an operation. That might be the case. It’s about fitting it in at the right time.”In the shorter term, Wood’s place for the final Test of the season will come under scrutiny should James Anderson recover from the side strain that kept him out of the fourth Test. Anderson bowled on an adjacent pitch before having a stint in the nets themselves, having also bowled yesterday.”Jimmy has 400 Test wickets, he’s England’s leading bowler – he had a bowl yesterday and seemed fine – but I’m going to prepare as I have every other game. I’m sure everyone would want Jimmy in the side so if he’s fit he probably gets the nod.”Wood has emerged in all three formats during the season, beginning with his ODI debut against Ireland before his first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s and he also played in the T20 side. It would seem unlikely that will remain a viable workload if he is to enjoy more than a fleeting international career.Mark Wood might require surgery on his long-standing ankle ailment•Gareth Copley/Getty Images

His problem stems from ankle impingements, a common complaint for fast bowlers, which have caused significant inflammation and led to him requiring a cortisone injection earlier this series in order to be fit for Trent Bridge where he returned in place of the injured Anderson.Wood admitted he had started to struggle during the Lord’s Test as back-to-back fixtures at the start of the series took their toll, but he was able to sustain his pace at Trent Bridge when he was handed the new ball, even if Australia’s woeful batting meant his workload was limited.”So far I’ve managed my ankle well in this series and that’s been okay. You saw at Lord’s that I struggled a bit, so it might be the case that I’ll have to miss games or have that operation. But there’s a big game on Thursday which I want to be a part of then a heavy schedule coming up after that. I don’t want to miss games, but it might have to be done to make sure I can perform at my best and not let the team down.”As Wood alluded to, such is the packed nature of England’s schedule that missing matches would be inevitable if surgery was required. Shortly after the one-day series against Australia is finished next month – one that is shaping as a series for Wood to miss – the squad fly to the UAE for three Tests against Pakistan followed by four ODIs and three T20s. Then it is almost straight to South Africa for a full tour including four Tests and hot on the heels of that is the World T20 in India leading right into the start of the next English season.For Wood, the conflict is wanting to savour every moment of his young England career but also being wise enough – with the aid of the input from the medical team – to do what is best to ensure those England days have longevity.”If I did get this done it might mean I don’t have to take as many pills and get my ankle taped,” he said. “There are positive and negatives on both sides so just have to weigh it up as to when is the right time in the schedule that I can get away with it if I do need it do. But I may not need it at all. Jimmy Anderson has had an ankle problem for years that the management have told me about so if I can do what he’s done then I would prefer that.The potential for tweaking his action has not been completely discounted, either, although Wood said his current approach – a sprinter’s kick at the start with an explosive delivery stride – is all he has ever used, but he is aware of the thoughts of former fast bowlers who worry about the impact it has on his body.”I have spoken to a couple of guys about injuries. My style of bowling off a short run and explosive at the crease probably doesn’t help my body at times. I heard Glenn McGrath mention that my short run puts more pressure on, but I don’t know any different to be honest. Maybe that’s something I can look at and discuss with the team.”There should be caution, however, about changes to a bowling action. The man who may force him onto the sidelines for this Test – Anderson – almost had his career ruined by a desire to try and remodel his action while Steven Finn’s career was severely disrupted when his run-up was tinkered with.

Hamilton Masakadza has been dropped from Zimbabwe’s ODI squad for the home series against Ireland due to his patchy form

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Oct-2015

Zim squad for Ireland ODIs

Elton Chigumbura (capt), Sikandar Raza, Brian Chari, Chamu Chibhabha, Craig Ervine, Luke Jongwe, Neville Madziva, Wellington Masakadza, Tinotenda Mutombodzi, Richmond Mutumbami (wk), Taurai Muzarabani, John Nyumbu, Tinashe Panyangara, Malcolm Waller, Sean Williams
In: Craig Ervine, Wellington Masakadza
Out: Graeme Cremer, Hamilton Masakadza

Hamilton Masakadza has been dropped from Zimbabwe’s ODI squad for the home series against Ireland due to his patchy form. However, there will still be family representation in the XV, with his younger left-arm spinning brother, Wellington Masakadza, having been included. If Wellington does get a game, he will be the third of the Masakadza siblings to play for Zimbabwe, with fast bowler Shingi also have made the national team.Middle-order batsman Craig Ervine, who missed the home ODIs against Pakistan due to a hamstring niggle, returns to the squad. Graeme Cremer, who had sprained his ankle during that Pakistan series, misses out, having not yet fully recovered. A Zimbabwe Cricket statement said his ankle might require another two weeks to heal, and he will undergo an MRI scan to confirm the extent of the damage to it.Following unconvincing scores of 15 and 7 against Pakistan, Hamilton Masakadza was left out for the final ODI of that series, and it was expected that he might miss out here.Zimbabwe host Ireland for three ODIs, starting on October 9.