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UAE Women Employ Unprecedented Retire-Out Strategy to Secure T20 Win Over Qatar

Facing rain concerns, the UAE cricket team retired all ten batters after a record opening stand, clinching a 163-run victory and topping their group in the Women’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier.

UAE batters wait on the boundary line to sprint on to pitch and retire out as the team tries to gain extra time ahead of a rain delay in a T20 Women's World Cup Asia Region qualifier.
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Overview

  • The UAE women's cricket team retired all ten batters after scoring 192/0 in 16 overs, marking the first such instance in T20I history.
  • Openers Esha Rohit Oza and Theertha Satish contributed a record 192-run partnership, with Oza scoring 113 off 55 balls and Satish adding 74 runs.
  • The retire-out tactic, devised by coach Ahmed Raza, aimed to expedite play and avoid rain interruptions, as T20 rules disallow declarations.
  • UAE's bowlers then dismissed Qatar for just 29 runs in 11.1 overs, securing a dominant 163-run victory at the Terdthai Cricket Ground in Bangkok.
  • With this win, UAE leads Group B in the Asia Qualifier with four points and a +6.998 net run rate, bolstering their campaign for the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup.