SYDNEY: The UAE finished their 2022 T20 World Cup with a morale boosting, nail-biting and historic seven-run win against Namibia.
A result that cost their opponents qualification to the next stage of the competition. The UAE’s victory owed much to a man-of-the-match all-round performance from Muhammad Waseem.
The right-handed opener scored 50 off 41 balls with the bat, before he closed out the match by defending 14 off the final over.
What’s more, it was just the fourth time he had bowled in a T20I for the UAE in 20 matches, and the first time in over a year. “We have always believed in his ability,” captain CP Rizwan said of Waseem after the game. “We have played together in domestic cricket in UAE, and I have seen him nailing yorkers like anything, so I have always had trust in him. “What better moment could you have to nail your yorker, and get the big wicket of David Wiese.