The United Arab Emirates women's national cricket team represents the

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in international

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and is controlled by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB).

History

Its international debut was at the 2007 ACC Women's Tournament in Malaysia. The team 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 Smitha Harikrishna who played

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(ODI) cricket for

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, and another ex-India player, Pramila Bhatt, was involved in a pre-tournament training camp. At the 2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship, the UAE won their first international match, defeating

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by 49 runs. The team also defeated

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, finishing 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 Women's Big Bash League (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 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. In May 2025, the ICC announced the United Arab Emirates as one of five women's sides to gain

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(ODI) status.

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and

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are the other four teams.

Tournament history

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier

ODI World Cup

T20 World Cup

Asia Cup

Premier Cup

Records

International Match Summary ''Last updated 19 May 2025''

Twenty20 International

*Highest team total: 253/1 v.

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

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. *Highest individual innings: 158 *, Esha Oza v.

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

. *Best innings bowling: 5/3, Chamani Seneviratne v.

on 19 February 2019 at 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia, Asian Institute of Technology Ground,

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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 #2300. Last updated 19 May 2025.''

Current squad

''Updated on 5 May 2024'' This lists all the players who were named in the squad for 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier.