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The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Pakistan from 19 to 31 May 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zimbabwe Cricket confirms Pakistan tour )〕 The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) and two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches, all played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. It was the first tour by a Test-playing nation since the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009.〔 Pakistan won the T20I series 2–0 and won the ODI series 2–0 after the third match finished as a no result.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pakistan take series 2-0 after washout )〕 It was Pakistan's first ODI series win in two years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Azhar ton seals first series win in two years )〕 Pakistan ODI captain Azhar Ali said "it's been an exciting and emotional series for many reasons. It became important for us, as many of us never played in Pakistan, and winning makes it more significant because it gives you confidence".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Exciting and emotional series for us - Azhar Ali )〕 Before the tour, several Zimbabwean cricketers expressed their concerns about travelling to Pakistan, but were committed to the trip.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zimbabwe players express concerns over Pakistan tour )〕 Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq had described the tour as "a big joy for all of Pakistan cricket fans, players and for the PCB officials".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zimbabwe tour 'a big joy' - Misbah )〕 Tony Irish, the executive chairman of the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA), said that "we are very concerned about the safety of players and any match officials who may be sent to Pakistan, should this tour go ahead".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FICA warns against touring Pakistan )〕 The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that it was awaiting the outcome of a security report before deciding if it were to send officials, with the possibility that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) would use its own officials if the ICC was unable to supply them.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ICC assessing Pakistan security )〕 Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) were in talks with its own government regarding concerns over security.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Confusion surrounds Zimbabwe's tour of Pakistan )〕 ZC caused confusion after issuing a press release on 14 May stating the tour had been suspended, but they retracted it just 15 minutes later.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pakistan v Zimbabwe: Series in doubt over safety concerns )〕 On 17 May ZC confirmed that the tour would go ahead.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zimbabwe finally confirm Pakistan tour )〕 The ICC did not appoint any of its match officials, but made provision for the PCB to use their own umpires.〔 The Zimbabwe team received state guest importance, including more than 4,000 police officers for their security when they arrived in Pakistan at Allama Iqbal International Airport on 19 May to start the tour.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zimbabwe team arrives in Lahore )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=State guest security for Zimbabwe team )〕 Only five players in the Pakistan T20 squad had played a home international match before this tour.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=In pictures: Pakistan readies for return of international cricket )〕 Batsman Umar Akmal said that "it will be an amazing feeling, it would mean so much to me. Cricketers around the world take playing at home in front of their own crowds for granted".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Amazing feeling to play at home' - Umar Akmal )〕 Tickets for both of the T20 matches sold out within two days,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pakistan v Zimbabwe: Security high for international cricket return )〕 with 60,000 people attending the first game. In the ODI series, Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura was suspended for the last two matches, due to a bowling a slow over-rate in the first match.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chigumbura suspended for two ODIs )〕 Hamilton Masakadza became the Zimbabwean captain for the final two matches in Chigumbura's absence.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zimbabwe face stiffer test without Chigumbura )〕 During the second ODI match, there was a loud explosion outside the stadium that was thought to have been caused by an electricity transformer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Transformer blast near Gaddafi stadium, say police )〕 It was later revealed to be a suicide attack that killed a civilian and a Punjab Police officer, while he was trying to stop the suicide bomber. The initial report of the transformer explosion was used to avoid a panic. Despite the attack, the third and final match of the series went ahead as scheduled.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zimbabwe to go ahead with tour after suicide attack )〕 After the matches had concluded, it was revealed that the PCB had paid the players in the Zimbabwe squad US$12,500 each for the tour.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zimbabwe players given financial guarantee by PCB for tour )〕 This was paid in two amounts, the first when Zimbabwe arrived in Pakistan, and the second after the tour dates had been fulfilled.〔 ==Squads== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zimbabwean cricket team in Pakistan in 2015」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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