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Hindustan Times
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
10 batters retired out as masterstroke helps UAE women's team avoid rain delay, seal huge win in T20 World Cup qualifier
Known as the format for strategic innovations and unheard-of gameplans, T20 cricket regularly continues to throw up the strangest situations. The latest came in an Asia Region qualifier match for the Women's T20 World Cup 2026, where the UAE worked their way around an oncoming rain delay to ensure they had time in hand to secure a victory, by straight up handing opponents Qatar ten free wickets. In a match played at the Terdthai Cricket Ground in Bangkok, UAE batted first and scored 192/0 in their first 16 overs, with captain Esha Oza scoring 113(55), supported by wicketkeeper Theertha Satish. However, with rain on the horizon in Bangkok, the team felt a sense of urgency regarding maximising the time they had to try and bowl out their opponents. While playing with time in mind has been a tactic in Test matches since cricket's inception, it is rarely a feature of limited overs games. With declarations not a concept in T20 cricket, a slightly bizarre plan was cooked up by UAE coach Ahmed Raza: ten consecutive batters were retired out, as pairs of players sprinted onto the pitch, declared themselves retired out, and sprinted right back off to be replaced by the previous pair. A declaration in all but name after the team decided they had enough runs on the board. UAE's maneuver meant their final scorecard read 192-10 after 16 overs, saving 4 overs and meaning 8 different batters finished the match with scorecards reading 0(0). Strangely, the eight ducks in this match are only the joint-second-most ducks in a single innings in women's T20 cricket. UAE then had plenty of time to have a tilt at the Qatar batters, dismissing them all-out for 29 in 11.1 overs, nailing a 163-run victory and heading to the top of the group stage with 4 points. Following the match, former men's team captain turned women's team coach Ahmed Raza defended the decision made by the team. 'In terms of the retiring out of players, by the end of the 13th or 14th over, we could hear thunder, see lightning and there was a heavy breeze. So we were pretty scared something was going to happen,' Raza was quoted saying by The National. 'Our actions were by no means to disrespect our opposition or cricket. Cricket runs in my blood, it is my passion, and is everything to me,' continued Raza. 'Everything which happened was within the laws and was well communicated to the match ref and the reserve umpire.' Raza captained UAE to their first men's T20 World Cup appearance in 2022. With a drizzle taking place during the Qatar innings, Raza's move proved crucial, especially with the knowledge that their previous match against Malaysia had been shortened to seven overs. UAE are aiming for a top spot finish in the group, which will send them to the Super 3, from which the top two will then progress to the Global Qualifiers. Here, eight worldwide teams will duke it out for a spot in the tournament proper, set to be held in England later in 2026.
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First Post
10-05-2025
- Sport
- First Post
'10 retired outs, 8 ducks': UAE crush Qatar by 163 runs after never-seen-before strategy to counter rain threat
UAE Women's cricket team stunned Qatar with a rare 'retired out' tactic in ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Regional Qualifiers, winning by a mammoth 163 runs. The game also registered a record 15 ducks, the most for a women's T20I. read more The United Arab Emirates (UAE) women's cricket team pulled off a clever move and crushed Qatar by a massive 163 runs in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Regional Qualifiers in Bangkok on Saturday. A total of 10 retired outs and 8 ducks registered after the UAE implemented a never-seen-before strategy in T20Is. UAE captain Esha Oza led from the front with a powerful century, scoring 113 runs off just 55 balls, while her opening partner Theertha Satish hit 74 from 42 balls. Both batters scored 30 boundaries between them including five sixes. Together, they helped the UAE reach 192 runs without losing a single wicket in just 16 overs. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD UAE's unprecedented retired out tactic But with rain expected soon, the team did something unusual, they ended their innings early in a smart way. Since T20 rules don't allow a 'declaration' like in Test matches, all UAE batters came out one by one and 'retired out' without even facing a ball, including the two openers. This made the innings officially end at 192 for 10. Batter Dismissal R B 4s 6s SR Esha Oza (c) Retired out 113 55 14 5 205.45 Theertha Satish (wk) Retired out 74 42 11 0 176.19 Indhuja Nandakumar Retired out 0 0 0 0 - Heena Hotchandani Retired out 0 0 0 0 - Vaishnave Mahesh Retired out 0 0 0 0 - Michelle Botha Retired out 0 0 0 0 - Udeni Dona Retired out 0 0 0 0 - Athige Silva Retired out 0 0 0 0 - Katie Thompson Retired out 0 0 0 0 - Lavanya Keny Retired out 0 0 0 0 - Keziah Miriam Sabin Not out 0 0 0 0 - Extras 5 (nb 1, w 4) Total (16 Overs) RR: 12.00 192 This rare tactic helped the UAE leave enough time to bowl and make sure they got a result before any rain could interfere. And their plan worked perfectly. UAE crush Qatar to go on top of table In the second innings, Qatar never looked comfortable. They were bowled out for just 29 runs in 11.1 overs. Seven Qatar batters got out without scoring a single run and two scored less than 5 runs. Only Rizpha Emmanuel showed some fight with her 20-run knock, which she made off 29 deliveries. Michelle Botha was the star with the ball, taking 3 wickets for just 11 runs in her four overs. All six UAE bowlers took at least one wicket each with Katie Thompson taking two for six in her three overs. The win helped the UAE go on top of the Group B points table with two wins from two matches and a strong Net Run Rate of +6.998. Their next game is against Malaysia on 13 May and after that they will play Qatar again on 15 May. The top team from each group will qualify for the Super 3 stage and the top two teams will eventually qualify for the Global Qualifier. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD
BBC News
27-03-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
US tariffs a 'significant shift' for Malvern car company
A car company boss says a new import tax of 25% on cars and car parts coming into the US would be a "significant shift" for the Motor Company in Malvern exports around 200 sports cars to the US every year, which makes up around a third of its overall revenue. US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the new tariff would come into effect on 2 director Matthew Hole said the move would have an impact on the company. "It's a big chunk of our business; we make a £55m turnover a year so, although it's too early to estimate, we can say it will cost a lot of money," he said. "At the moment, we have two [Morgan] models that we sell to the USA, the Plus Four and the Super 3, and that is about a third of vehicle turnover specifically, which is £48m annually."Despite the blow, Mr Hole said the 115-year-old company, which employs around 200 people to make the cars that sell for around £80k each, had been preparing for the "tariff war"."Because it's such a significant shift of our business, we have been working on plans for this over the last month or so, since this tariff war news has been escalating."We've been making sure that we have some kind of a contingency plan in place, which limits the affect on our customers and limits the damage to ourselves," he said.A company spokesperson added: "A rough cost for a Plus Four in the US is $100k. Customers will see an increase on this, but we are working to ensure that it isn't a direct 25% increase."President Trump said the tariff would lead to "tremendous growth" for the US car industry and promised it would spur jobs and investment.A number of countries have expressed anger at the move. Canada called it a "direct attack", while China accused the government of violating international trade rules. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
