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United Arab Emirates vs West Indies, 1st ODI Prediction, Playing XI, and Pitch Report
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United Arab Emirates vs West Indies match will be going to be played on June 4th, 2023, at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, UAE, and the match will start at 4:30 PM IST.
United Arab Emirates is among the association team and ranked 19th in ODI. They are in the ICC World Cup qualifiers for 2023 and will be fighting for a place in ODI World Cup main group, in which the Top 10 teams will play against each other to win the World Cup. They never played any main group ICC World Cup tournament matches, but they played in the group stage two times.
They played their last ODI match against Nepal on November May 1, 2022, in which they lost the match by 7 wickets in the Final match of the ACC Premier Cup, which is the route to qualify for the Asia Cup in which UAE failed to qualify for the Asia Cup directly in 2023.
UAE will be playing in their home condition in which they might be able to win the series, but it is going to be hard for them as they are against West Indies, who are full of many superstar players if you are a fan of West Indies team you never know what they will do in a match because they are the team who can win against the most talented and skilled team or lose to a team who ranked lower then 25th in the world.
West Indies used to be the World Champions in their early days and also one of the most talented teams, but recently, their performance was dropped, which made them put in a qualifier group through which they needed to enter the main ICC World Cup group.
West Indies even failed to qualify for the 2022 T20 World Cup last year in Australia as they could not clear the qualifiers because they lost to Scotland and Ireland, which clearly shows how the team has been playing in recent times.
In their last five matches, West Indies lost 4 out of them, and in the last match against South Africa, they lost by 4 wickets in which only Brandon King performed pretty well for the team as he scored 72 runs, and in bowling, Alzarri Joseph took 3 wickets.
Not our day today, they clearly outplayed us. Thought we batted well but our bowling fell apart. We just didn’t hit our straps today, they outplayed us today and we only ourselves to blame. I thought we were in the game but we didn’t bowl as well as we needed to. You have to keep learning on the job, we don’t focus on the negatives too much but we want to keep doing the job well. I wish the guys the best for the next series. You go out there and do your best every time you turn up for the West Indies.
Shai Hope said in the interview
United Arab Emirates vs West Indies Head-to-Head ODI Record
The United Arab Emirates and West Indies played only two ODI matches against each other, in which West Indies won both matches quite easily by dominating both matches. However, the last match was way before in 2018 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers, in which West Indies won by 60 runs, and Shimron Hetmyer was the player of the match as he scored 127 runs. Chris Gayle was also one of the best performers in the match scoring 123 in 91 balls.
UAE did give a bit of a fight as they were able to make 297 runs which are great for any team who is an associate nation. Rameez Shahzad was the top performer for the side as he scored 112 runs, and Shaiman Anwar scored 64 runs to push their team to be close to the huge target.
Jason Holder was the star bowler for them by picking up a five-wicket hall in the match to stop the UAE team. It will be the third time when both teams are going to go up against each other, and it can be a tough battle because recently, UAE has had a better-winning record than West Indies.
United Arab Emirates vs West Indies: Pitch Report of Sharjah Cricket Stadium, UAE, ODI 1st Match
| Match Played | 99 matches |
| Batting first won | 52 matches won |
| Batting second won | 46 matches won |
| Average 1st innings score | 232.4 runs |
| Average 2nd innings score | 190.3 runs |
| Pace bowlers wickets | 804 |
| Spinner bowlers wickets | 549 |
| Highest Team innings total | 364/7 by Pakistan |
| Lowest Team innings total | 54/10 by India |
Sharjah Cricket Stadium pitch is always a neutral pitch, but it helps pace bowlers more, as can be seen by the stats. Pace bowlers took 804 wickets in 99 matches, whereas Spinners took 549 even when the pitch was drier in Sharjah.
Pace bowlers who use slow deliveries are more successful in taking wickets rather than bowlers who rely on swing bowling because the swing movement is not much. The spinners can be crucial in the match as both teams do have some quality spinners.
The scoring is average, which stays between 230-260, and in the first 10 to 20 overs, batters find it easy to score runs rather than in the later stage when it gets hard to hit the ball.
Team Preview of United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates is one of the teams who regularly started to compete with the big teams and do play in ICC Cricket World Cup qualifiers, but still, they need to give a solid performance to showcase their skill and talent.
They are in the ICC Cricket World Cup qualifiers 2023 qualifier where they are going to fight for a place in the Top ten of the main group in the World Cup, but it is going to be way above their league, and if they are able to qualify, then it will be the miracle for them.
If the pitch is going to be spin-friendly, then they have a better chance to compete with West Indies because they have the weakness of playing spin, which has been exposed many times in the past.
Key Players of UAE
1- Muhammad Waseem is one of the inform batters from the UAE side as he played 38 ODI matches, scoring 1021 runs with an average of 26.86. He scored six half-centuries and one century.
2- Zahoor Khan has been one of the best pace bowlers from the UAE side, as he took 84 wickets in 54 matches. In the last 10 matches, he took 14 wickets with an economy of 4.79.
3- Asif Khan has been the best-scoring batter for UAE in the last 10 matches, scoring 494 runs with an average of 61.75.
Team Preview of West Indies
It is hard to believe that West Indies has won ODI World Cup twice, and now they are in the qualification group of the World Cup, which is an embarrassing part for the former World Champions.
West Indies is in the 10th rank, which is below then Afghanistan, which was one of the Associate teams. West Indies announced 4 uncapped players for the 3 match series against the UAE team, hoping for a good performance from their side.
Alick Athanaze is a batting all-rounder with a decent List-A performance, so he has been selected for the team. In the last 3 first-class matches, he scored quite well with the bat. He played 29 first-class matches, scoring 1739 runs with an average of 36.22, and picked up 7 wickets. In List-A, he scored 664 runs and took 17 wickets. The other three players who are uncapped ODI players are Kavem Hodge, Dominic Drakes, and Akeem Jordan.
Key Players of West Indies
1- Shai Hope is having a good season with the bat as he scored 410 runs in 10 matches with an average of 44.55, but the only concern is the strike rate which is 74.12. Overall, he played 106 ODI matches, scoring 4452 runs with an amazing average of 50.02.
2- Brandon Kings can lift his form and stats up in the upcoming match against UAE. He played 9 matches and scored 220 runs, averaging 24.44 runs per match.
3- Gudakesh Motie is the bowling allrounder who has been amazing since he debuted for the West Indies. He took 22 wickets in 4 matches in the Test match, and in ODI, he took 8 wickets in 4 matches.
Probable Playing 11 in United Arab Emirates Vs West Indies
United Arab Emirates Probable Playing 11
Muhammad Waseem (captain), Vriitya Aravind, Basil Hameed, Muhammad Jawadullah, Aayan Afzal Khan, Asif Khan, Zahoor Khan, Rohan Mustafa, Fahad Nawaz, Rameez Shahzad, Junaid Siddique
West Indies Probable Playing 11
Shai Hope (captain), Brandon King (vice-captain), Alick Athanaze, Shamarh Brooks, Roston Chase, Dominic Drakes, Akeem Jordan, Kevin Sinclair, Keemo Paul, Raymon Reifer, Odean Smith
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