Lahore: Pakistan's Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi Tuesday led his country in welcoming the Zimbabwe team and praised the visitors' "courage" after they became the first Test-playing nation to visit in six years.


Shahid Afridi. Pic/AFP 

Zimbabwe arrived early Tuesday under top-level security, and are set to play two Twenty20 internationals on Friday and Sunday followed by three one-day matches on May 26, 29 and 31, all in Lahore. "I am delighted to see the return of international cricket to Pakistan," Afridi told AFP. "It is like the spring of cricket after six years of autumn."