
Brandon Moyo, Sports Reporter
DESPITE facing a suspension from the International Cricket Council (ICC), Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will continue playing international cricket and will kick off their 2024 season with a home series against Zimbabwe.
In their Future Tour Programme (FTP) for the year 2024, SLC have confirmed that they will host Zimbabwe for a white ball series in January to kick start the New Year. This will be the Chevrons’ first visit to the Asian nation in over two years having last toured in January 2022.
In their last visit to Sri Lanka, they played three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and the hosts won the series 2-1. In the upcoming series, they are set to play three T20Is and as many ODIs. However, commencement dates are yet to be announced.

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“We are heading into a highly exciting year with a lot of international cricket to be played, which augurs well for us, as our team will be engaged in competitive cricket year round. The 2024 calendar is expected to give our players a lot of playing opportunities, fans entertainment, and our sponsors’ great exposure,” said SL chief executive officer (CEO) Ashley De Silva in a statement.
The tour is likely to also be Zimbabwe’s first of 2024 as well. The Chevrons will be looking at starting the year on a high note by causing an upset in the Asian nation. Apart from bilateral cricket, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka last played together in white ball cricket in July in the 2023 World Cup Qualifiers where the Lankans prevailed after a dominant performance.
They convincingly won the match by nine wickets in front of a sold out Queens Sports Club.
Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka have played each other 61 times in ODIs and the latter enjoys a better win ratio. From those 61 matches, Sri Lanka has won 47 games whereas Zimbabwe has been victorious on 12 occasions. Two matches have had no results.
Sri Lanka will also be favourites going into the series as they have won 12 times at home while losing on three occasions only. They enjoy a 77, 04 win percentage over the Chevrons. In T20s, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe have only faced each other three times and the Lankans have won all of the games thus enjoying a 100 percent winning ratio against the Chevrons in the shorter version of the game. The series promises to be a great time for cricket enthusiasts, both in Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. – @brandon_malvin