HARARE–Coach Alan Butch­er says he is an­tic­i­pat­ing a tough se­ries when Zim­bab­we crick­eters ar­rive in the Caribbean for their four-week tour next month.

Butch­er says the West In­dies are play­ing some of the best crick­et at the mo­ment and there­fore the tour rep­re­sents a chal­lenge for Zim­bab­we to prove they can play good crick­et on the road.

Zim­bab­we's tour, Feb­ru­ary 22 to March 20, com­pris­es two Tests, three one-day in­ter­na­tion­als and two Twen­ty20 In­ter­na­tion­als.

"At home, we have done well but it is the re­sults away from home which re­main wor­ry­ing," said Butch­er, who has played on­ly one Test match for Eng­land.

"It is go­ing to be a tough tour to West In­dies. They are play­ing good crick­et at the mo­ment. Our play­ers have to stand up, show some char­ac­ter, per­form well enough, play pos­i­tive and con­fi­dent crick­et."

Zim­bab­we has not in­clud­ed for­mer na­tion­al team cap­tain El­ton Chigum­bu­ra for their Caribbean tour.

The all-rounder was omit­ted from a 24-man train­ing squad af­ter se­lec­tors ran out of pa­tience due to the play­er's re­cur­rent poor form.

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