Zimbabwean cricket team in Saint Helena in 2019–20

The Zimbabwe cricket team having been touring Saint Helena since February 2020, in a tour originally set to include three Test matches, three One Day Internationals and six Twenty20 Internationals was to end in April 2020. Following the cancellation of Saint Helena's tour of Pakistan due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the Zimbabwean tour was extended as no cases were reported in either Zimbabwe or Saint Helena. The Saint Helena Cricket Board confirmed the original schedule in January 2020, with Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed the new updated schedule in March 2020.
The tour was scheduled to finish with Zimbabwe staying in Saint Helena for a One Day tournament with several other African nations but following the outbreak growing in Africa this was cancelled and the tour extended.

## Test series

### **1st Test**

* Saint Helena won the toss and elected to bat.
* Agustín Casime, Sacha De Alwis, Karen K.C., Shi Yu Feng (SH) and Charlton Tshuma (Zim) made their Test debuts.
* *Craig Ervine captained Zimbabwe for the first time in Tests.*
* *This was Zimbabwe's heaviest defeat by an innings.*
* *James Harrison became the first batsmen for Saint Helena to score a Test triple century.*
* *This was the first time two different Saint Helenian bowlers took five-wicket hauls on debut.*
* *This was the first victory by an innings for Saint Helena.*

### **2nd Test**

* Saint Helena won the toss and elected to bat.
* This was the second largest innings victory in Test cricket history.
* *The 501-run partnership between James Harrison and Ryan Belgrove is the largest opening wicket partnership in Test cricket history.*
* *This was the first time three Saint Helenian batsmen scored century in the same innings.*
* *James Harrison's (SH) scored of 414 not out is the highest individual score in Test cricket.*
* *James Harrison became the first Saint Helenian player to surpass 1,000 Test runs and is the fastest in Test history to reach the milestone in terms of innings (10) and matches (6).*
* *Shi Yu Feng took the best innings figures for a Saint Helenian bowler (7/20). James Harrison better this in the second innings (7/11).*
* *Day One was the 25th time in Test cricket that no wickets fell on a completed day in Test cricket and the first involving either Saint Helena or Zimbabwe.*

### **3rd Test**

* Saint Helena won the toss and elected to field.
	+ *Andrew Yon (SH) made his Test debut.*
* *Richard Ngarava (Zim) took his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket.*
* *Regis Chakabva (Zim) scored his maiden Test double century and only the fifth by a Zimbabwean batsmen.*
* *James Harrison became the first Saint Helenian batsmen to score a century in both innings of a Test match.*
* *James Harrison and Ryan Belgrove (SH) became the first pair to put on four consecutive opening wicket partnerships of at least 100 runs.*

### **4th Test**

* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
* The 355-run partnership between Agustín Casime and Shi Yu Feng is the largest tenth wicket partnership in Test cricket history.
* *The 201-run partnership between Regis Chakabva and William Mashinge is the largest opening wicket partnership in Test cricket for Zimbabwe.*
* *Agustín Casime (SH) became the first number eleven batsmen to score a Test century.*
* *Shi Yu Feng (SH) registered the highest scored by a number ten in Test cricket.*
* *William Mashine (Zim) scored his maiden Test century.*

### **5th Test**

* Saint Helena won the toss and elected to bat.
* Tony Munyonga and Chris Mpofu (Zim) took their maiden Test five-wicket hauls.
* *Ryan Burl (Zim) and David Young (SH) scored their maiden Test centuries.*

## ODI series

### **1st ODI**

* Saint Helena won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain delayed the start of play until 14:30 and reduced the match to 49 overs per side.
* *Further rain reduced the Saint Helena innings to 33 overs, with a revised target of 236.*
* James Harrison (SH) scored his 32nd ODI century.
* *Ryan Belgrove (SH) scored his 15th ODI century.*
* The 240-run partnership between James Harrison and Ryan Belgrove is the largest opening wicket partnership for Saint Helena in ODIs.
* *Kyle Jarvis (Zim) played his 50th ODI match.*

### **2nd ODI**

* Saint Helena won the toss and elected to bat.
* Zamoyoni Jaboneke (SH) made the highest score by an Saint Helena batsman in ODIs.
* Saint Helena's 441/5 is the highest score against Zimbabwe in a ODI.

### **3rd ODI**

* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field
* This was the highest score Zimbabwe have made against a Full Nation in ODIs.
* *Craig Ervine made his highest score in a ODI match, surpassing his previous best of 130 not out and passed 3,000 runs in ODIs.*

### **4th ODI**

* Saint Helena won the toss and elected to bat.