# United Arab Emirates women's national cricket team

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. 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. The squad was said to consist of "mothers and daughters", and the captain, Natasha Cherriath, was 12 years old. 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.
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. At the 2011 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship, it placed 9th out of 10 teams and won two matches. 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). UAE won both editions of the Gulf Cricket Council (GCC) Women's Twenty20 Championship held in Oman in 2014 and in Qatar in 2015.
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.
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 another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.
UAE was named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group alongside seven other teams.

## Tournament history
### ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2013 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2015 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2018 | DNQ | 7th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2022 | DNQ | 7th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | 2/6 | 0 Titles | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |

### ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2017 | Qualified | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Do Not Qualified | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Qualified | Champion | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Qualified | Champion | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 4/4 | 2 Titles | 23 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 |

### Women's World Cup

World Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 1973 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1978 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1982 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1988 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1993 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1997 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2000 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2005 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2009 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2013 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2017 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2022 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2025 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | 0/12 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Women's World T20

Twenty20 World Cup Record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2009 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2010 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2012 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2014 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2016 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2018 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2020 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2023 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2024 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Total | 0/8 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Women's Asia Cup

Women's Asia Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2004 | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) |
| 2005-06 | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) |
| 2006 | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) |
| 2008 | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) | Did not enter (ODI format) |
| 2012 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2016 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2018 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2022 | Round robin | 6th | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Total | 1/9 | 6th | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |

### ACC Women's Premier Cup

ACC Women's Premier Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2024 | Champion | 1/16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1/1 | 1 Titles | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Records

International Match Summary
Last updated 13 September 2024
Playing record :
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
| Twenty20 Internationals | 92 | 55 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 7 July 2018 |

### Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 253/1 v. Bahrain on 26 March 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat.
* Highest individual innings: 158*, Esha Oza v. Bahrain on 26 March 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat.
* Best innings bowling: 5/3, Chamani Seneviratne v. Kuwait on 19 February 2019 at 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia, Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok.
| Player | Runs | Average | Career span |
| Esha Oza | 2,347 | 30.88 | 2018–2024 |
| Kavisha Egodage | 1,947 | 33.56 | 2018–2024 |
| Theertha Satish | 1,651 | 30.57 | 2021–2024 |
| Chaya Mughal | 602 | 13.37 | 2018–2023 |
| Khushi Sharma | 450 | 11.84 | 2021–2024 |
| Player | Wickets | Average | Career span |
| Vaishnave Mahesh | 90 | 12.45 | 2018–2024 |
| Esha Oza | 64 | 15.76 | 2018–2024 |
| Khushi Sharma | 48 | 16.02 | 2021–2024 |
| Chaya Mughal | 46 | 18.30 | 2018–2023 |
| Samaira Dharnidharka | 43 | 15.69 | 2019–2024 |
| Kavisha Egodage | 43 | 16.04 | 2018–2024 |
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to WT20I #2013. Last updated 13 September 2024.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
| ICC Full members ||||||||
| Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 July 2018 | |
| India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 October 2022 | |
| Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 April 2024 | |
| Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 October 2022 | |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 October 2022 | |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 September 2022 | 21 September 2022 |
| ICC Associate members ||||||||
| Bahrain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 March 2022 | 26 March 2022 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 November 2021 | 25 November 2021 |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 January 2019 | 13 January 2019 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 February 2019 | 18 February 2019 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 January 2019 | 19 January 2019 |
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 February 2024 | 13 February 2024 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 April 2023 | 18 April 2023 |
| Kuwait | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 February 2019 | 19 February 2019 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 January 2019 | 15 January 2019 |
| Namibia | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 April 2023 | 26 September 2023 |
| Nepal | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 January 2019 | 28 November 2021 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 July 2018 | 7 July 2018 |
| Oman | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 March 2022 | 22 March 2022 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 July 2018 | |
| Qatar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 March 2022 | 20 March 2022 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 April 2023 | 21 April 2023 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 March 2022 | 24 March 2022 |
| Scotland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 September 2022 | |
| Singapore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 June 2022 | 18 June 2022 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 April 2023 | |
| Thailand | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 July 2018 | 9 September 2023 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 April 2023 | 25 April 2023 |
| United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 September 2022 | 25 September 2022 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 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 Egodage | 21 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Rinitha Rajith | 18 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Lavanya Keny | 18 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Avanee Patil | 17 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| All-rounders |||||
| Esha Oza | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Captain |
| Khushi Sharma | 22 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Wicket-keeper |||||
| Theertha Satish | 20 | Left-handed | | |
| Spin Bowlers |||||
| Vaishnave Mahesh | 18 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Suraksha Kotte | 21 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Heena Hotchandani | 24 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Mehak Thakur | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Al Maseera Jahangir | 16 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Pace Bowlers |||||
| Samaira Dharnidharka | 17 | Right-handed | Right-arm Fast | |
| Siya Gokhale | 19 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Indhuja Nandakumar | 18 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |