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Emirati cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2018–19
	Zimbabwe	United Arab Emirates
Dates	8 – 16 April 2019
Captains	Peter Moor	Mohammad Naveed
One Day International series
Results	Zimbabwe won the 4-match series 4–0
Most runs	Sean Williams (151)	Shaiman Anwar (112)
Most wickets	Kyle Jarvis (10)	Rohan Mustafa (6)
Player of the series	Regis Chakabva (Zim)

The United Arab Emirates cricket team toured Zimbabwe in April 2019 to play four One Day International (ODI) matches. It was the first time that the United Arab Emirates played a Full Member side in a bilateral series.

Ahead of the tour, Zimbabwe named a 27-man training squad. Zimbabwe's regular captain, Hamilton Masakadza, was ruled out of the tour due to injury, with Peter Moor named as the ODI captain in his place. Also missing for Zimbabwe was experienced batsman Brendan Taylor, who was ruled out due to a calf muscle tear. Zimbabwe Cricket announced that the profits from the third ODI match of the tour would go to the Cyclone Idai relief efforts. Zimbabwe's former captain, Graeme Cremer, worked as a coaching consultant for the UAE team for the tour, after Cremer moved from Zimbabwe to Dubai earlier in the year.

Zimbabwe won the series 4–0.

Squads

ODIs
Zimbabwe	United Arab Emirates
Peter Moor (c) Ryan Burl Regis Chakabva Brian Chari Tendai Chatara Elton Chigumbura Craig Ervine Kyle Jarvis Timycen Maruma Brandon Mavuta Solomon Mire Christopher Mpofu Tony Munyonga Ainsley Ndlovu Sikandar Raza Donald Tiripano Sean Williams	Mohammad Naveed (c) Ashfaq Ahmed Qadeer Ahmed Sultan Ahmed Shaiman Anwar Mohammad Boota Imran Haider Amir Hayat Zahoor Khan Rohan Mustafa Chundangapoyil Rizwan Ghulam Shabber Chirag Suri Muhammad Usman

Ryan Burl was added to Zimbabwe's squad for the third and fourth ODIs.

Tour match

50-over match: Zimbabwe Chairman's XI vs United Arab Emirates

Zimbabwe Chairman's XI  228/9 (50 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 232/5 (46.1 overs)
Dion Myers 52 (72) Qadeer Ahmed 3/32 (10 overs)		Ashfaq Ahmed 131* (144) Richard Ngarava 2/27 (8 overs)

• Zimbabwe Chairman's XI won the toss and elected to bat.

Fixtures

1st ODI

United Arab Emirates  110 (44.5 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 111/3 (23.1 overs)
Mohammad Boota 36 (76) Tendai Chatara 3/25 (10 overs)		Craig Ervine 51 (46) Qadeer Ahmed 1/16 (5 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Sultan Ahmed (UAE) made his ODI debut.
• Peter Moor captained Zimbabwe for the first time in ODIs.

2nd ODI

United Arab Emirates  169/9 (35 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 185/4 (32 overs)
Shaiman Anwar 72 (73) Kyle Jarvis 4/17 (7 overs)		Regis Chakabva 78* (101) Rohan Mustafa 2/38 (7 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Zimbabwe were set a revised target of 181 runs from 32 overs due to rain and bad light.

3rd ODI

Zimbabwe  307/4 (50 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 176 (46.2 overs)
Sean Williams 109* (84) Mohammad Naveed 1/42 (9 overs)		Muhammad Usman 49 (74) Ryan Burl 4/32 (6.2 overs)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
• Sean Williams scored the fastest century for a Zimbabwe batsman in ODIs (75 balls).

4th ODI

United Arab Emirates  175 (47.1 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 129/7 (24.5 overs)
Chirag Suri 46 (76) Sean Williams 2/27 (10 overs)		Timycen Maruma 35 (22) Mohammad Naveed 2/26 (6 overs)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
• Zimbabwe were set a revised target of 128 runs from 30 overs due to rain.

References

1. "Zimbabwe to host UAE, travel to Netherlands". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
2. "Zimbabwe set for packed season of international cricket". CricBuzz. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
3. "Zimbabwe to break cricket hiatus with series against UAE". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
4. "UAE arrive for Zim series". The Herald Zimbabwe. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
5. "UAE have Graeme Cremer to turn to on historic tour of Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
6. "Brendan Taylor, uncapped trio in 27-man Zimbabwe training squad". ESPN Cricinfo. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
7. "Taylor, Masakadza ruled out of UAE ODIs". CricBuzz. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
8. "Injuries rule Hamilton Masakadza, Brendan Taylor out of UAE ODI series". ESPN Cricinfo. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
9. "Zimbabwe club together for Cyclone Idai relief". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
10. "UAE turn to Graeme Cremer to prepare for Zimbabwe". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
11. "Zimbabwe prevail in rain-affected thriller to seal clean-sweep". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
12. "Zimbabwe without Masakadza, Taylor for UAE ODIs". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
13. "UAE prepare for Zimbabwe tour with a little help from Dubai resident Graeme Cremer". The National. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
14. "Williams ton powers Zimbabwe to series win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
15. "ODI Cricket: Zimbabwe's vanquishers toss them a lifeline". The South African. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
16. "Dominant Zimbabwe aim for clean sweep". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

• 2019 in Emirati cricket
• 2019 in Zimbabwean cricket
• International cricket competitions in 2018–19
• International cricket tours of Zimbabwe
• United Arab Emirates–Zimbabwe sports relations