UAE Beat Netherlands by 5 Wickets in Dubai — Akshdeep Nath Falls One Short, Adeeb Usmani Stays to the End
Max O'Dowd's 106 and Scott Edwards's unbeaten 94 took Netherlands to 263 for 4. UAE chased it with six balls left, through Akshdeep Nath's 99 and Adeeb Usmani's 81 not out.
Match Summary
| Netherlands | 263/4 (50 overs): Max O'Dowd 106 (119), Scott Edwards 94* (95), Colin Ackermann 34* (40) |
| UAE bowling | Aayan Afzal Khan 10-0-48-3, Muhammad Rohid 10-2-28-1 |
| UAE | 266/5 (49 overs): Akshdeep Nath 99 (88), Adeeb Usmani 81* (93), Sohaib Khan 28 (52) |
| Netherlands bowling | Bas de Leede 9-0-44-2, Aryan Dutt 10-2-39-1, Colin Ackermann 6-0-30-1, Paul van Meekeren 6-0-38-1 |
| Result | UAE won by 5 wickets (6 balls remaining) |
| Player of the Match | Akshdeep Nath |
| Venue | Dubai |
Netherlands lost Cedric de Lange in the second over and were only 76 for 2 after 15.3, but O'Dowd and Edwards added 106 for the third wicket. Aayan Afzal Khan took two wickets in two balls to break it at 182, and from there Edwards and Ackermann added an unbroken 81. Muhammad Rohid's ten overs for 28 deserve a sentence of their own on a day when runs came easily.
At 87 for 3 in the 17th over, UAE had a long way to go. Akshdeep Nath's 99 off 88 balls changed the arithmetic, and Usmani, who batted through to 81 not out off 93, gave the chase its spine. Nath fell lbw to de Leede one short of his hundred, which will sting for a while, but Awais Ali Shah's quick 7 not out finished the job with an over to spare.
Netherlands move on quickly and meet Oman on November 2.
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