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]
| Emirati cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2018–19 | |||
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| 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) | ||
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 edit
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Ryan Burl was added to Zimbabwe's squad for the third and fourth ODIs.[14]
Tour match edit
50-over match: Zimbabwe Chairman's XI vs United Arab Emirates edit
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Dion Myers 52 (72)
Qadeer Ahmed 3/32 (10 overs) |
- Zimbabwe Chairman's XI won the toss and elected to bat.
Fixtures edit
1st ODI edit
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Sultan Ahmed (UAE) made his ODI debut.
- Peter Moor captained Zimbabwe for the first time in ODIs.[15]
2nd ODI edit
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- 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 edit
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- 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 edit
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- 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 edit
- ^ "Zimbabwe to host UAE, travel to Netherlands". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "Zimbabwe set for packed season of international cricket". CricBuzz. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "Zimbabwe to break cricket hiatus with series against UAE". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "UAE arrive for Zim series". The Herald Zimbabwe. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "UAE have Graeme Cremer to turn to on historic tour of Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ "Brendan Taylor, uncapped trio in 27-man Zimbabwe training squad". ESPN Cricinfo. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Taylor, Masakadza ruled out of UAE ODIs". CricBuzz. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Injuries rule Hamilton Masakadza, Brendan Taylor out of UAE ODI series". ESPN Cricinfo. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Zimbabwe club together for Cyclone Idai relief". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "UAE turn to Graeme Cremer to prepare for Zimbabwe". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Zimbabwe prevail in rain-affected thriller to seal clean-sweep". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Zimbabwe without Masakadza, Taylor for UAE ODIs". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "UAE prepare for Zimbabwe tour with a little help from Dubai resident Graeme Cremer". The National. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Williams ton powers Zimbabwe to series win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ "ODI Cricket: Zimbabwe's vanquishers toss them a lifeline". The South African. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "Dominant Zimbabwe aim for clean sweep". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 April 2019.