{"id":47145,"date":"2026-04-10T15:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=47145"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:04:26","slug":"zimbabwe-women-set-for-historic-maiden-tour-of-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=47145","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe women set for historic maiden tour of Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Zimbabwe women will make their first-ever tour of Pakistan this week, with a six-match white-ball series scheduled to run from April 29 to May 15 in Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>The tour features three ODIs and three T20Is at the National Bank Stadium, marking a significant milestone in bilateral women\u2019s cricket between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p>The ODI series, set for May 3, 6 and 9, forms part of the ICC Women\u2019s Championship 2025-2029, with Zimbabwe continuing their campaign after making their debut in the competition against New Zealand last month.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe endured a difficult start to the championship, losing all three ODIs and T20Is in their home series against New Zealand by comprehensive margins.<\/p>\n<p>The T20I leg of the Pakistan tour will be played on May 12, 14 and 15. It will be the first time Zimbabwe women\u2019s national cricket team and Pakistan women\u2019s national cricket team meet in the shortest format of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the two sides have faced each other only once in international cricket, during the 2021 World Cup Qualifier, where Pakistan registered a 114-run victory.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan, meanwhile, have played three matches in the Women\u2019s Championship so far. They lost their recent series 1-2 to South Africa and currently sit fifth on the points table of the ICC Women\u2019s Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The series is expected to provide both teams with crucial preparation and exposure as they continue their build-up to upcoming global tournaments.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe women will make their first-ever tour of Pakistan this week, with a six-match white-ball series scheduled to run from April 29 to May 15 in Karachi. The tour features three ODIs and three T20Is at the National Bank Stadium, marking a significant milestone in bilateral women\u2019s cricket between the two sides. The ODI series, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}