United Arab Emirates women's national cricket team

Summary

The United Arab Emirates women's national cricket team represents the United Arab Emirates in international women's cricket and is controlled by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB).

United Arab Emirates
AssociationEmirates Cricket Board
Personnel
CaptainEsha Oza
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (1990)
Affiliate member (1989)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 16th 14th (11 Oct 2018)
Women's international cricket
First internationalv.  Bangladesh at Johor, Malaysia; 11 July 2007
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv.  Netherlands at Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht; 7 July 2018
Last WT20Iv.  Malaysia at Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran; 18 February 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 78 48/27
(1 tie, 2 no results)
This year[3] 6 6/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best result7th (2018)
As of 14 February 2024

History edit

Its international debut was at the 2007 ACC Women's Tournament in Malaysia.[4] The team lost all three of its matches, and on debut against Bangladesh were bowled out for nine runs, in a match which took one hour to complete.[5] The squad was said to consist of "mothers and daughters",[6] and the captain, Natasha Cherriath, was 12 years old.[7] The team's coach was Smitha Harikrishna who played One Day International (ODI) cricket for India, and another ex-India player, Pramila Bhatt, was involved in a pre-tournament training camp.[8]

At the 2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship, the UAE won their first international match, defeating Oman by 49 runs. The team also defeated Kuwait, finishing fourth in its six-team group, and defeated Iran in a play-off to finish 7th overall out of 12 teams.[9] At the 2011 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship, it placed 9th out of 10 teams and won two matches.[10] 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).[11] UAE won both editions of the Gulf Cricket Council (GCC) Women's Twenty20 Championship held in Oman in 2014 and in Qatar in 2015.[12]

In June 2016, two teams from Australia's Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the Sydney Sixers and the Sydney Thunder, 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.[13][14]

In April 2018, ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between United Arab Emirates and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[15]

UAE was named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group alongside seven other teams.[16]

Tournament history edit

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier edit

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
  2013 Did not qualify
  2015
  2018 DNQ 7th 3 1 2 0 0
  2019 Did not qualify
  2022 DNQ 7th 3 1 2 0 0
  2024 To be determined
Total 2/6 0 Titles 6 2 4 0 0

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier edit

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
  2017 Qualified 2nd 5 4 1 0 0
  2019 Do Not Qualified 3rd 6 4 2 0 0
  2021 Qualified Champion 5 5 0 0 0
  2023 Qualified Champion 6 5 1 0 0
Total 4/4 2 Titles 23 18 4 0 0

Women's World Cup edit

World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
  1973 Did not qualify
  1978
  1982
  1988
  1993
  1997
  2000
  2005
  2009
  2013
  2017
  2022
  2025 To be determined
Total 0/12 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

Women's World T20 edit

Twenty20 World Cup Record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
  2009 Did not qualify
  2010
  2012
  2014
  2016
  2018
  2020
  2023
  2024
Total 0/8 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

Women's Asia Cup edit

Women's Asia Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2004   Did not enter (ODI format)
2005-06  
2006  
2008  
2012   Did not qualify
2016  
2018  
2022   Round robin 6th 6 1 4 1 0
2024   To be determined
Total 1/9 6th 6 1 4 1 0

ACC Women's Premier Cup edit

ACC Women's Premier Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2024   Champion 1/16 6 6 0 0 0
Total 1/1 1 Titles 6 6 0 0 0

Records edit

International Match Summary[17]

Last updated 18 February 2024

Playing record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 78 48 27 1 2 7 July 2018

Twenty20 International edit

T20I record versus other nations[17]

Records complete to WT20I #1784. Last updated 18 February 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Full members
  Bangladesh 1 0 1 0 0 10 July 2018
  India 1 0 1 0 0 4 October 2022
  Pakistan 1 0 1 0 0 9 October 2022
  Sri Lanka 1 0 1 0 0 2 October 2022
  Zimbabwe 2 1 1 0 0 12 September 2022 21 September 2022
ICC Associate members
  Bahrain 2 2 0 0 0 26 March 2022 26 March 2022
  Bhutan 2 2 0 0 0 25 November 2021 25 November 2021
  China 3 3 0 0 0 13 January 2019 13 January 2019
  Hong Kong 9 8 1 0 0 18 February 2019 18 February 2019
  Indonesia 2 2 0 0 0 19 January 2019 19 January 2019
  Japan 1 1 0 0 0 13 February 2024 13 February 2024
  Kenya 1 1 0 0 0 18 April 2023 18 April 2023
  Kuwait 3 3 0 0 0 19 February 2019 19 February 2019
  Malaysia 9 9 0 0 0 15 January 2019 15 January 2019
  Namibia 8 2 6 0 0 27 April 2023 26 September 2023
    Nepal 4 1 2 0 1 14 January 2019 28 November 2021
  Netherlands 2 1 0 1 0 7 July 2018 7 July 2018
  Oman 3 2 0 0 1 22 March 2022 22 March 2022
  Papua New Guinea 2 0 2 0 0 8 July 2018
  Qatar 3 3 0 0 0 20 March 2022 20 March 2022
  Rwanda 1 1 0 0 0 21 April 2023 21 April 2023
  Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 0 24 March 2022 24 March 2022
  Scotland 1 0 1 0 0 23 September 2022
  Singapore 1 1 0 0 0 18 June 2022 18 June 2022
  Tanzania 1 0 1 0 0 19 April 2023
  Thailand 8 2 6 0 0 12 July 2018 9 September 2023
  Uganda 3 1 2 0 0 20 April 2023 25 April 2023
  United States 2 1 1 0 0 13 September 2022 25 September 2022

Current squad edit

This lists all the players who were named in the most recent squad. Updated on 12 Oct 2023.

Uncapped players are listed in italics.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Kavisha Egodage 21 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Lavanya Keny 17 Right-handed Right arm off break
Rinitha Rajith 18 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Avanee Patil 16 Right-handed Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Esha Oza 25 Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain
Wicket-keepers
Theertha Satish 20 Left-handed
Spin Bowlers
Vaishnave Mahesh 17 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Suraksha Kotte 21 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Al Maseera Jahangir 15 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Khushi Sharma 21 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Indhuja Nandakumar 17 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Samaira Dharnidharka 17 Right-handed Right-arm Fast
Siya Gokhale 18 Right-handed Right-arm medium

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ Other matches played by United Arab Emirates women Archived 14 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  5. ^ "UAE embarrassed by Bangladesh", ESPNcricinfo, 11 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Bangladesh crush UAE", Asian Cricket Council, 11 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Natasha Cherriath: Emirates high-flyer", Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Natasha to lead UAE women's team", Gulf News, 3 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  9. ^ Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009, CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  10. ^ Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2010/11, CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  11. ^ Asian Cricket Council Women's Championship 2012/13, CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  12. ^ "UAE women retain Gulf T20 cricket title", Emirates 24/7, 6 December 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  13. ^ "WBBL teams Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder to tour UAE to promote women's cricket", The National, 26 May 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  14. ^ "'Dream come true' as UAE women's cricketers to share field with Big Bash League stars", The National, 4 June 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  15. ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  16. ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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  18. ^ "Records / UAE Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  19. ^ "Records / UAE Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  20. ^ "Records / UAE Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
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