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Former England batter Gary Ballance is set to return to international cricket after being named in Zimbabwe’s squad for the upcoming Twenty20 international series against Ireland.
The left-hander played 23 Tests and 16 one-day internationals for England between 2014 and 2017.
Ballance, 33, signed a two-year deal with Zimbabwe last month, having been released early from his county contract with Yorkshire following a racism scandal.
He was born in Harare and represented Zimbabwe at the 2006 Under-19 World Cup before moving to England.
He is one of the four changes made to the 15-player squad that represented Zimbabwe at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia at the end of last year.
Highly-rated all-rounder Sikandar Raza, who is in the running for the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year, will not feature in the series after Zimbabwe Cricket granted him…
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