The United Arab Emirates men's national cricket team is the team that represents the

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. They are governed by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) which became an Affiliate Member of the

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(ICC) in 1989 and an Associate Member the following year.The team is composed mainly of Indian and Pakistani expatriates working in UAE
A Timeline of UAE cricket
at CricketEurope Since 2005, the ICC's headquarters have been located in

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. One of the emerging

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(ODI) teams,Encyclopedia of World Cricket by Roy Morgan, Sportsbooks Publishing, 2007 the UAE won the

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on four consecutive occasions between 2000 and 2006, and were runners-up in the tournament on three occasions, in 1996, 1998 and 2008.Scorecard
of Hong Kong v UAE, 3 August 2008 at CricketArchive They won the

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in 1994, and played their first ODIs that year, later playing in the

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. Other ODI matches came in the

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and

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s. At the 2014 World Cup Qualifier, the UAE finished in the second place behind

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, qualifying for the 2015 World Cup and gaining ODI status until 2018. The UAE made the group stage of the

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and

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. The team qualified for the

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as hosts. Following the demise of the

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(WCL), UAE played in the 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2.

History

Early days

In 1892, cricket was introduced by the

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in what is now the UAE, but was then known as the "

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". The game spread during World War II, as personnel from the British Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth forces (which included first-class and club cricketers from

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and

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) stationed in cities such as

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, Dubai and

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, continued their favourite pastime. The pitches installed by them around the air base in Sharjah were used by British and other foreign nationals after the war ended. Sharjah residents began playing the Dubai residents in the local derbies which were held in Dubai. The Garden city of Al Ain has the oldest cricket council in the whole of the UAE. The popularity of the game declined after independence in 1971; however, when South Asians began settling in the country, they brought with them a wish to play cricket. The local Arab population, educated in India and Pakistan, set up clubs and domestic tournaments began in the 1980s.

Making of the national side

The first match was played by the UAE national side in February 1976 against

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in Sharjah. The visitors scored 345/5 from their 50 overs and the UAE were on 88/4 from 28 overs when the game was abandoned due to rain. Wealthy locals began investing in the sport and an International standard cricket ground was constructed in Sharjah. The

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hosted its first international event in 1984 when

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and

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contested the

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. The venue has gone on to host almost 200 ODIs and four Test matches, the Test matches having been held there due to security concerns in Pakistan following the

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in March 2009, in

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. The Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) was established in 1989 and gained affiliate membership of the ICC the same year. They were quickly promoted to associate member status the following year. Also in 1990, the national side returned to action, twice losing heavily to the

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. These heavy defeats showed that much work needed to be done if the UAE were to be successful in the 1994 ICC Trophy and the ECB adopted a controversial policy.

1994 ICC Trophy

Hoping to form a successful national side in time for the tournament in Kenya, the ECB attracted several players with first-class experience in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka to take up employment in the country so that they could satisfy the residential requirements to represent the UAE in the tournament. With just one native Arab selected in the shape of Sultan Zarawani, who captained the side, the UAE won the trophy and thus qualified for the 1996 World Cup. The

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had beaten

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in the final,Scorecard
of Kenya v UAE, 6 March 1994 at CricketArchive and the Kenyan players and cricket board were very vocal in their anger at being defeated by what they and other observers described as a team of imported mercenaries. Whilst the ICC remained relatively silent on the controversy, the national team eligibility requirements were strongly tightened for all future ICC sanctioned tournaments.

First ODIs

The UAE played their first ODIs in 1994 in the triangular Austral-Asia Cup with Pakistan and India, which the UAE also hosted. They finished last in a tri-series against Kenya and the Netherlands the same year and also finished last in a tournament against the A sides of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1995. They returned to ODI cricket in the 1996 World Cup where they lost all matches except the one against the Netherlands, which was the first ever ODI between two associate members of the ICC. Later in 1996 the UAE were runners-up to

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in the first ACC Trophy. The tightened eligibility rules meant that they were unable to repeat their 1994 success when they finished tenth in the

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in Malaysia. They were beaten by Bangladesh in the semi-finals of the 1998 ACC Trophy.Saudis stun champions
, 25 July 2008, CricketEurope

21st century

2000 – 2009

With Bangladesh being promoted to ICC full membership, the UAE began to establish themselves as the top associate side in Asia, though they often fell short against the top associates in Europe and North America, a position that remains to this day. They won the ACC Trophy in 2000 and 2002, beating

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and

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in the respective finals, but finished fifth in the 2001 ICC Trophy in Canada. UAE hosted the 2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge and finished fifth, level on points with four other teams. The year was a busy one for the UAE cricketers as they played the first Intercontinental Cup match against Nepal, with Ali Asad taking nine

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in the first innings. They beat

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later in the tournament but lost to

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in the semi-finals. They also won the ACC Trophy again, beating

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in the final. They returned to ODI cricket, losing to India and Sri Lanka in the first round of the

, and finished fourth in the Hong Kong Sixes, beating India and

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on the way. They reached the semi-finals of the ICC Intercontinental Cup again in 2005, also playing a series against England A at Sharjah, losing all four matches. The

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in Ireland saw them finish sixth.Scorecard
of Netherlands v UAE, 11 July 2005 at CricketArchive They beat Hong Kong in the final of the 2006 ACC Trophy, but began their

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campaign with an innings defeat by

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. The campaign continued with a draw against Scotland and a defeat by

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, again by an innings. They finished fourth in the first ACC Twenty20 Cup in 2007. Their campaign in the 2007-08 ICC Intercontinental Cup was unsuccessful, with just one win against

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in their seven matches. The team fared better in Division Two of the

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in 2007, winning the tournament after beating Oman in the final.Scorecard
of Oman v UAE, 1 December 2007 at CricketArchive They again played in the Asia Cup in 2008, losing to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the first round.
at CricketArchive Their 2008 ACC Trophy Elite began with a shock defeat by

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, their first ACC Trophy defeat since the 1998 semi-final. They lost to Hong Kong in the final, ending a run of four consecutive titles. The UAE hosted and were runners-up at the

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, losing the final to

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, after winning four group matches and accounting for Oman in their semi-final.

2010 – present

In October 2010, the team announced that it had hired Kabir Khan to become its coach. Khan had great success with the Afghan team during his one-year stint as they became eligible to play ODIs. Kabir Khan also stated that his aim was to help UAE qualify for the

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. In April 2011, the UAE hosted and won Division Two of the

without losing a match. In June/July 2011, they played Kenya at

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for the first round of 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup. In December, the UAE participated in the 2011 ACC Twenty20 Cup in Nepal. Then in 2013, they traveled to Scotland to compete in the 2013 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, the final event of the 2009–13 World Cricket League. UAE finished third in the 2013 ACC Twenty20 Cup which after defeating Hong Kong in the play-off for third place. In November, they hosted

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and finished fourth after losing to Nepal in the play-off for third place, and qualified for the

, defeating the Netherlands by 10 runs in the quarter-final. UAE participated in the

but were unsuccessful in the tournament, going without a win. UAE finished second in the 2014 ACC Premier League and qualified for the 2014 ACC Championship. They also qualified for 2015 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. UAE qualified to play in the Cricket World Cup after a lapse of almost twenty years. Unlike other teams in the tournament, the squad of players mainly consisted of semi-professionals. The team registered their highest ODI total ever at the 2015 Cricket World Cup in a group stage match played against Zimbabwe in Nelson, New Zealand. However, they failed to register a win and were eliminated from the

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with 6 losses out of 6 matches in

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. They returned to T20 cricket in the 2022 World Cup where they lost all matches except the one against Namibia, which was the first ever T20 between two associate members of the ICC. New Zealand toured UAE in August 2023 for a three match T20I series. In the second T20I, UAE pulled off a stunning upset defeating New Zealand by 7 wickets. It was UAE's first international win over New Zealand and also New Zealand's first defeat against an associate team.

Current squad

This lists all the active players who have played for United Arab Emirates in the past 12 months or have been part of the latest ODI or T20I squad. ''Updated as of July 2024''
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(T20) List of United Arab Emirates ODI cricketers
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International grounds

Infrastructure

In terms of infrastructure, the UAE have the best stadiums as compared to other Associate members: Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi; DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai and Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, which has hosted around 200 ODIs and Test matches. International stadiums in Ajman and Al Ain are currently under development. The following are the main cricket stadiums in UAE: *

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, Sharjah *

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, Dubai * Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi * Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai * Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2, Dubai * ICC Global Cricket Academy 1, Dubai * ICC Global Cricket Academy 2, Dubai * Ajman International Cricket Stadium, Ajman *

International Cricket Stadium, Al Ain

Tournament history

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ICC T20 World Cup

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1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

: Not eligible – Not an ICC member *

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

: Did not participate *

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

: Winners *

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

: 10th place *

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

: 5th place *

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

: 6th place *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

: 7th place *

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

: Runner up (Qualified for

) *

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

: 6th place *

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

: 9th place

ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

: 3rd Place *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

: 4th Place *

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

: 13th Place *

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

: 8th Place *

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

(A): Champions *

(T20 WC Asia Qualifier): 3rd place

Intercontinental Cup

: Semi Finals *

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

: First round * 2009–10 (Shield): 2nd place * 2011–13: 4th place

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* 2007 Division Two: Champions * 2009 World Cup Qualifier: 7th place * 2011 Division Two: Champions * 2011–13 WCL Championship: 3rd place * 2018 Division Two: Champions

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* 1983 to 1988: Not eligible – Not an ACC member * 1990/91: Did not participate * 1995: Did not participate * 1997: Did not qualify * 2000: Did not qualify *

: First round *

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

: First round *

: Did not qualify *

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

: Did not qualify * 2014: Did not qualify *

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

: First round, 5th place *

: Did not qualify *

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

: TBD

Asia Cup Qualifier

: Winners (Qualified for 2016 Asia Cup) *

: Runner up (failed to qualify) *

: Runner up (failed to qualify)

Men's Gulf T20I Championship

: Runners-up *

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

: Winners

ACC Western Region T20

: Did not participate *

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

: Winner (Qualified for 2020 Asia Cup Qualifier)

ACC Championship

: Qualified

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: Runners-up *

: Winners *

: Runners-up

ACC Premier League

: Runners-up *

: Runners-up

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

: Runners up *

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

: Semi Finals *

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

: Winners *

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

: Winners *

: Winners * 2008 (Elite): Runners up * 2010 (Elite): 6th place *

: Winners (Shared trophy with

)

ACC Twenty20 Cup

Coaching staff

Records and statistics

International match summary – United Arab Emirates ''Last updated 21 May 2025.''

One-Day Internationals

* Highest team total: 348/3 v.

on 12 March 2022 at

, Sharjah * Highest individual score: 151 *, Asif Khan v.

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on 6 July 2023 at Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare * Best individual bowling figures: 6/34, Zahoor Khan v.

on 2 March 2017 at ICC Academy 1, Dubai Most ODI runs for the United Arab Emirates Most ODI wickets for the United Arab Emirates ODI record versus other nations ''Records complete to ODI #4869. Last updated 14 May 2025.''

Twenty20 Internationals

* Highest team total: 245/2 v.

on 29 September 2024 at Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek * Highest individual score: 117 *, Shaiman Anwar v.

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

on 14 April 2017 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi * Best individual bowling figures: 5/19, Ahmed Raza v.

on 22 February 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Most T20I runs for the United Arab Emirates Most T20I wickets for the United Arab Emirates T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to T20I #3189. Last updated 21 May 2025.''

Other First-class Records

ICC Trophy

* Highest team total: 330/9 v.

, 27 February 1994 at

Nairobi Club Ground The Nairobi Club Ground is a multi-use sports venue in Upper Hill, Nairobi, Kenya. It is the second oldest cricket ground in Kenya, having been predated by the Sir Ali Muslim Club Nairobi (named after the wealthy Arab benefactor, Sir Ali Bin Sali ...

* Highest individual score: 126

not out In cricket, a batsman is not out if they come out to bat in an innings and have not been dismissed by the end of an innings. The batsman is also ''not out'' while their innings is still in progress. Occurrence At least one batter is not out at ...

by Azhar Saeed, 25 February 1994 at Aga Khan Sports Club Ground, Nairobi * Best innings bowling: 5/32 by Ahmed Nadeem v.

USA The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous ...

, 1 July 2005 at The Meadow, Downpatrick

Overall

* Highest team total: 459/4 v.

Brunei Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with ...

, 14 August 2006 at Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala LumpurScorecard
of Brunei v UAE, 14 August 2006 at CricketArchive * Highest individual score: 213 not out by Arshad Ali v. Brunei, 14 August 2006 at Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur * Best innings bowling: 9/74 by Ali Asad v. Nepal, 25 March 2004 at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium

World records

* Khurram Khan is the oldest player to score an ODI century as well as the oldest player to score his maiden ODI century (at the age of 43 years and 162 days).

Notes

References

External links

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