{"id":102303,"date":"2024-12-26T23:10:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T21:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cricket-offers-free-entry-for-fans-in-tests-against-afghanistan"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:13:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T23:13:30","slug":"zimbabwe-cricket-offers-free-entry-for-fans-in-tests-against-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cricket-offers-free-entry-for-fans-in-tests-against-afghanistan","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe Cricket Offers Free Entry For Fans In Tests Against Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has announced free entry for spectators to the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo for the upcoming two-match Test series against Afghanistan, starting with the Boxing Day game on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>ZC Managing Director Givemore Makoni said the decision to waive gate charges is part of ZC\u2019s efforts to celebrate this significant occasion for Zimbabwean cricket, marking the country\u2019s first Boxing Day Test at home in 28 years.<\/p>\n<p>The historic Test match will take place from 26-30 December, followed by Zimbabwe\u2019s inaugural New Year\u2019s Test, scheduled for 2-6 January 2025. Said Makoni:<\/p>\n<p>This is an extraordinary milestone for Zimbabwe Cricket and our fans. By offering free entry, we want to share this historic occasion with as many cricket lovers as possible, creating an electric atmosphere to inspire our players and celebrate the spirit of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in team news, right-arm fast bowler Victor Nyauchi has been called up to replace Takudzwa Chataira, who suffered a right-side strain during practice earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Chataira was among the seven uncapped players initially selected for the series.<\/p>\n<p>Nyauchi, an experienced bowler with nine Test matches under his belt and 20 wickets to his name, brings additional depth to Zimbabwe\u2019s bowling attack.<\/p>\n<p><b>ZIMBABWE TEST SQUAD:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Craig Ervine (captain), Ben Curran, Brian Bennett, Johnathan Campbell, Joylord Gumbie, Trevor Gwandu, Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Brandon Mavuta, Nyasha Mayavo, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarava, Newman Nyamhuri, Victor Nyauchi, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has announced free entry for spectators to the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo for the upcoming two-match Test series against Afghanistan, starting with the Boxing Day game on Thursday. ZC Managing Director Givemore Makoni said the decision to waive gate charges is part of ZC\u2019s efforts to celebrate this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":102302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[543,17480,3857,19,2075],"class_list":["post-102303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-cricket","tag-queens-sports-club","tag-test-series","tag-zimbabwe","tag-zimbabwe-cricket"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zimbabwe Cricket Offers Free Entry For Fans In Tests Against Afghanistan - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has announced free entry for spectators to the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo for the upcoming two ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cricket-offers-free-entry-for-fans-in-tests-against-afghanistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zimbabwe Cricket Offers Free Entry For Fans In Tests Against Afghanistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has announced free entry for spectators to the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo for the upcoming two ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cricket-offers-free-entry-for-fans-in-tests-against-afghanistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-26T21:10:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-26T23:13:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/12\/sm_1735242190.903599.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"679\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cricket-offers-free-entry-for-fans-in-tests-against-afghanistan#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cricket-offers-free-entry-for-fans-in-tests-against-afghanistan\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zimbabwe Cricket Offers Free Entry For Fans In Tests Against Afghanistan\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-26T21:10:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-26T23:13:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cricket-offers-free-entry-for-fans-in-tests-against-afghanistan\"},\"wordCount\":263,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cricket-offers-free-entry-for-fans-in-tests-against-afghanistan#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/12\/sm_1735242190.903599.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"cricket\",\"Queens Sports Club\",\"Test Series\",\"Zimbabwe\",\"Zimbabwe Cricket\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cricket-offers-free-entry-for-fans-in-tests-against-afghanistan#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cricket-offers-free-entry-for-fans-in-tests-against-afghanistan\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-cricket-offers-free-entry-for-fans-in-tests-against-afghanistan\",\"name\":\"Zimbabwe Cricket Offers Free Entry For Fans In Tests Against Afghanistan - 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