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Arab News
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Arab News
Thailand, UAE and Nepal into Super Three of ICC Women's T20 World Cup qualifiers
THAILAND: Women's cricket is developing fast in Asia. For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport Nine teams, divided into three groups, started the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia qualifier in Bangkok on May 9. On Sunday, May 18, UAE Women will face Thailand Women in the first match in the Super Three phase. This involves the three group winners, Thailand, UAE and Nepal, playing off for the prize of two places in the global qualifier, the next stage of qualification for the 2026 T20 World Cup to be held in England. At the outset of this qualifying event, Mohideen Kader, CEO of the Cricket Association of Thailand, welcomed the competing teams to the Land of Smiles. The ICC has chosen Bangkok to host Asian qualifier events for the Women's T20 World Cup on several occasions in the past. This reflects Thailand Women's dominance of Asian cricket at this level over the past decade and more. Its team has reached the main ICC Women's T20 World Cup qualifier on every occasion since 2013 when the squad traveled to Ireland. In 2020, the team qualified for the main Women's T20 World Cup in Australia by reaching the final of the previous qualifier held in Scotland. The current team faces strong opposition from UAE Women, who are the defending champions of the Asia qualifier, as they beat Thailand in the final of the last event held in Malaysia. This was in September 2023, the UAE winning by six runs, when they defended a total of 70 in a match dominated by the bowlers. The UAE also has a good overall record in this tournament, having reached the global qualifier three times since 2018. Additionally, the UAE beat Thailand in the semifinals of the ACC Premier Cup, also held in Malaysia in February, when a remarkable 16 Asian teams played to qualify for the Women's Asia Cup. The four group winners were UAE, Malaysia, Thailand and Nepal with UAE beating Thailand and Malaysia overcoming Nepal. The current tournament introduced an exciting new format of three groups of three teams. Top seeded Thailand was drawn with Kuwait and Bhutan in Group A. UAE faced the improving Malaysians and Qatar in Group B, while Nepal took on Hong Kong, China, and Bahrain in Group C. Prior to the tournament, Thailand looked to be too strong in Group A, Malaysia looked like they might surprise the UAE in Group B, whilst Nepal and Hong Kong, China, in Group C, were only separated by one place in the world rankings, so posing a difficult outcome to predict. Unfortunately, the first week of the tournament was badly affected by rain. Sixteen out of the 18 group matches were either abandoned or played over a shortened format. This has led to final placings which may well have been different had all matches been played to conclusion. Thailand managed to qualify from Group A even though two of their matches were rained off, while UAE won Group B, also with two wins and two no results. The fear of rain also brought some notoriety to the tournament. The UAE coach, Ahmed Raza, brought a halt to his team's innings after 16 overs by instructing 10 of his players to retire out in quick succession. The score had been on 192 for no wicket after Esha Oza had scored a brilliant hundred in partnership with T Sathish. However, rain was threatening and the UAE wanted to ensure that the match against Qatar was completed. The time saved by closing the innings early, enabled the UAE the chance to bowl out Qatar for 29 in 11 overs. Group C was the last one to be decided on May 16. Hong Kong, China, seemed to have gained the advantage when they beat Nepal in a five-over match after the teams' earlier encounter had been abandoned. It was not to be, as Nepal managed to beat Bahrain twice. As a result, both Nepal and Hong Kong, China, had five points. Crucially, Nepal had two wins compared with Hong Kong, China's single victory, which meant they joined Thailand and UAE as group winners in the Super Three. The matches will be played on May 18, 19 and 20 with the points from the earlier stage carried forward. Thailand and the UAE have six each and Nepal, five. The UAE has a slight advantage, courtesy of an impressive net run-rate. Thailand will play the UAE on Sunday, UAE face Nepal on Monday and Thailand play Nepal on Tuesday. The two successful teams will progress to compete against teams from the other regional qualifiers and the lower ranked teams who played in the previous Women's T20 World Cup, held in 2024 in the UAE. It has been evident during the tournament that several teams from the Gulf region are improving. Bahrain, fresh from playing a series against Oman, pushed Nepal hard in both matches, Kuwait and Bhutan generated a wonderful match which displayed the best in women's cricket at this development level. Bhutan won with two wickets in hand and four deliveries remaining. Kuwait has three or four players girls who have been visiting Thailand for more than a decade for various tournaments. Bahrain and Kuwait have expressed their wish to play regular international cricket with the other Gulf nations. Given that the UAE women's team gained ODI status earlier this month, there could be regular women's ODIs played in Dubai or Abu Dhabi. There is a real possibility that the UAE could eventually qualify for the next Women's T20 World Cup and even the 50-over version in the future.
India.com
10-05-2025
- Sport
- India.com
WATCH: UAE Women stun Qatar by retiring all 10 batters in unprecedented T20 World Cup qualifier victory
UAE Women stun Qatar by retiring all 10 batters. (PIC - X) New Delhi: The women's T20 World Cup qualifier match between the UAE and Qatar took an unexpected twist as the UAE adopted an unconventional strategy to stay in control. Batting first, the entire UAE lineup voluntarily retired, with all ten players stepping aside during their innings. Watch video below: Never seen before in a T20I match 😮 With clouds looming, the UAE Women pulled off a bold and strategic move – retiring out all 10 batters at 192/0 after just 16 overs. The result? Qatar crumbled under pressure and were all out for just 29.#UAEvQAT #WomensT20Qualifiers — FanCode (@FanCode) May 10, 2025 Notably, the UAE women's team began their innings with openers Esha Oza and Theertha Satish, who put up impressive knocks of 113 and 74 runs, respectively. With the scoreboard reading 192 without loss after 16 overs and rain clouds gathering, the UAE opted for a strategic move—retiring each batter voluntarily to conclude their innings, as formal declarations are not permitted in T20 matches. Due to the series of retirements, the UAE innings featured eight scoreless batters—setting a record for the most ducks in a women's T20I. Despite this, they managed a formidable total of 192 runs in just 16 overs. When Qatar began their chase, the UAE's unconventional strategy proved highly effective. Qatar's innings started with Rizpha Bano Emmanuel contributing 20 runs off 29 balls. However, her teammates Khadija Imtiaz, Christeena Jacob, and captain Aysha were all dismissed without scoring. Following the early collapse, Angeline Mare added 5 runs and Shahreen Bahadur chipped in with 2. The rest of the lineup fell without scoring a run. UAE's dominant bowling display saw Qatar bowled out for only 29, sealing a commanding win. The UAE women's team dismissed Qatar for just 29 runs, securing a dominant 163-run victory in a remarkable display. Qatar's innings lasted only 11.1 overs, with just three players managing to score any runs in their chase. With this comprehensive triumph, UAE continued to lead the table, holding firmly onto the top position with four points.
The Sun
10-05-2025
- Climate
- The Sun
All 10 batters retire out at the same time in never-before-seen cricket tactic… but bizarrely still win match
TEN batters all retired out without a ball being bowled in bizarre never-seen-before cricket tactics. And yet it worked a masterstroke as the team still won their World Cup qualifier. 1 United Arab Emirates faced Qatar in Thailand, needing a win to stay in control of topping their Women's 2026 T20 World Cup Asian qualifying group. Only one side progresses to the Super 3 stage of Asia'a qualifying to try and earn a spot in the Global Qualifier to then make their way to next year's tournament in England. The UAE openers put on a whopping 192 without losing a wicket after 16 overs. However, the risk of rain threatened to put a result in the match in jeopardy. In T20 cricket, a team cannot declare in their innings like in Test cricket. And that meant the UAE's innings had to be completed. So their coach Ahmed Raza had the genius idea to get ten batters to retire out. As a result, UAE's openers both surrendered their unbeaten scores before eight further team-mates walked out fully kitted up and retired, one after the other in barely believable scenes. UAE went from 192-0 after 16 overs to 192 all out in 16 overs - with their innings all over despite Qatar's bowlers failing to take a single wicket. Qatar, ranked 52 in the world rankings, were unable to withstand the pressure from the UAE bowlers in response. And Qatar were bowled all out for 29 in 11.1 overs, securing a 163-run win for UAE. Coach Raza said: "Whilst the innings was going on we started hearing thunder and slight drizzle started. "With the thunder and drizzle we just had to make sure the whole game was played because the weather has been around. "At the start of our bowling innings, it was already drizzling and we were scared of the thunderstorm. "I went to the umpires and checked whether we could declare but in white-ball cricket you cannot declare. "I then asked the match referee if I could retire my whole team out. "There was not enough time. It was all done purely to get a result. "By doing this I meant no disrespect to anyone involved, our opposition. "Everything that happened was within the laws and was well communicated with the match referee. "This extraordinary series of events should not overshadow our captain's hundred and our opening stand of 192 and our bowlers doing the remaining job."
