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Zimbabwe Cricket has confirmed incoming tours from India and New Zealand this winter, though the team’s proposed trip to Pakistan next month is “still to be confirmed” amid security concerns.

Zimbabwe have been invited to play five ODIs in Pakistan and become the first Test team to tour the country since 2009, but ESPNcricinfo has learned that some Zimbabwean players are hesitant to make the trip.

With a sparse international calendar, ZC is hopeful of scheduling as much cricket as possible. The board is in talks with Ireland, and has also accepted an offer to play in the Africa T20 Cup in South Africa, against provincial teams Namibia and Kenya in September, but before that, they are trying to convince their own team to travel to Pakistan.

ZC mooted the possibility of hosting Pakistan later in the year as a way to create a mutually beneficial relationship between the two countries.

“We are in discussions with Pakistan for a potential reciprocal tour possibly in August or September,” Alistair Campbell, the managing director of ZC, said, without going into the details of next month’s trip. Instead, he jumped to July to “confirm that India and New Zealand are coming as part of the FTP bilaterally signed by the respective boards.”

Although all the talk has been on Zimbabwe’s proposed tour to Pakistan, Campbell said they are still looking at the security situation before committing to play five ODI’s in the Asian country.

Campbell said: “We are in discussions with Pakistan for a potential reciprocal tour possibly in August or September.” Without going into too much detail, Campbell did however, say that India and New Zealand are definitely coming to Zimbabwe probably only for limited-overs Internationals. Campbell conformed: “India and New Zealand are coming as part of the FTP bilaterally signed by the respective boards.” — Cricinfo.