Raza to miss West Indies Test series

ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) has granted star all-rounder Sikandar Raza permission to miss the upcoming two match Test series against West Indies so that he can feature in the on-going International League T20 in the UAE.

Raza, who was early this week named in the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s ODI and T20I teams of the year, in recognition of his achievements last year, missed the Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Ireland due to franchise cricket commitments in the UAE and Bangladesh.

He returned to feature in the ODI series against the same opponents and even stood as captain in the second match of the series in the absence of captain Craig Ervine.

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