Zimbabwe Cricket advised Cricket Ireland that the tour would not be possible.

Ireland had been due to travel to Harare on March 28.

The men’s squad were scheduled to play a three-match T20 series, followed by a three-match one-day series in April.

Cricket Ireland say they have agreed to reschedule the tour to a later date.

The postponement will see greater importance on the upcoming tour of Bangladesh by the Ireland Wolves, the second-tier Irish national side, ahead of fixtures later this year.

"We’re obviously disappointed, but to be honest, it is not an unexpected announcement from our Zimbabwean counterparts," said Richard Holdsworth, Cricket Ireland high performance director.

"We appreciate their efforts and willingness to try and make the tour possible, but in the end the health and safety of players and support staff must be of primary consideration.

"We’ll now look at whether alternate fixtures can be arranged during that period, which is a crucial window in advance of a busy home season and in a T20 World Cup year.

"This places even greater importance on the proposed Ireland Wolves tour in February/March given the need to provide many of our players the volume and quality of cricket we need to keep the momentum in player development we have been seeing over the last few years.

"We expect to be providing an update on the Wolves situation in coming days."

The one-day internationals against Zimbabwe were not part of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup Super League.

The ICC World Cup Super League fixtures against Zimbabwe are scheduled to be played in Ireland this summer.

The World Cup Super League forms part of the qualification process to the 2023 Cricket World Cup in India.