Esha Oza’s resistance not enough as UAE hearts are broken by giants Sri Lanka

06.05.2024 - 14:57 thenationalnews.com

Ahmed Raza said Esha Oza had played one of the great innings by a UAE player in defeat to Sri Lanka on Sunday night. The national team fell agonisingly short of creating one of the biggest upsets in the history of the women’s game at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

They ultimately missed out on qualification for the Women’s T20 World Cup after finishing 15 runs short of beating the side ranked No 7 in the world.

As a sign of how close they got, it was a rare occasion of when the player of the match award was handed to a player from the losing side.

Oza, the UAE captain, received the award at the post-match ceremony. It seemed of little consolation, though, given she had shortly before appeared heartbroken after losing her wicket in the run chase.

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