UAE’s ODI team has slipped the bottom of Men’s ODI International ranking. In the ICC CWC League, Scotland beat UAE by 8 wickets. In another match, Netherlands beat UAE by five wickets. The danger of slipping to the bottom of ranking is that UAE may lose its ODI status.
UAE Men’s poor show comes at a time when UAE’s women’s cricket team are creating waves in international cricket.
Following are the recent UAE men’s team performance. Netherlands beat UAE by five wickets in the match played on Monday. Scores: UAE 204, all out – 50 overs (Asif Khan 75, Dhruv Parashar 41; Kyle Klein 4-44) Netherlands 205 for 5, 36 overs (Max O’ Dowd 52, Scott Edwards 42; Dhruv Parashar 1-32)
The Scotland match result is as follows: Scotland beat UAE by 8 wickets. Scores: UAE: 161 all out, 47.5 overs (Muhammad Waseem 61; Brad Currie 3-34, Brandon McMullen 3-48) Scotland: 162/2, 24.2 overs (George Munsey 56, Brandon McMullen 50 not out; Muhammad Jawadullah 1-40).
UAE is at 20th place in ranking below USA which is in the 15th slot, Oman at 16th, Canada at 17th, Nepal on 18th and Namibia at 19th. India tops the ODI ranking list with 4471 points. The ICC CWC League is the start to qualify for the next ODI World Cup. According to UAE’s recent performance statistic they have recorded only three wins from 16 matches in the Cricket World Cup league. UAE ODI team is being led by Rahul Chopra. Muhammad Waseem, who is leading the UAE T20I team had scored 61 runs twice against Scotland in the ICC Cricket World Cup league 2 but both the knocks went in vain.
Asif Khan, had cracked 75 against Netherlands while 20-year-old Dhruv Parashar had scored 41. Parashar, who has been coached at the G Force Cricket Academy has also been impressive with his right-arm off break. In a recent interview to a leading Indian newspaper, UAE team coach Lalchand Rajput had once said that he wanted UAE players to develop the Khadoos (stubborn) attitude.
