Chaya Mughal’s team lost their second Group A match to Papua New Guinea by 29 runs
The UAE suffered their second consecutive loss in the qualification competition in Abu Dhabi on Monday, ending their chances of making it to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup the following year.
After losing their initial game to Thailand by seven wickets on Sunday, Chaya Mughal’s squad dropped their second Group A encounter to Papua New Guinea by 29 runs.
On Wednesday, the home team will play Zimbabwe in their last Group A match, but even a win over the Africans won’t advance the UAE to the tournament’s quarterfinals.
In this qualifying round, eight teams have been split into two groups of four, with the top two teams moving on to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa in 2018.
After winning the toss on Monday, the UAE asked PNG to bat.
With a 29-run opening stand, Sibona Jimmy and Naoani Vare gave PNG a strong start. Then Jimmy and Tanya Ruma scored 35 runs for the second wicket, with the former playing the aggressor.
After Jimmy left, Ruma attacked the UAE bowling attack, beginning in the 13th over with three straight sixes off Vaishnavi Mahesh.
PNG was 115/2 with five overs left when the UAE superbly rallied back to limit PNG to 148/6.
Samaira Dharnidharka eventually bowled all four of her overs in a row and came back with outstanding figures of 3/22. Ruma (53) reached his well-earned fifty-first year.
In the Powerplay, the UAE got off to a quick start, amassing 46 runs while only losing one wicket. UAE had a commanding lead in the chase thanks to a second-wicket partnership between Theertha Satish and Kavisha Egodage that was worth 53 runs.
The UAE was unable to recover from the collapse that was brought on by Egodage’s wicket. The UAE could only manage 119/8 from 77/2. The UAE fell short by 29 runs despite Satish’s 56-ball 68, which was the last wicket to go.
The other Group A match of the day saw Zimbabwe (87/4) defeat Thailand (86/6) by six wickets.
On Monday, Ireland (92/1) defeated the US (91 all out) by nine wickets while Bangladesh (78/4) defeated Scotland (77 all out) by six wickets. (using data from the ICC website)