Harare: Cricket Kenya's bid to play more ODI cricket against Full Members has been boosted with the news that the Zimbabwe board has offered to arrange five matches during next month's tour by the Kenyans.

The original itinerary had included the four-day Intercontinental Cup match and three ODIs but Ozias Bvute, Zimbabwe Cricket's chief executive, told Cricinfo that his board had agreed to a request from CK to extend the series.

Kenya last played a one-day series in Zimbabwe in February-March 2006 when they drew 2-2 with the deciding match washed out. However, Zimbabwe completed a 5-0 whitewash when the two sides most recently met in Kenya at the start of the year.