United Arab Emirates women's national under-19 cricket team

United Arab Emirates Women's Under-19 cricket team
AssociationEmirates Cricket Board
Personnel
CaptainSamaira Dharnidharka[1]
CoachAhmed Raza
History
Twenty20 debutv.  Bhutan at Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara; 3 June 2022
U19 World Cup wins0
Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifiers winsGold (2022)
International Cricket Council
ICC regionAsia

The United Arab Emirates women's under-19 cricket team represents the United Arab Emirates in international under-19 women's cricket. The team is administrated by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB).

UAE qualified for the inaugural ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup via winning the Asia Qualifier, going unbeaten in a five team tournament.[2] The side reached the Super Six stage of the inaugural tournament.[3] Ahmed Raza serves as the head coach of the team whereas Samaira Dharnidharka UAE u19 women's captains the team in all formats.

History

The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in 2023, in South Africa. UAE competed in the Asia Qualifier for the tournament in June 2022 in Malaysia. The side won all of their group matches, including a decisive six wicket victory over Thailand, to qualify for the tournament.[2]

UAE announced their squad for the tournament on 26 December 2022, with Najeeb Amar announced as Head Coach of the side.[5] The side reached the Super Six stage, in which they finished bottom of their group.[3]

Recent call-ups

The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for United Arab Emirates under-19s. Currently, this includes the squads for the 2022 Asia T20 World Cup Qualifier and the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[5]

Name Most Recent Call-up
Jia Bhatia 2022 Qualifier
Samaira Dharnidharka 2023 World Cup
Mahika Gaur 2023 World Cup
Siya Gokhale 2023 World Cup
Geethika Jyothis 2023 World Cup
Lavanya Keny 2023 World Cup
Vaishnave Mahesh 2023 World Cup
Induja Nandakumar 2023 World Cup
Rinitha Rajith 2023 World Cup
Rishitha Rajith 2023 World Cup
Sanjana Ramesh 2023 World Cup
Theertha Satish 2023 World Cup
Sanchin Singh 2023 World Cup
Avni Sunil Patil 2023 World Cup
Archana Supriya 2023 World Cup
Ishitha Zahra 2023 World Cup

Records & statistics

International match summary

As of 23 November 2024

Playing records
Format M W L T D/NR Inaugural match
Youth Women's Twenty20 Internationals 16 10 6 0 0 3 June 2022

Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations

As of 25 January 2023

ICC Full members
Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
 Australia 1 0 1 0 0 23 January 2023
 Bangladesh 1 0 1 0 0 25 January 2023
India India 1 0 1 0 0 16 January 2023
South Africa South Africa 1 0 1 0 0 18 January 2023
Associate members
Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
Scotland Scotland 1 0 1 0 0 14 January 2023

Under-19 World Cup record

United Arab Emirates's U19 Twenty20 World Cup Record
Year Result Pos № Pld W L T NR
South Africa 2023 Super 6 – 16 5 0 5 0 0
Malaysia 2025 Did not Qualified
BangladeshNepal 2027 TBD
Total 5 0 5 0 0

Support staff

  • Merin Saji (manager and physiotherapist),
  • Ahmed Raza (head coach).

References

  1. ^ https://emiratescricket.com/news-detail/gLPQZOpnel2lbKBzyVXv
  2. ^ a b "UAE qualify for first U19 T20 World Cup after title win in Malaysia". The National News. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b "ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup 2022/23". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  4. ^ "ICC postpones 2021 Women's World Cup Qualifier due to COVID-19". Women's CricZone. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Expectations high for UAE at U19 Women's T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.