[1] The ODI series formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.

[4] The following month, the tour itinerary was changed slightly, bringing the matches forward by one week and reducing the number of T20Is from five to three.

[6] Afghanistan also won the second ODI, with an unbeaten century from Ibrahim Zadran,[7] to take an unassailable lead in the three-match series.

[12] Afghanistan were originally scheduled to tour Zimbabwe in July and August 2020 to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches,[13][14] subject to lockdown restrictions being lifted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[16] In June 2020, the Zimbabwe cricket team resumed their training, after passing COVID-19 tests.