Emirati cricket team in the Netherlands in 2017

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Emirati cricket team in the Netherlands in 2017

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|  Netherlands|  United Arab Emirates
Dates|  17 – 20 July 2017
Captains|  Peter Borren|  Rohan Mustafa
LA series
Result|  United Arab Emirates won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs|  Stephan Myburgh (113)|  Muhammad Usman 131
Most wickets|  Logan van Beek (10)|  Rohan Mustafa (6)

The United Arab Emirates cricket team toured the Netherlands in July 2017 to play three List A matches.[1] In the opening match, brothers Asad and Saqib Zulfiqar made their debuts and played alongside their other brother, Sikander Zulfiqar. It was the first time triplets had played in a professional cricket team together.[2][3] The United Arab Emirates won the series 2–1.[4]

## Squads

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Netherlands[5] |  United Arab Emirates[6]

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* Peter Borren (c)
* Wesley Barresi
* Ben Cooper
* Asad Zulfiqar
* Fred Klaassen
* Stephan Myburgh
* Max O'Dowd
* Shane Snater
* Logan van Beek
* Tobias Visee
* Saqib Zulfiqar
* Sikander Zulfiqar
* Umar Baker
* Paul van Meekeren

* Rohan Mustafa (c)
* Shaiman Anwar
* Ghulam Shabber
* Mohammed Qasim
* Rameez Shahzad
* Muhammad Usman
* Adnan Mufti
* Chirag Suri
* Ahmed Raza
* Imran Haider
* Mohammad Naveed
* Amjad Javed
* Zahoor Khan
* Qadeer Ahmed

## Fixtures

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### 1st match

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17 July 2017
Scorecard

Netherlands
182/8 (50 overs)

United Arab Emirates
186/7 (49 overs)

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Peter Borren 56 (82)
Amjad Javed 3/33 (10 overs)

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Muhammad Usman 57* (80)
Paul van Meekeren 3/22 (10 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 3 wickets
VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)

* Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
* Asad Zulfiqar and Saqib Zulfiqar (Ned) both made their List A debuts.

### 2nd match

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19 July 2017
Scorecard

Netherlands
239/9 (50 overs)

United Arab Emirates
240/5 (48.2 overs)

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Ben Cooper 47 (55)
Shaiman Anwar 3/31 (8 overs)

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Rohan Mustafa 58 (58)
Paul van Meekeren 2/27 (10 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 5 wickets
VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen
Umpires: Huub Jansen (Ned) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)

* Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
* Umar Baker and Tobias Visee (Ned) both made their List A debuts.

### 3rd match

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20 July 2017
Scorecard

United Arab Emirates
122 (25.2 overs)

Netherlands
106/9 (27.5 overs)

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Shaiman Anwar 35 (38)
Logan van Beek 6/18 (7 overs)

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Stephan Myburgh 47 (56)
Rohan Mustafa 2/17 (4.5 overs)

Netherlands won by 1 wicket (DLS method)
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Huub Jansen (Ned)

* Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
* Netherlands were set a revised target of 103 runs from 28 overs

## References

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1. ^ "Good Things Come in Threes...!". Cricket World. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
2. ^ "Triplets add to storied sibling history". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
3. ^ "Zulfiqar brothers first triplets to play professional cricket for the same team". Times of India. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
4. ^ "Another series defeat, but some positive signs". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 23 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
5. ^ "Netherlands squad for UAE matches". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
6. ^ "Rohan Mustafa keen to make up for time lost to visa issues when UAE face Netherlands". The National. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

## External links

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* Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

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International cricket in 2017

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May 2017|

* Ireland in England
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June 2017|

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July 2017|

* Pakistan in Bangladesh
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August 2017|

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September 2017|

* World Cricket League Division Five
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