The Sunday Mail
Batsman Mark Vermeulen, whose career has been troubled by off-field incidents, has been picked in Zimbabwe’s A squad for the tour to Bangladesh.
Zimbabwe A are scheduled to play two four-day and three one-day games during the trip.Vermeulen, who has played eight Tests and 43 ODIs in the past, was the second-highest run-getter in the first-class season, scoring 580 runs at an average of 64.44 with one century and four fifties.
Regis Chakabva, who scored the most first-class runs, has also been named in the squad along with pacer Donald Tiripano and offspinner John Nyumbu, the leading wicket-takers in the 2013-14 first-class season.
Chakabva, along with Shingi Masakadza, Tino Mawoyo and Malcolm Waller, were a part of the squad in Zimbabwe’s previous Test, against Pakistan in September 2013.
Vermeulen, however, is one of the five players who will return after the four-dayers.
A group of five players, including Sikandar Raza, who are being groomed as 50-over specialists, will join the team in Bangladesh. The squad will prepare for the tour with a camp in Harare. The team will depart for Bangladesh on June 28. — Cricinfo.
