UAE 95/9 in 20 overs, target 175 │ Live Cricket Score England XI v UAE, T20 Tour Match at Abu Dhabi: Visitors pull off dominant 79-run win
Hello and welcome to the Twenty20 (T20) tour match between England XI and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at Abu Dhabi on Monday. We will be taking you through the match as it unfolds. This match will be a good workout for England, who won the ODI series 3-1. Jason Roy and Alex Hales both scored their maiden ODI centuries in the course of the series, while Jos Buttler broke his own record of fastest ODI century for England. The Twenty 20 Internationals (T20Is) will follow, but before that England play a T20 against UAE. The hosts have quite a few surviving members from the team that played ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: UAE 95/9 in 20 overs │ BATTING: Ahmed Raza 7(18), Zaheer Maqsood 1(2): The hosts struggle through 20 overs to accumulate 95 runs for the loss of nine wickets at a run-rate of a little over four. The sentence itself speaks of how one-sided the contest, with England pulling off an easy 79-run victory in their warm-up fixture against UAE ahead of the three-T20I series against Pakistan in the last leg of the tour. This after their 3-1 drubbing of Pakistan in the ODI series. Moeen Ali is the star with the ball, taking four wickets for a mere 11 runs in three overs. OUT! Syed Maqsood b Jordan 10(9), Abdul Shakoor b Topley 0(6), Mohammad Kaleem c Topley b Jordan 7(10), Rameez Shehzad c Morgan b Plunkett 10(9), Mohammad Usman c Ali b Parry 6(10), Ahmed Shaukat lbw Ali 8(20), Mohammed Qasim c&b Ali 12(13), Abdul Shakoor lbw Ali 0(1), Fahad Tariq c Jordan b Ali 23(22)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: England 174/6 in 20 overs │ BATTING: Chris Jordan 12(18), Liam Plunkett 3(3): England finish on a competitive total, though it may be quite out of reach for hosts UAE. Roy and Hales are impressive at the start of their innings, hammering 59 and 40 respectively to stitch a 92-run opening stand, a clear warning signal to the Pakistani bowlers ahead of the three-match Twenty20 Internationals (T20I). The remainder of the batting order get their much-needed practice, although there are no other major scores. James Vince, who hopes to get his big break in T20Is, is dismissed for a mere 2. OUT! Jason Roy b Raza 59(29), James Vince run out 2(4), Alex Hales c Tariq b Maqsood 40(30), Moeen Ali b Haider 20(16), Sam Billings c Shakoor b Haider 12(11), Eoin Morgan c Raza b Ayaz 15(12)
England and UAE did not meet each other in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. England’s side is largely the same one from the World Cup, but with a few noticeable differences. For starters, there is no Ian Bell, James Anderson, or Stuart Broad, with the likes of Roy, Steve Parry, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, James Vince, David Willey, and Steve Parry making their way into the side instead. UAE bear a rather different look as well, with only Swapnil Patil(wk), Rohan Mustafa, Shaiman Anwar, Amjad Ali, Manjula Guruge, and Mohammad Naveed remaining.
Squads:
England XI: Eoin Morgan(c), Jos Buttler (wk), Alex Hales, Moeen Ali, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Sam Billings, Chris Jordan, Steve Parry, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, James Vince, David Willey, Chris Woakes.
United Arab Emirates: Ahmed Raza(c), Swapnil Patil(wk), Rohan Mustafa, Shaiman Anwar, Amjad Ali, Amjad Gul, Manjula Guruge, Mohammad Naveed, Mohammad Shahzad, Nasir Aziz, Qadeer Ahmed, Qais Farooq, Raja Adeel, L Sreekumar, Umair Ali, Usman Mushtaq, Zaheer Maqsood, Abdul Shakoor.