United Arab Emirates women's national cricket team

For the men's team, see United Arab Emirates national cricket team.

The United Arab Emirates women's national cricket team represents the United Arab Emirates in international women's cricket and is controlled by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB).

United Arab Emirates

Association	Emirates Cricket Board
Personnel
Captain	Esha Oza
Coach	Najeeb Amar
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member (1990) Affiliate member (1989)
ICC region	Asia
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever T20I 16th 14th (11 Oct 2018)
International cricket
First international	v.  Bangladesh at Johor, Malaysia; 11 July 2007
T20 Internationals
First T20I	v.  Netherlands at Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht; 7 July 2018
Last T20I	v.    Nepal at Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok; 19 May 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total[2] 99 59/37 (1 tie, 2 no results) This year[3] 7 4/3 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances	1 (first in 2018)
Best result	7th (2018)
As of 19 May 2025

History

Its international debut was at the 2007 ACC Women's Tournament in Malaysia.^[4] The team lost all three of its matches, and on debut against Bangladesh were bowled out for nine runs, in a match which took one hour to complete.^[5] The squad was said to consist of "mothers and daughters",^[6] and the captain, Natasha Cherriath, was 12 years old.^[7] The team's coach was Smitha Harikrishna who played One Day International (ODI) cricket for India, and another ex-India player, Pramila Bhatt, was involved in a pre-tournament training camp.^[8]

At the 2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship, the UAE won their first international match, defeating Oman by 49 runs. The team also defeated Kuwait, finishing fourth in its six-team group, and defeated Iran in a play-off to finish 7th overall out of 12 teams.^[9] At the 2011 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship, it placed 9th out of 10 teams and won two matches.^[10] At the 2013 ACC Women's Championship in Thailand, the team failed to win a single game, placing 10th out of 11 teams (above Kuwait).^[11] UAE won both editions of the Gulf Cricket Council (GCC) Women's Twenty20 Championship held in Oman in 2014 and in Qatar in 2015.^[12]

In June 2016, two teams from Australia's Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the Sydney Sixers and the Sydney Thunder, toured UAE for a training camp. They played a Twenty20 exhibition match at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Dubai, and were joined by three UAE national team players (Natasha Michael, Chaya Mughal, and Esha Oza) who filled in for injured players.^[13][14]

In April 2018, ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between United Arab Emirates and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.^[15]

UAE was named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group alongside seven other teams.^[16]

In May 2025, the ICC announced the United Arab Emirates as one of five women's sides to gain Women's One Day International (ODI) status.^[17] Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Scotland and Thailand are the other four teams.^[18]

Tournament history

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

T20 World Cup Qualifier record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2013	Did not qualify
2015
2018	DNQ	7th	3	1	2	0	0
2019	Did not qualify
2022	DNQ	7th	3	1	2	0	0
2024	To be determined
Total	2/6	0 Titles	6	2	4	0	0

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier

T20 Asia Qualifier record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2017	Qualified	2nd	5	4	1	0	0
2019	Do Not Qualified	3rd	6	4	2	0	0
2021	Qualified	Champion	5	5	0	0	0
2023	Qualified	Champion	5	4	0	0	1
2025	DNQ	3/9	6	2	2	0	2
Total	5/5	2 Titles	27	19	6	0	3

ODI World Cup

ODI World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
1973	Did not qualify
1978
1982
1988
1993
1997
2000
2005
2009
2013
2017
2022
2025	TBD
Total	0/12	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

T20 World Cup

T20 World Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2009	Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2023
2024
Total	0/8	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

Asia Cup

Asia Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2004	Did not enter (ODI format)
2005-06
2006
2008
2012	Did not qualify
2016
2018
2022	Round robin	6th	6	1	4	1	0
2024	Did not qualify
Total	1/9	6th	6	1	4	1	0

Premier Cup

Premier Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2024	Champion	1/16	6	6	0	0	0
Total	1/1	1 Titles	6	6	0	0	0

Records

International Match Summary^[19]

Last updated 19 May 2025

Playing record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals	99	59	37	1	2	7 July 2018

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 253/1 v. Bahrain on 26 March 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat.^[20]
• Highest individual innings: 158*, Esha Oza v. Bahrain on 26 March 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat.^[21]
• Best innings bowling: 5/3, Chamani Seneviratne v. Kuwait on 19 February 2019 at 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia, Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok.^[22]

Most T20I runs for UAE Women[23] Player Runs Average Career span Esha Oza 2,588 31.18 2018–2025 Kavisha Egodage 1,947 33.56 2018–2024 Theertha Satish 1,866 31.10 2021–2025 Chaya Mughal 602 13.37 2018–2023 Khushi Sharma 450 11.84 2021–2024

Most T20I wickets for UAE Women[24] Player Wickets Average Career span Vaishnave Mahesh 94 12.90 2018–2025 Esha Oza 69 16.04 2018–2025 Khushi Sharma 48 16.02 2021–2024 Chaya Mughal 46 18.30 2018–2023 Samaira Dharnidharka 43 15.69 2019–2024 Kavisha Egodage 43 16.04 2018–2024

T20I record versus other nations^[19]

Records complete to WT20I #2300. Last updated 19 May 2025.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
ICC Full members
Bangladesh	1	0	1	0	0	10 July 2018
India	2	0	2	0	0	4 October 2022
Ireland	1	0	1	0	0	25 April 2024
Pakistan	2	0	2	0	0	9 October 2022
Sri Lanka	2	0	2	0	0	2 October 2022
Zimbabwe	6	3	3	0	0	12 September 2022	21 September 2022
ICC Associate members
Bahrain	2	2	0	0	0	26 March 2022	26 March 2022
Bhutan	2	2	0	0	0	25 November 2021	25 November 2021
China	3	3	0	0	0	13 January 2019	13 January 2019
Hong Kong	10	9	1	0	0	18 February 2019	18 February 2019
Indonesia	2	2	0	0	0	19 January 2019	19 January 2019
Japan	1	1	0	0	0	13 February 2024	13 February 2024
Kenya	1	1	0	0	0	18 April 2023	18 April 2023
Kuwait	4	4	0	0	0	19 February 2019	19 February 2019
Malaysia	10	10	0	0	0	15 January 2019	15 January 2019
Namibia	11	5	6	0	0	27 April 2023	26 September 2023
Nepal	6	1	4	0	1	14 January 2019	28 November 2021
Netherlands	3	2	0	1	0	7 July 2018	7 July 2018
Oman	3	2	0	0	1	22 March 2022	22 March 2022
Papua New Guinea	2	0	2	0	0	8 July 2018
Qatar	4	4	0	0	0	20 March 2022	20 March 2022
Rwanda	1	1	0	0	0	21 April 2023	21 April 2023
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	0	24 March 2022	24 March 2022
Scotland	1	0	1	0	0	23 September 2022
Singapore	1	1	0	0	0	18 June 2022	18 June 2022
Tanzania	1	0	1	0	0	19 April 2023
Thailand	10	2	8	0	0	12 July 2018	9 September 2023
Uganda	3	1	2	0	0	20 April 2023	25 April 2023
United States	2	1	1	0	0	13 September 2022	25 September 2022
Vanuatu	1	0	1	0	0	3 May 2024

Current squad

Updated on 5 May 2024

This lists all the players who were named in the squad for 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier.

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Kavisha Egodage	22	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Rinitha Rajith	19	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Lavanya Keny	18	Right-handed	Right arm off break
Avanee Patil	18	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Esha Oza	26	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
Khushi Sharma	22	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keeper
Theertha Satish	21	Left-handed
Spin Bowlers
Vaishnave Mahesh	18	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Suraksha Kotte	22	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Heena Hotchandani	24	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Mehak Thakur	24	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Al Maseera Jahangir	16	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Samaira Dharnidharka	18	Right-handed	Right-arm Fast
Siya Gokhale	19	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Indhuja Nandakumar	19	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

See also

• List of United Arab Emirates women Twenty20 International cricketers