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).
History The UAE Women made their international debut at the 2007 ACC Women's Tournament in Malaysia.Other matches played by United Arab Emirates women , CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2016. 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. The squad was said to consist of "mothers and daughters","Bangladesh crush UAE", Asian Cricket Council, 11 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2016. and the captain, Natasha Cherriath, was 12 years old."Natasha Cherriath: Emirates high-flyer", Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 August 2016. The team's coach was Smitha Harikrishna who formerly played One Day International (ODI) cricket for India, and another ex-India player, Pramila Bhatt, was involved in a pre-tournament training camp.
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.Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009, CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2016. At the 2011 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship, it placed 9th out of 10 teams and won two matches.Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2010/11, CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2016. 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).Asian Cricket Council Women's Championship 2012/13, CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2016. The UAE won both editions of the Gulf Cricket Council (GCC) Women's Twenty20 Championship held in Oman in 2014 and in Qatar in 2015.
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."WBBL teams Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder to tour UAE to promote women's cricket", The National, 26 May 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016."'Dream come true' as UAE women's cricketers to share field with Big Bash League stars", The National, 4 June 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
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 any international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.
UAE was named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group alongside seven other teams.
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. Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Scotland and Thailand are the other four teams.
Tournament history ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier T20 World Cup Qualifier recordYearQualificationPositionGPWLTNR 2013 Did not qualify 2015 2018DNQ7th31200 2019 Did not qualify 2022DNQ7th31200 2024DNQ4th52300 2026 Did not qualifyTotal3/70 Titles114700
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier T20 Asia Qualifier recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2017Qualified2nd54100 2019Do Not Qualified 3rd64200 2021QualifiedChampion55000 2023QualifiedChampion54001 2025DNQ3/962202Total5/52 Titles2719603
ODI World Cup
ODI World Cup recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 1973 Did not qualify 1978 1982 1988 1993 1997 2000 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022 2025Total0/120 Titles00000
T20 World Cup
T20 World Cup RecordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2009 Did not qualify 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2023 2024Total0/80 Titles00000
Asia Cup
Asia Cup recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR2004 Did not enter (ODI format)2005/06 2006 2008 2012 Did not qualify2016 2018 2022 Round robin6th61410 2024 Round robin7th30300 2026 Round robin30000Total2/9—91710
Premier Cup
Premier Cup recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR2024 Champion1/16660002026 Runners-up2/1876100Total2/21 Titles 1312100
Records International Match Summary
Last updated 8 September 2026 Playing record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match One Day Internationals 8 4 4 0 0 26 September 2025 Twenty20 Internationals 124 79 42 1 2 7 July 2018
One Day International
ODI record versus other nations
Records complete to WODI #1508. Last updated 19 October 2025. OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win ICC Full members 4 2 2 0 0 26 September 2025 26 September 2025 ICC Associate members 4 2 2 0 0 13 October 2025 13 October 2025
Twenty20 International
Highest team total: 253/1 v. Bahrain on 26 March 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat. Highest individual innings: 158*, Esha Oza v. Bahrain on 26 March 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat. 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.
Most T20I runs for UAE Women PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanEsha Oza 3,126 32.90 2018–2025Theertha Satish 2,211 33.00 2021–2025Kavisha Egodage 1,947 33.56 2018–2024Chaya Mughal 605 13.15 2018–2023Khushi Sharma 450 11.84 2021–2024
Most T20I wickets for UAE Women PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanVaishnave Mahesh 115 11.60 2018–2025Esha Oza 87 14.97 2018–2025Samaira Dharnidharka 55 14.94 2019–2025Khushi Sharma 48 16.02 2021–2024Chaya Mughal 46 18.30 2018–2023
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to WT20I #3009. Last updated 8 September 2026. OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win ICC Full members 2 0 2 0 0 10 July 2018 2 0 2 0 0 4 October 2022 1 0 1 0 0 25 April 2024 2 0 2 0 0 9 October 2022 3 0 3 0 0 2 October 2022 8 5 3 0 0 12 September 2022 21 September 2022 ICC Associate members 3 3 0 0 0 26 March 2022 26 March 2022 2 2 0 0 0 25 November 2021 25 November 2021 4 4 0 0 0 13 January 2019 13 January 2019 11 10 1 0 0 18 February 2019 18 February 2019 3 3 0 0 0 19 January 2019 19 January 2019 1 1 0 0 0 13 February 2024 13 February 2024 1 1 0 0 0 18 April 2023 18 April 2023 5 5 0 0 0 19 February 2019 19 February 2019 11 11 0 0 0 15 January 2019 15 January 2019 12 6 6 0 0 27 April 2023 26 September 2023 6 1 4 0 1 14 January 2019 28 November 2021 4 2 1 1 0 7 July 2018 7 July 2018 6 5 0 0 1 22 March 2022 22 March 2022 3 0 3 0 0 8 July 2018 1 1 0 0 0 9 June 2026 9 June 2026 5 5 0 0 0 20 March 2022 20 March 2022 1 1 0 0 0 21 April 2023 21 April 2023 3 3 0 0 0 24 March 2022 24 March 2022 2 0 2 0 0 23 September 2022 1 1 0 0 0 18 June 2022 18 June 2022 2 1 1 0 0 19 April 2023 26 November 2025 12 3 9 0 0 12 July 2018 9 September 2023 4 2 2 0 0 20 April 2023 25 April 2023 2 1 1 0 0 13 September 2022 25 September 2022 1 1 0 0 0 3 May 2024 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 Right-handed Right-arm off break Rinitha Rajith Right-handed Right-arm medium Lavanya Keny Right-handed Right arm off break Avanee Patil Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders Esha Oza Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain Khushi Sharma Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keeper Theertha Satish Left-handed Spin Bowlers Vaishnave Mahesh Right-handed Right-arm leg break Suraksha Kotte Right-handed Right-arm off break Heena Hotchandani Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Mehak Thakur Right-handed Al Maseera Jahangir Right-handed Right-arm off break Pace Bowlers Samaira Dharnidharka Right-handed Right-arm Fast Siya Gokhale Right-handed Right-arm medium Indhuja Nandakumar Right-handed Right-arm medium
See also List of United Arab Emirates women ODI cricketers List of United Arab Emirates women Twenty20 International cricketers
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