Ex-England star Ballance in Zimbabwe squad

Ex-England star Ballance in Zimbabwe squad

Former England batter Gary Ballance is about to make his Zimbabwe debut later this month after he was named within the squad for the three-match Twenty20 collection towards Ireland.

The 33-year-old left-handed batter final month signed a two-year contract to play home and worldwide cricket within the nation of his delivery following his launch from English county cricket facet Yorkshire.

He is among the 4 adjustments made to the 15-man facet that represented Zimbabwe on the T20 World Cup in Australia in September for the three matches towards Ireland on the Harare Sports Club between January 12 and 15.

Ballance comes into the facet after Zimbabwe’s key allrounder Sikandar Raza was given permission by Zimbabwe Cricket to play franchise cricket in Bangladesh this month.

Ballance performed 23 Tests for England between 2014 and 2017, scoring 1498 runs, together with 4 centuries, at a mean of 37.45.

He additionally appeared in 16 ODIs however has been allowed to change his worldwide allegiance.