UAE 172 for 5 (Waseem 69, Sharafu 51, Ramanandi 2-24) vs Oman

A skillful half-century from Alishan Sharafu and a dogged one from Muhammad Waseem took UAE to 172 for 5 in their Asia Cup game against Oman on Monday.

Both teams are searching for their first win of the tournament and their challenge in Abu Dhabi was to negotiate a slow and low pitch. Sharafu did so by charging out of the crease. Twelve attempts just within the powerplay fetched all six of his fours in that period. Then came perhaps his best shot, an inside out drive over cover for six against legspinner Samay Shrivastava.

UAE were 11 for 0 in three overs. Then they whacked 39 runs off the next three and never looked back.

Waseem was scratchy. He attempted a number of big hits and not all of them came off, indicatin

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