The United Arab Emirates women's national cricket team represents

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

in international

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and is organised by the

Emirates Cricket Board United Arab Emirates Cricket Board is the governing body of certain cricket activities in United Arab Emirates. It is United Arab Emirates's representative at the International Cricket Council and is an Associate Member and has been a Member of t ...

(ECB).

History

Its international debut was at the 2007 ACC Women's Tournament in Malaysia. It lost all three of its matches, and on debut against

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were bowled out for nine runs, in a match which took one hour to complete. The squad was said to consist of "mothers and daughters", and the captain, Natasha Cherriath, was 12 years old. The team's coach was

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who played

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(ODI) cricket for

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, and another ex-India player,

Pramila Bhatt Pramila S Bhatt (née Korikar) (born 16 September 1969, in Bangalore, Karnataka) is a former Indian cricketer. Career She played Women's Test cricket (5 matches between 1991 and 1996) and ODI cricket for India (22 matches between 1993 and 19 ...

, was involved in a pre-tournament training camp. At the 2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship, UAE won its first international match, defeating

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

by 49 runs. The team also defeated

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

, placing fourth in its six-team group, and defeated

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in a play-off to finish 7th overall (out of 12 teams). At the 2011 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship, it placed 9th out of 10 teams and won two matches. At the 2013 ACC Women's Championship in Thailand, the team failed to win a single game, placing 10th out of 11 teams (above Kuwait). UAE won both editions of the Gulf Cricket Council (GCC) Women's Twenty20 Championship held in Oman in 2014 and in Qatar in 2015. In June 2016, two teams from Australia's

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(WBBL), the

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and the

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, toured UAE for a training camp. They played a Twenty20 exhibition match at the

Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium The Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium ( ar, ملعب زايد للكريكت) is a cricket ground located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The stadium cost $23 million to build and was opened in May 2004, with its inaugural first-class match bein ...

in Dubai, and were joined by three UAE national team players (Natasha Michael, Chaya Mughal, and Esha Oza) who filled in for injured players. In April 2018, ICC granted full

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(WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

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matches played between United Arab Emirates and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I. UAE was named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group alongside seven other teams.

Tournament history

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: 6th

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: 7th (DNQ) *

: 7th (DNQ)

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier

* 2017: 2nd (Qualified) *

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: 3rd (DNQ) *

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: 1st (Qualified)

Records

International Match Summary ''Last updated 9 October 2022''

Twenty20 International

*Highest team total: 253/1 v.

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on 26 March 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2,

Muscat Muscat ( ar, مَسْقَط, ) is the capital and most populated city in Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is s ...

. *Highest individual innings: 158 *,

Esha Oza Esha Rohit Oza (born 1 August 1998) is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. In July 2018, she was named in the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournam ...

on 26 March 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2,

. *Best innings bowling: 5/3,

Chamani Seneviratne Chamani Roshini Seneviratne (born 14 November 1978) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who currently plays for United Arab Emirates women's national cricket team, the United Arab Emirates as a right-arm Fast bowling, medium Bowling (cricket), bowler and ...

on 19 February 2019 at

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. Most T20I runs for UAE Women Most T20I wickets for UAE Women T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to WT20I #1266. Last updated 7 October 2022.''

Current squad

This lists all the players who were named in the most recent squad. ''Updated on 9 October 2022.'' Uncapped players are listed in ''italics''.

References

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Women's sport in the United Arab Emirates