United Arab Emirates women's national cricket team

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Wikipedia

United Arab Emirates
AssociationEmirates Cricket Board
Personnel
CaptainEsha Oza
CoachAhmed Raza
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (1990)
Affiliate member (1989)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
T20I 16th 14th (11 Oct 2018)
International cricket
First internationalv.  Bangladesh at Johor, Malaysia; 11 July 2007
One Day Internationals
First ODIv  Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo; 28 September 2025
Last ODIv  Papua New Guinea at Amini Park, Port Moresby; 19 October 2025
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 8 4/4
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year[3] 8 4/4
(0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv.  Netherlands at Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht; 7 July 2018
Last T20Iv.  Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo; 6 October 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 101 61/37
(1 tie, 2 no results)
This year[5] 9 6/3
(0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances3 (first in 2018)
Best resultSem-finals (2024)

ODI & T20I kit

As of 19 October 2025

The United Arab Emirates women's national cricket team represents the United Arab Emirates in international women's cricket and is controlled by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB).

History

Its international debut was at the 2007 ACC Women's Tournament in Malaysia.[6] The team lost all three of its matches, and on debut against Bangladesh were bowled out for nine runs, in a match which took one hour to complete.[7] The squad was said to consist of "mothers and daughters",[8] and the captain, Natasha Cherriath, was 12 years old.[9] The team's coach was Smitha Harikrishna who played One Day International (ODI) cricket for India, and another ex-India player, Pramila Bhatt, was involved in a pre-tournament training camp.[10]

At the 2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship, the UAE won their first international match, defeating Oman by 49 runs. The team also defeated Kuwait, finishing fourth in its six-team group, and defeated Iran in a play-off to finish 7th overall out of 12 teams.[11] At the 2011 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship, it placed 9th out of 10 teams and won two matches.[12] At the 2013 ACC Women's Championship in Thailand, the team failed to win a single game, placing 10th out of 11 teams (above Kuwait).[13] The UAE won both editions of the Gulf Cricket Council (GCC) Women's Twenty20 Championship held in Oman in 2014 and in Qatar in 2015.[14]

In June 2016, two teams from Australia's Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the Sydney Sixers and the Sydney Thunder, toured UAE for a training camp. They played a Twenty20 exhibition match at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Dubai, and were joined by three UAE national team players (Natasha Michael, Chaya Mughal, and Esha Oza) who filled in for injured players.[15][16]

In April 2018, ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between United Arab Emirates and any international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[17]

UAE was named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group alongside seven other teams.[18]

In May 2025, the ICC announced the United Arab Emirates as one of five women's sides to gain Women's One Day International (ODI) status.[19] Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Scotland and Thailand are the other four teams.[20]

Tournament history

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

T20 World Cup Qualifier record
Year Qualification Position GP W L T NR
Republic of Ireland 2013Did not qualify
Thailand 2015
Netherlands 2018DNQ7th31200
Scotland 2019Did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2022DNQ7th31200
United Arab Emirates 2024DNQ4th52300
Nepal 2026Did not qualify
Total3/70 Titles114700

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier

T20 Asia Qualifier record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Thailand 2017Qualified2nd54100
Thailand 2019Do Not Qualified3rd64200
United Arab Emirates 2021QualifiedChampion55000
Malaysia 2023QualifiedChampion54001
Thailand 2025DNQ3/962202
Total5/52 Titles2719603

ODI World Cup

ODI World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
England 1973Did not qualify
India 1978
New Zealand 1982
Australia 1988
England 1993
India 1997
New Zealand 2000
South Africa 2005
Australia 2009
India 2013
England 2017
New Zealand 2022
IndiaSri Lanka 2025
Total0/120 Titles00000

T20 World Cup

T20 World Cup Record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
England 2009Did not qualify
Cricket West Indies 2010
Sri Lanka 2012
Bangladesh 2014
India 2016
Cricket West Indies 2018
Australia 2020
South Africa 2023
United Arab Emirates 2024
Total0/80 Titles00000

Asia Cup

Asia Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2004 Sri Lanka Did not enter (ODI format)
2005–06 Pakistan
2006 India
2008 Sri Lanka
2012 China Did not qualify
2016 Thailand
2018 Malaysia
2022 BangladeshRound robin6th61410
2024 Sri Lanka Round robin7th30300
Total 2/9 — 9 1 7 1 0

Premier Cup

Premier Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2024 MalaysiaChampion1/1666000
Total 1/1 1 Titles 6 6 0 0 0

Records

International Match Summary[21][22]

Last updated 19 October 2025

Playing record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
One Day Internationals8440026 September 2025
Twenty20 Internationals1016137127 July 2018

One Day International

ODI record versus other nations[22]

Records complete to WODI #1508. Last updated 19 October 2025.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Full members
 Zimbabwe 4220026 September 202526 September 2025
ICC Associate members
 Papua New Guinea 4220013 October 202513 October 2025

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[22]

Records complete to WT20I #2528. Last updated 6 October 2025.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Full members
 Bangladesh 1010010 July 2018
 India 202004 October 2022
 Ireland 1010025 April 2024
 Pakistan 202009 October 2022
 Sri Lanka 202002 October 2022
 Zimbabwe 8530012 September 202221 September 2022
ICC Associate members
 Bahrain 2200026 March 202226 March 2022
 Bhutan 2200025 November 202125 November 2021
 China 3300013 January 201913 January 2019
 Hong Kong 10910018 February 201918 February 2019
 Indonesia 2200019 January 201919 January 2019
 Japan 1100013 February 202413 February 2024
 Kenya 1100018 April 202318 April 2023
 Kuwait 4400019 February 201919 February 2019
 Malaysia 101000015 January 201915 January 2019
 Namibia 11560027 April 202326 September 2023
   Nepal 6140114 January 201928 November 2021
 Netherlands 320107 July 20187 July 2018
 Oman 3200122 March 202222 March 2022
 Papua New Guinea 202008 July 2018
 Qatar 4400020 March 202220 March 2022
 Rwanda 1100021 April 202321 April 2023
 Saudi Arabia 1100024 March 202224 March 2022
 Scotland 1010023 September 2022
 Singapore 1100018 June 202218 June 2022
 Tanzania 1010019 April 2023
 Thailand 10280012 July 20189 September 2023
 Uganda 3120020 April 202325 April 2023
 United States 2110013 September 202225 September 2022
 Vanuatu 110003 May 20243 May 2024

Current squad

Updated on 5 May 2024

This lists all the players who were named in the squad for 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Kavisha Egodage22Right-handedRight-arm off break
Rinitha Rajith19Right-handedRight-arm medium
Lavanya Keny18Right-handedRight arm off break
Avanee Patil18Right-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
Esha Oza27Right-handedRight-arm off breakCaptain
Khushi Sharma23Right-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keeper
Theertha Satish21Left-handed
Spin Bowlers
Vaishnave Mahesh18Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Suraksha Kotte22Right-handedRight-arm off break
Heena Hotchandani25Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Mehak Thakur24Right-handedRight-arm off break
Al Maseera Jahangir17Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Samaira Dharnidharka18Right-handedRight-arm Fast
Siya Gokhale20Right-handedRight-arm medium
Indhuja Nandakumar19Right-handedRight-arm medium

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ↑ "WODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ↑ "WODI matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ↑ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ↑ "WT20I matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ↑ Other matches played by United Arab Emirates women Archived 14 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "UAE embarrassed by Bangladesh", ESPNcricinfo, 11 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Bangladesh crush UAE", Asian Cricket Council, 11 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Natasha Cherriath: Emirates high-flyer", Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Natasha to lead UAE women's team", Gulf News, 3 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  11. ↑ Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009, CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  12. ↑ Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2010/11, CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  13. ↑ Asian Cricket Council Women's Championship 2012/13, CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "UAE women retain Gulf T20 cricket title", Emirates 24/7, 6 December 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "WBBL teams Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder to tour UAE to promote women's cricket", The National, 26 May 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  16. ↑ "'Dream come true' as UAE women's cricketers to share field with Big Bash League stars", The National, 4 June 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  17. ↑ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  18. ↑ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  19. ↑ "Australia remain on top while Thailand climb up in the annual T20I rankings update". International Cricket Council. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  20. ↑ "UAE gain women's ODI status, USA lose theirs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  21. ↑ "Records / United Arab Emirates Women / One Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  22. 1 2 3 "Records / United Arab Emirates Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  23. ↑ "Records / UAE Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  24. ↑ "Records / UAE Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  25. ↑ "Records / UAE Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  26. ↑ "Records / UAE Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  27. ↑ "Records / UAE Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

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