Whereas Raza has been busy with Lahore Qalandars on the PSL, which is able to recover from tomorrow, Burl was away taking part in for Sylhet Strikers within the BPL first after which for Rhinos and Northerns in Zimbabwe. As for Muzarabani, he had been out since final November with a recurrence of an previous quad muscle damage, whereas Williams and Chatara each suffered accidents in the course of the white-ball sequence towards Eire in January – Williams fractured a finger and Chatara picked up a thigh-muscle damage.

The World Cup qualifiers will happen in Zimbabwe from June 18 to July 9. Zimbabwe and Netherlands are each out of the race for direct qualification – the top-eight sides, together with hosts India, get in robotically – they might wish to get their greatest sport going within the lead-up to the qualifiers.

Zimbabwe squad for ODIs vs Netherlands: Craig Ervine (capt), Gary Ballance, Ryan Burl, Tendai Chatara, Brad Evans, Harmless Kaia, Clive Madande, Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk), Wellington Masakadza, Brandon Mavuta, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams