Esha Oza powers UAE closer to Asia Cup qualification with rapid century against Qatar

Esha Oza struck her second T20 international century as UAE cruised into the semi-finals of the ACC Women’s T20 Championship after crushing Qatar.

The national team won by a landslide 153 runs against their Gulf neighbours in Malaysia.

The triumph was set up by Oza’s pyrotechnics with the bat. In racking up 115 off 67 balls, the UAE opener became just the fifth player to register two centuries in a women’s T20I.

Only Meg Lanning, Fatuma Kibasu, Danni Wyatt, Beth Mooney and Deandra Dottin have done so before.

Oza’s previous ton, made against Bahrain back in March, was the second highest score ever in women’s T20Is.

Her effort against Qatar also moved her alongside Muhammad Waseem as the only UAE players to notch two T20I centuries.

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