Zimbabwe ease past UAE as teams get set for T20 World Cup Qualifier

12.09.2022 - 16:02 thenationalnews.com

The size of the task facing UAE at the Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier in Abu Dhabi next week was emphasised as the national team suffered a second consecutive loss.

The home team lost by 47 runs to Zimbabwe in the T20 Quadrangular tournament at the ICC Academy in Dubai on Monday. Two days earlier at the same venue, they had fallen to a five-wicket defeat against Thailand at the same venue.

Both of those teams will be part of the UAE’s group in the Qualifier, which starts on Sunday, September 18. That eight-team event in the capital carries with it two places for the World Cup, which will be played in South Africa next year.

The UAE will be featuring in a global qualifier for the first time, having made rapid progress in the women’s game over the past 18 months.

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