In the United Arab Emirates, cricket had a very limited presence in the 19th and most of the 20th century. In less than a decade after independence in December 1971, the massive influx of South Asians migrant workers increased crickets popularity. After the establishment of the Emirates Cricket Board in 1989, the United Arab Emirates officially became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council. In the following year, the UAE became an associate member, with the likes of Kenya. In 1996, the UAE competed in the Cricket World Cup, with their debut along with Kenya and The Netherlands making them the 14th team to compete at the World Cup.Cricket World Cup#Results
Cricket World Cup Record
Cricket World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPositionCaptain 1975Not eligible – not an ICC memberNo qualifiers held 1979Did not enter (Not an ICC member) 1983 1987 1992Did not qualifyDid not enter 1996Group Stage 11/12 5 1 4 0 0 Sultan Zarawani 9 9 0 0 0 1999Did not qualify 7 4 3 0 0 2003 10 6 4 0 0 2007 7 3 3 0 1 2011 16 11 5 0 0 2015Group Stage13/1460600Mohammad Tauqir 28 21 7 0 0 2019Did not qualify 27 12 15 0 0 2023 47 20 24 1 2Total0 titles2/131111000—151866113
World Cup Record (By Team)
Cricket World Cup matches (By team)Total : 1 Win – 0 Ties – 10 Loses – 11 games playedAgainstWinsDrawsLossesTotal001100110011100100110022002200110011
Tournament history 1996 Cricket World Cup
The United Arab Emirates was placed in Group B along with South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand, England and The Netherlands. They were first up against South Africa, which batted first and posted a score of 321/2. The UAE were restricted to just 152/8 from 50 overs, with Arshad Laeeq top scoring with 43.
The UAE next played against England batting first. The top order collapsed and the UAE were bowled out for 136 from 48.3 overs. England cruised to victory in 35 overs. They next played co-hosts Pakistan. Batting first, they slumped to 109/9 from 33 overs. The opponent won by 9 wickets in just 18 overs.
Down and out, the UAE next played New Zealand, who batted first. New Zealand posted 276/8 from 47 overs. The Emiratis again failed to cross 200, posting 167/9. For their last game, the United Arab Emirates faced fellow associate The Netherlands. After batting first, The Netherlands posted a modest score of 216/9 from their 50 overs, with Shaukat Dukanwala taking 5/29. The UAE replied with confidence, winning by 7 wickets.
Squad
Sultan Zarawani (c) Saeed-Al-Saffar (vc) Imtiaz Abbasi (wk) Vijay Mehra (wk) Saleem Raza Johanne Samarasekera Shaukat Dukanwala Shahzad Altaf Azhar Saeed Arshad Laeeq Mazhar Hussain Mohammad Ishaq Mohammad Aslam Ganesh Mylvaganam
Results Group stage (Group B)QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultL by 169 runsL by 8 wicketsL by 9 wicketsL by 109 runsW by 7 wickets5Did not advanceGroup stage Scorecards
2015 Cricket World Cup
Squad
Mohammad Tauqir (c) Khurram Khan Shaiman Anwar Amjad Javed Swapnil Patil (wk) Rohan Mustafa Nasir Aziz Krishna Chandran Mohammad Naveed Manjula Guruge Kamran Shazad Fahad Al Hashmi Amjad Ali Andri Berenger Saqlain Haider (wk)
Results Pool stage (Pool B)QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultL by 4 wicketsL by 2 wicketsL by 9 wicketsL by 129 runsL by 146 runsL by 6 wickets7Did not advancePool stage Scorecards
Records and statistics
Team records Highest innings totals Score Opponent Venue Season 285/7 (50 overs) Nelson 2015 279/9 (50 overs) Brisbane 2015 220/3 (44.2 overs) Lahore 1996 210/8 (50 overs) Napier 2015 195 (47.3 overs) Wellington 2015Last updated: 15 March 2015
Most appearances This list consists players with most number of matches at the Cricket World Cup. - Eight players share the record for most matches played, with 6 each. Mohammad Tauqir has captained the team in 6 matches, the most matches as captain for UAE.
Matches Player Period6 Amjad Ali 2015–2015 Amjad Javed 2015–2015 Andri Berenger 2015–2015 Khurram Khan 2015–2015 Mohammad Naveed 2015–2015 Mohammad Tauqir 2015–2015 Swapnil Patil 2015–2015 Shaiman Anwar 2015–2015Last updated: 15 March 2015
Batting statistics Most runs Runs Player 100s 50s Period311 Shaiman Anwar 6 6 51.83 1 2 2015–2015170 Amjad Javed 6 6 34.00 1 2015–2015155 Khurram Khan 6 6 25.83 2015–2015140 Swapnil Patil 6 6 28.00 1 2015–2015137 Saleem Raza 4 4 34.25 1 1996–1996Last updated: 15 March 2015
Highest individual innings Score Player Opponent Venue Season 106Shaiman Anwar Brisbane 2015 84Saleem Raza Lahore 1996 67Shaiman Anwar Nelson 2015 62Shaiman Anwar Napier 2015 60Nasir Aziz Napier 2015Last updated: 15 March 2015
Highest partnerships Runs Players Opposition Venue Season 117 (1st wicket) Saleem Raza & Azhar Saeed v Lahore 1996 107 (7th wicket) Shaiman Anwar (56) & Amjad Javed (42) v Brisbane 2015 107 (7th wicket) Nasir Aziz (60) & Amjad Javed (43) v Napier 2015 83 (4th wicket) Shaiman Anwar (42) & Khurram Khan (39) v Napier 2015 82* (4th wicket) Mohammad Ishaq & Vijay Mehra v Lahore 1996Last updated: 15 March 2015
Bowling statistics Most wickets Wickets Player Matches 4W 5W Period 8 Mohammad Naveed 6 38.37 6.09 0 0 2015–20157 Manjula Guruge 4 19.42 4.77 1 0 2015–2015 Amjad Javed 6 44.71 6.52 0 0 2015–20156 Shaukat Dukanwala 5 25.50 4.63 0 1 1996–1996 Azhar Saeed 5 26.16 5.06 0 0 1996–1996Last updated: 15 March 2015
Best bowling figures Bowling Figures Overs Player Opponent Venue Season 5/29 10.0 Shaukat Dukanwala v Lahore 1996 4/56 8.0 Manjula Guruge v Napier 2015 3/45 7.0 Azhar Saeed v Faisalabad 1996 3/60 10.0 Amjad Javed v Brisbane 2015 3/63 9.3 Mohammad Naveed v Wellington 2015Last updated: 15 March 2015
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