Emirati cricket team in the Netherlands in 2019

The United Arab Emirates cricket team toured the Netherlands in August 2019 to play four Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] The fixtures were part of both teams' preparations for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament.[3][4] For the series, the United Arab Emirates recalled the majority of their squad from the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament, while the Dutch team chose not to recall their players from Canada, or from the 2019 County Championship in England.[5] The United Arab Emirates won the series 4–0.[6]

Emirati cricket team in the Netherlands in 2019
 
  Netherlands United Arab Emirates
Dates 3 – 8 August 2019
Captains Pieter Seelaar Mohammad Naveed[n 1]
Twenty20 International series
Results United Arab Emirates won the 4-match series 4–0
Most runs Max O'Dowd (148) Ashfaq Ahmed (210)
Most wickets Sebastiaan Braat (4)
Vivian Kingma (4)		 Rohan Mustafa (8)

Squads
T20Is
 Netherlands[7]  United Arab Emirates[8]

T20I series

1st T20I
3 August 2019
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
181/5 (20 overs)
v
 Netherlands
168/4 (20 overs)
Ashfaq Ahmed 54 (35)
Vivian Kingma 2/47 (4 overs)
Max O'Dowd 51 (35)
Rohan Mustafa 2/26 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 13 runs
VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen
Umpires: Adriaan van den Dries (Ned) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)

2nd T20I
5 August 2019
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Netherlands 
136/9 (20 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
140/5 (19.3 overs)
Ben Cooper 46 (38)
Rohan Mustafa 3/27 (4 overs)
Rameez Shahzad 49 (41)
Saqib Zulfiqar 1/4 (1 over)
United Arab Emirates won by 5 wickets
VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Huub Jansen (Ned)

3rd T20I
6 August 2019
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
152/8 (20 overs)
v
 Netherlands
138/9 (20 overs)
Ashfaq Ahmed 56 (41)
Sebastiaan Braat 3/26 (4 overs)
Max O'Dowd 65 (54)
Rohan Mustafa 3/30 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 14 runs
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Adriaan van den Dries (Ned)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
  • Zawar Farid (UAE) made his T20I debut.

4th T20I
8 August 2019
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Netherlands 
150/6 (20 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
153/3 (19.4 overs)
Antonius Staal 28* (16)
Sultan Ahmed 2/29 (4 overs)
Ashfaq Ahmed 75 (53)
Hidde Overdijk 1/11 (2 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Huub Jansen (Ned) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes
  1. Rameez Shahzad captained the United Arab Emirates in the fouth T20I.

References
  1. "Uitstekende positie Oranje op ICC-ranglijsten". KNCB. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  2. "United Arab Emirates in Netherlands T20I Series 2019 - Fixtures & Results". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  3. "UAE cricket team ready for Dutch challenge - News". MENAFN. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  4. ""I'd love to see Netherlands play Test cricket one day" - Max O'Dowd reflects on the rise of budding Netherlands team". Sports Cafe. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  5. "Young Dutch squad face UAE in four match T20 series". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  6. "Ashfaq, Shabber hand UAE series sweep". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  7. "Squad UAE Series announced". KNCB. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  8. "Emirates Cricket Board officially announce team to represent the UAE in upcoming tour of The Netherlands". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
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