Amjad Javed

Seamers Amjad Javed and Mohammad Naveed shared six wickets between them to dismiss PNG for 102 and set up a five-wicket win for UAE in the first T20I

UAE cricket has taken a significant step towards full professionalism, with the Emirates Cricket Board granting two-year central contracts to eight of its players

ESPNcricinfo picks its best XI from the Asia Cup in Bangladesh

Pakistan tried to sink their teeth into the target and suddenly found it was more than they could chew. The top three fell early, but Shoaib Malik and Umar Akmal buckled down and took Pakistan to a seven-wicket victory against UAE in Mirpur

They began to dream, they began to hope, they even forced Sri Lanka to plummet to their lowest ever total against an Associate nation in T20Is. With another 15 runs, UAE could have had their first ever win against a Test nation

A clean sweep in the qualifying stages of the Asia Cup continues a remarkable turnaround in fortunes and now a few companies will be missing employees for a little longer

ESPNcricinfo's guide to the four teams vying to emerge out of the Asia Cup's qualifying group

UAE captain Amjad Javed slammed a 42-ball 79 and then picked up two wickets, as the hosts edged past Scotland by nine runs in the only T20I in Dubai

West Indies needed to overhaul a target of 176 in 36.2 overs or less to make the quarter-finals barring a tie in Adelaide and they did that without much incident

UAE's players are at the opposite end of the spectrum from India's but underperforming in one game should not be an argument against their presence at the World Cup

UAE kept pace with the asking rate in their chase of 309 but regular wickets ensured Afghanistan wrapped up a 14-run win with 10 balls still left to play

A round-up of the Super Sixes matches in the World Cup Qualifiers played on January 28, 2014

A round-up of the Super Six games of the World Cup Qualifiers on January 26, 2014

Following the washout on day two, Netherlands pushed on to 308 and then knocked over UAE's openers cheaply on the third day of the Intercontinental Cup game in Deventer

UAE are in with an excellent chance of completing a turnaround at the Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi

UAE roared back into their Intercontinental Cup match against Kenya, ending the second day 149 ahead with seven wickets remaining

United Arab Emirates extended their domination over Bermuda with a thumping 134-run win at the National Stadium

A round-up of matches from the fourth day of the World Cup Qualifiers tournament in South Africa