United Arab Emirates vs Oman highlights, Asia Cup 2025: UAE beat Oman by 42 runs in Abu Dhabi

Samay Shrivastava to Muhammad Waseem, Fuller delivery, outside off and turns away. Muhammad Waseem drives it to point for a sharp single.

Samay Shrivastava to Muhammad Waseem, The skiddy length delivery, outside off. Muhammad Waseem bends a bit to cut but misses it. 

Samay Shrivastava to Asif Khan, Samay Shrivastava flights the googly from outside off. Khan drives it down to long off for a single.

Hassnain Shah to Muhammad Waseem, FOUR! The boundary ruins such a good over by Shah! Touch fuller and in the slot. Muhammad Waseem lofts it down to long on. The fielder runs to his left but the ball wins the race.

Hassnain Shah to Asif Khan, One more run as Asif Khan works it to deep mid-wicket to get off the mark. 

Hassnain Shah to Muhammad Waseem, This is full and on middle and leg. Muhammad Waseem flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Is that out? Jatinder Singh goes for an LBW review here. Oman players look confident, and this is a close call. UltraEdge confirms no bat involved, and Ball Tracking shows it to be just going over the stumps. Oman lose a review here.

Hassnain Shah to Muhammad Waseem, NOT OUT! The pitch is misbehaving now. A good-length delivery around off and it nips back in sharply. Pings Muhammad Waseem slightly high on the pads. A huge appeal for LBW but turned down. Maybe due to the height. Meanwhile, the ball rolls away to point and the batters try to sneak in a single. However, Oman take the review for LBW. UltraEdge shows no bat. Ball Tracking shows it goes onto miss the stumps. There is a direct hit at the batter's end but Muhammad Waseem was in. 

Hassnain Shah to Muhammad Waseem, Fails to time it well! Hits the fuller-length and bowls it around off. Muhammad Waseem swings across hard but mistimes it to mid-wicket.

Hassnain Shah to Muhammad Waseem, Bowls it on the fuller side, around off, Muhammad Waseem plays it back to Shah.

Asif Khan gets a promotion and walks out to bat at number 3. Also, Hassnain Shah replaces Samay Shrivastava.

Jiten Ramanandi to Alishan Sharafu, OUT! TIMBER! Fifty and out for Alishan Sharafu! Oman have an opening. A full-length yorker, scrambled seam and targets the off pole. Alishan Sharafu makes a bit of room and tries to dig it out but misses and it crashes into the stumps. Jiten Ramanandi does get a wicket in the over. The big 88-run opening stand has been broken now.

Jiten Ramanandi to Alishan Sharafu, Fifty for Alishan Sharafu! The opener has put on a solid performance so far!A good-length delivery on off, Alishan Sharafu flicks it to square leg for a couple of runs.

Jiten Ramanandi to Muhammad Waseem, DROPPED! Chance goes away. This is full and around off, a lack of pace on it. Muhammad Waseem gets on his knee to slog-sweep but gets a top edge to square leg. Shakeel Ahmed runs to his left, gets under the ball but fails to even get his hand on it. They cross. How much will it cost?

Jiten Ramanandi to Muhammad Waseem, Bowls it fractionally short and outside off. Muhammad Waseem opens the face of the bat and taps it to short third man.

Jiten Ramanandi to Alishan Sharafu, Fullish delivery on leg. Alishan Sharafu makes room and drives it to long off for a single.

Jiten Ramanandi to Muhammad Waseem, QUICK RUN! Short of a length and on middle, jags back in. Muhammad Waseem dabs it to short third man for a single.

DRINKS! A fantastic first half of the innings from United Arab Emirates. They have shown a much better batting performance than they did against India. Right now they are at a stage where 180-190 looks possible but Oman have pulled things back in the last two overs. Maybe a wicket could help them further and that's what they will hope for here.

Samay Shrivastava to Alishan Sharafu, Fires one full and outside off, Alishan Sharafu squeezes it straight to point.

Samay Shrivastava to Alishan Sharafu, Quicker, full and on off, Alishan Sharafu bunts it out wide of long off for a couple of runs.

Samay Shrivastava to Muhammad Waseem, Flatter, full and around off Muhammad Waseem drills it through covers for a run.

Samay Shrivastava to Muhammad Waseem, BEAUTY! Flighted, full and on off, grips and turns away sharply, Muhammad Waseem tries to play at it but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Samay Shrivastava to Muhammad Waseem, DROPPED AND FOUR! Floated, full and on middle, Muhammad Waseem goes down for the slog sweep but gets more height than distance on it. The ball goes very high in the air towards deep mid-wicket. Hammad Mirza tries to settle under, but he is a good few yards ahead of the ropes, fails to judge it as the ball falls well over his head, and goes for a one-bounce four.

Samay Shrivastava to Alishan Sharafu, Tossed up, full and on middle, Alishan Sharafu drives it through covers for a single.

Jiten Ramanandi to Alishan Sharafu, Takes pace off, full and on middle, shapes in, Alishan Sharafu works it off the inner half of the bat to deep square leg for one more. Oman needs a couple of quiet overs to put the pressure back on UAE.

Jiten Ramanandi to Muhammad Waseem, Hard length and on middle, Muhammad Waseem comes down the track to heave it across the line but gets an inside edge towards short fine for one.

Jiten Ramanandi to Muhammad Waseem, Touch fuller and on off, Muhammad Waseem pushes it to short covers.

Jiten Ramanandi to Alishan Sharafu, Good length and on middle, sticks to the surface a bit, Alishan Sharafu uses his feet a bit and pats it down towards long off for a run.

Jiten Ramanandi to Alishan Sharafu, Slower one, full and on middle, Alishan Sharafu tucks it to the leg side, but Jiten is quick to move to his right to collect it.

Jiten Ramanandi to Muhammad Waseem, On a length and on leg, Muhammad Waseem flicks it through square leg for a single.

Samay Shrivastava to Muhammad Waseem, Quicker, short and on off, Muhammad Waseem forces it down to long off for one. 15 runs off Samay's first over!

Samay Shrivastava to Muhammad Waseem, SIX! BANG! 'Catch it' is the call, but no one is catching that. Flighted, full and on middle and off, Muhammad Waseem clears his front leg away, gets under it and tonks it over the long off fence for a biggie.

Samay Shrivastava to Alishan Sharafu, Fires one full, on leg, Alishan Sharafu clips it towards square leg for a run.

Samay Shrivastava to Alishan Sharafu, SIX! Oh..wow! That is a top, top shot! Tossed up, full and on off, Alishan Sharafu goes down inside out, extends his arms and lofts it beautifully. He times it so well that it sails over the deep extra cover fence for a biggie.

Samay Shrivastava to Alishan Sharafu, Flatter, short and around leg, Alishan Sharafu moves back to flick it away but misses and it just brushes the pads.

Samay Shrivastava is into the attack.

Samay Shrivastava to Muhammad Waseem, Floated, short and outside off, Mohammad Nadeem punches it to sweeper covers for a single.

Jiten Ramanandi to Alishan Sharafu, Short of a length and on middle and leg, Alishan Sharafu uses his feet but gets cramped up and keeps it out off the inner half of the bat to the leg side. Much better over of Oman - Just 6 runs off it!

Jiten Ramanandi to Alishan Sharafu, FOUR! That spoils the over a bit! Goes fuller and just on off, Alishan Sharafu lets it go past him a bit, opens the face of his bat and creams it through point for a boundary.

Jiten Ramanandi to Alishan Sharafu, Change of pace, full and loops in on middle, Alishan Sharafu fends it away to short covers.

Jiten Ramanandi to Muhammad Waseem, Back of a length and around off, Muhammad Waseem punches it to sweeper covers for a run.

Jiten Ramanandi to Muhammad Waseem, Touch fuller and on off, takes pace off, Muhammad Waseem taps it towards short covers.

Jiten Ramanandi to Alishan Sharafu, Good length and on off, Alishan Sharafu pushes it past short covers for a single.

Hassnain Shah to Alishan Sharafu, Fullish and on off, Alishan Sharafu drills it towards mid off and sets off for the runs, but is sent back. However, a misfield allows the batters to get the run. United Arab Emirates are exactly 50 for no loss at the end of the Powerplay.

Hassnain Shah to Alishan Sharafu, FOUR! Make that three in a row! Pitched up, on middle and on off, much closer to the stumps. Alishan Sharafu comes down the track again and flays it between covers and point for four more runs.

Hassnain Shah to Alishan Sharafu, FOUR! TWO IN TWO! Hassnain Shah pulls his length back a bit around off, shaping away. Alishan Sharafu gives charge again, uses the width and carves it over extra covers for another boundary.

Hassnain Shah to Alishan Sharafu, FOUR! Great shot! Goes a bit fuller and outside off, Alishan Sharafu uses his feet again and throws everything at it. He extends his arms and smacks it past covers for a boundary.

Hassnain Shah to Alishan Sharafu, Hard length and on off, nips back in, Alishan Sharafu stabs it out to the off side.

Hassnain Shah to Alishan Sharafu, Swing and a miss! We have already seen a few of those so far. Fuller in length and on middle, angles in but keeps a bit low too. Alishan Sharafu skips down the track and looks to go big down the ground but misses the line of the ball as it rolls to the keeper.

Aamir Kaleem to Alishan Sharafu, 14 runs off the over. 26 runs off the last two. Tossed up around off. Alishan Sharafu plays it to long off for a single.