Bangladesh to tour match-starved Zim

The tour by the Asian country will be most welcome news to Zimbabwe Cricket which has seen teams withdraw from tours here allegedly because of security concerns.
National team coach Walter Chawaguta praised the Bangladesh for agreeing to come to Zimbabwe saying the Asians were well acquainted with the situation in Zimbabwe and knew that it is completely safe to visit Zimbabwe.

So the Asian countries understand us, they understand the situation well and they know they will always be safe, Chawaguta said. Zimbabwe last played an international match against Kenya away from home, in February. The previous month they had faced Sri-Lanka and Bangladesh in a tri-nations series held in Bangladesh.

Since then, the senior side has not had an opportunity to play against internationally experienced players as foreign teams remained reluctant to visit the country.
Zimbabwe was scheduled to host Canada last March as well as New Zealand the following month. But the tours flopped after the two nations cancelled their trips.
The Prosper Utseya captained side was also to play host to a Triangular One Day series featuring India and South Africa, next month, but as the nation awaited their neighbors confirmation, India put their visit on hold.

Chawaguta hopes to make use of the chance that will come with the tour of The Tigers.
We have a couple of new players who came out of the domestic league who we want to try and work with as we expose them to a competitive international match, Chawaguta said.

We are not playing as much international matches as we want to play but we will have to utilize on what we have. There are other outstanding international matches ZC is trying to push for with talks with the involved countries and we keep hoping that we will play them.