Emirati cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2018–19

Emirati cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2018–19
 
  Zimbabwe United Arab Emirates
Dates 8 – 16 April 2019
Captains Peter Moor Mohammad Naveed
One Day International series
Results Zimbabwe won the 4-match series 4–0
Most runs Sean Williams (151) Shaiman Anwar (112)
Most wickets Kyle Jarvis (10) Rohan Mustafa (6)
Player of the series Regis Chakabva (Zim)

The United Arab Emirates cricket team toured Zimbabwe in April 2019 to play four One Day International (ODI) matches.[1][2][3] It was the first time that the United Arab Emirates played a Full Member side in a bilateral series.[4][5]

Ahead of the tour, Zimbabwe named a 27-man training squad.[6] Zimbabwe's regular captain, Hamilton Masakadza, was ruled out of the tour due to injury, with Peter Moor named as the ODI captain in his place.[7] Also missing for Zimbabwe was experienced batsman Brendan Taylor, who was ruled out due to a calf muscle tear.[8] Zimbabwe Cricket announced that the profits from the third ODI match of the tour would go to the Cyclone Idai relief efforts.[9] Zimbabwe's former captain, Graeme Cremer, worked as a coaching consultant for the UAE team for the tour, after Cremer moved from Zimbabwe to Dubai earlier in the year.[10]

Zimbabwe won the series 4–0.[11]

Squads

ODIs
 Zimbabwe[12]  United Arab Emirates[13]

Ryan Burl was added to Zimbabwe's squad for the third and fourth ODIs.[14]

Tour match

50-over match: Zimbabwe Chairman's XI vs United Arab Emirates

8 April 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Zimbabwe Chairman's XI 
228/9 (50 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
232/5 (46.1 overs)
Dion Myers 52 (72)
Qadeer Ahmed 3/32 (10 overs)
Ashfaq Ahmed 131* (144)
Richard Ngarava 2/27 (8 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 5 wickets
Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Christopher Phiri (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe Chairman's XI won the toss and elected to bat.

Fixtures

1st ODI

10 April 2019
09:30
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
110 (44.5 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
111/3 (23.1 overs)
Mohammad Boota 36 (76)
Tendai Chatara 3/25 (10 overs)
Craig Ervine 51 (46)
Qadeer Ahmed 1/16 (5 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Tendai Chatara (Zim)

2nd ODI

12 April 2019
09:30
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
169/9 (35 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
185/4 (32 overs)
Shaiman Anwar 72 (73)
Kyle Jarvis 4/17 (7 overs)
Regis Chakabva 78* (101)
Rohan Mustafa 2/38 (7 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 4 runs (DLS method)
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Shaun George (SA)
Player of the match: Peter Moor (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
  • Zimbabwe were set a revised target of 181 runs from 32 overs due to rain and bad light.

3rd ODI

14 April 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
307/4 (50 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
176 (46.2 overs)
Sean Williams 109* (84)
Mohammad Naveed 1/42 (9 overs)
Muhammad Usman 49 (74)
Ryan Burl 4/32 (6.2 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 131 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Sean Williams (Zim)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sean Williams scored the fastest century for a Zimbabwe batsman in ODIs (75 balls).[16]

4th ODI

16 April 2019
09:30
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
175 (47.1 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
129/7 (24.5 overs)
Chirag Suri 46 (76)
Sean Williams 2/27 (10 overs)
Timycen Maruma 35 (22)
Mohammad Naveed 2/26 (6 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets (DLS method)
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Kyle Jarvis (Zim)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Zimbabwe were set a revised target of 128 runs from 30 overs due to rain.

References

  1. ^ "Zimbabwe to host UAE, travel to Netherlands". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Zimbabwe set for packed season of international cricket". CricBuzz. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Zimbabwe to break cricket hiatus with series against UAE". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  4. ^ "UAE arrive for Zim series". The Herald Zimbabwe. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  5. ^ "UAE have Graeme Cremer to turn to on historic tour of Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Brendan Taylor, uncapped trio in 27-man Zimbabwe training squad". ESPN Cricinfo. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Taylor, Masakadza ruled out of UAE ODIs". CricBuzz. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Injuries rule Hamilton Masakadza, Brendan Taylor out of UAE ODI series". ESPN Cricinfo. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Zimbabwe club together for Cyclone Idai relief". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  10. ^ "UAE turn to Graeme Cremer to prepare for Zimbabwe". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Zimbabwe prevail in rain-affected thriller to seal clean-sweep". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Zimbabwe without Masakadza, Taylor for UAE ODIs". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  13. ^ "UAE prepare for Zimbabwe tour with a little help from Dubai resident Graeme Cremer". The National. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  14. ^ "Williams ton powers Zimbabwe to series win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  15. ^ "ODI Cricket: Zimbabwe's vanquishers toss them a lifeline". The South African. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Dominant Zimbabwe aim for clean sweep". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 April 2019.