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Asia Cup 2025: Sharafu, Waseem headline UAE's statement win
The Island
|September 17, 2025
A skillful half-century from Alishan Sharafu and a dogged one from Muhammad Waseem rook UAE to 172 for 5, and then a 42-run victory as well, in their Asia Cup game against Oman on Monday.
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Both teams were searching for their first points of the tournament and their challenge in Abu Dhabi was to negotiate a slow and low pitch. Sharafu did so by charging out of the crease. Twelve attempts just within the powerplay fetched all six of his fours.
On the back of that, UAE, who were 11 for 0 after three overs, collected 39 runs off the next three and never looked back.
Sharafu’s best shot, though, came outside the field restrictions, an inside-out drive over cover for six against legspinner Samay Shrivastava.
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