England will play a historic Test match against Zimbabwe to end their 22-year bilateral cricket gap. A four-day Test match between Zimbabwe and England is set to take place at Nottingham’s Trent Bridge Cricket Ground. England hasn’t faced their Zimbabwean counterparts in a bilateral series since 2003 due to off-field issues.
Since Zimbabwe Cricket’s (ZC) administrative changes and the end of Robert Mugabe’s rule in the African country, the historic Test has been discussed inside the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Prior to the two nations’ cricket boards convening and announcing a stand-alone Test, the process of normalizing cricket ties was started by a number of English county clubs visiting Zimbabwe in recent years.
Tavengwa Mukuhlani, the chairwoman of the ZC, even called Zimbabwe’s first visit to England a historic event.
In a year that is unusually busy for them playing the conventional format, Zimbabwe has the chance to do well in the Test. Last month, the Chevrons evened the two-match series 1-1 with a spectacular victory against Bangladesh in Sylhet. Although losing their lone warm-up match wouldn’t have helped, Zimbabwe can go to England with confidence after their performance against the Bangla Tigers.
The Zimbabwe Test gives England an opportunity to show off their skills and get ready for the highly anticipated five-match Test series against India later this summer.
In order to solidify their supremacy at home, Stokes’ team would have to shake off their patchy performance from the winter, when they lost 1-2 in Pakistan before defeating New Zealand 2-1 in the series. The injury to youthful Jordan Cox dealt a setback to England going into the Test. James Rewin, a batter from Somerset, has been called up by the selectors to the team.
Here is all you need to know before the England vs. Zimbabwe Test:
On May 22, the England vs. Zimbabwe Only Test will begin.
Nottingham’s Trent Bridge Cricket Ground will host England and Zimbabwe’s stand-alone Test match.
The Sony Sports Network will broadcast the England vs. Zimbabwe Only Test in India.
In India, the Sony Liv app will provide live streaming of the England vs. Zimbabwe Only Test 2025.
England: Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, James Rew, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tongue, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Sam Cook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, and captain Ben Stokes
Craig Ervine (c), Tanaka Chivanga, Clive Madande, Brian Bennett, Ben Curran, Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Newman Nyamhuri, Victor Nyauchi, Sikandar Raza, Tafadzwa Tsiga, Nicholas Welch, and Sean Williams from Zimbabwe
