NED beat United Arab Emirates by 8 wickets | Netherlands vs UAE, Highlights And Cricket Score 1st Play-off T20 Match - Commentary

Only a miracle can see United Arab Emirates win this game. It should be an easy chase for Netherlands but as they say anything can happen in cricket. Do we have a huge upset in store? Join us in a while to find out.

Glover tells they have been working hard as a bowling group and they had a plan which they executed really well. Tells there is a nice vibe within the squad. On the pitch, Glover tells it is a good pitch and if a bowler hits the right length he will get wickets. Hopes that the batters now can do the job and seal their place in next year's World Cup.

It was a masterclass bowling performance from Netherlands. They hit the right lengths and hardly offered any freebies. Brandon Glover was the pick of the bowlers finishing with a 4-fer. Timm van der Gugten and Paul van Meekeren had two wickets each and Klaassen finished with one. All in all it was a perfect bowling performance. Star with the ball, Brandon Glover is up for a chat with Dirk Nannes now.

After winning the toss and opting to bat, the UAE innings never got going. They lost the first wicket in the very first over and that set the trend for the day. They kept losing wickets regularly and it felt like they would struggle to go past 50. But thanks to a late blitz from skipper Ahmed Raza they managed to get some respectable total.

A completely dominant performance from the Dutch bowlers. They have restricted the home side for a well under par total of 80.

Timm van der Gugten to Junaid Siddique. BEATEN! Another good length delivery outside off, Siddique looks to loft it again but misses it again. Excellent bowling performance from Netherlands. They have restricted to hosts to 80 for 9 in their 20 overs.

Timm van der Gugten to Junaid Siddique. BEATEN! Good length ball outside off, Siddique looks to heave it away but does not make any connection to it.

Timm van der Gugten to Zahoor Khan. Yes he does! Van der Gugten bowls a length delivery outside off, Khan defends it towards point for a single.

The last man in is Zahoor Khan. He will face the hat-trick ball. Can he negate it?

Timm van der Gugten to Ahmed Raza. OUT! BOWLED! Two-in-two wickets for van der Gugten! Slower delivery on the middle stump line, Raza looks to slog it away to the leg side but gets done in by the slower ball. The ball goes on to hit the top of middle stump.

Junaid Siddique walks out to the middle.

Timm van der Gugten to Sultan Ahmed. OUT! CAUGHT! Sultan goes in trying to up the ante. Slower delivery outside off, Ahmed looks for a lofted shot over mid-wicket but gets it off the bottom half of his bat. It goes off the outside edge and flies towards Colin Ackermann at deep mid-wicket who takes a comfortable catch.

Timm van der Gugten to Sultan Ahmed. Slower delivery outside off, Sultan looks to loft it away to the off side but fails to make any connection to it.

Timm van der Gugten to bowl the final over of the innings.

Fred Klaassen to Ahmed Raza. Full delivery on middle, Ahmed looks to loft it over the bowler's head but does not time it well. The ball rolls towards wide of long on and the batters take a couple.

Fred Klaassen to Ahmed Raza. Short delivery on middle, Raza looks to pull it away to the leg side but does not get any bat on it.

Fred Klaassen to Ahmed Raza. SIX! Brilliant shot! Full delivery on the pads, Ahmed Raza flicks it towards the deep mid-wicket region for the second maximum of the over. The hosts need more of these.

Fred Klaassen to Ahmed Raza. BEATEN! Slower delivery on middle, Ahmed looks to loft it over the leg side but fails to get any bat on it due to the slowness of the ball.

Fred Klaassen to Sultan Ahmed. Short delivery on the middle and leg stump line, Sultan pulls it to backward square leg and takes a single.

Fred Klaassen to Sultan Ahmed. SIX! Muched needed one for UAE! Klaassen bowls a full delivery outside off, Sultan lofts this off the front foot and over the long on region for the first maximum of the game.

Fred Klaassen to bowl the penultimate over.

Paul van Meekeren to Ahmed Raza. Full delivery on off, Ahmed makes room for himself and drives it towards mid off for nothing.

Paul van Meekeren to Sultan Ahmed. Full delivery on middle, Sultan drives this nicely towards the bowler but it hits the right boot of Paul and rolls towards mid on. The batters take a single.

Paul van Meekeren to Ahmed Raza. Short delivery on middle, Ahmed pulls it towards the deep mid-wicket region and takes a single.

Paul van Meekeren to Ahmed Raza. BOUNCER! Van Meerkeren bowls this one aimed at the body of Raza who had made room for himself towards the leg side. He does well to duck under it.

Paul van Meekeren to Ahmed Raza. FOUR! Bang! Van Meerkeren bowls a short delivery on off. Raza rocks on his back foot and creams the pull shot towards the deep mid-wicket region for another boundary. Valuable runs these for UAE.

Paul van Meekeren to Ahmed Raza. Good length ball outside off, Raza defends it towards the point region..

Change in bowling. Paul van Meekeren to bowl out. 3-0-7-2, his figures so far.

Brandon Glover to Ahmed Raza. Full delivery outside off, Ahmed looks to drive but gets an outside edge towards third man. The batsmen take a single. Excellent spell comes to an end. His figures read 4-0-12-4.

Brandon Glover to Ahmed Raza. FOUR! Nicely played! Short ball on middle, Raza rocks on his back foot and pulls it with disdain towards the deep square leg region for a boundary. The fielder runs towards it from deep mid-wicket but fails to stop it.

Brandon Glover to Sultan Ahmed. Full delivery outside off, Sultan drives this towards deep cover and takes a single.

Brandon Glover to Sultan Ahmed. BEATEN! Good length ball outside off, Sultan looks for a wild swing but fails to put any bat on it.

Brandon Glover to Sultan Ahmed. On a length outside off, Sultan rocks on his back foot and pushes it to point.

Brandon Glover to Sultan Ahmed. Good length ball on off, Sultan defends it towards the cover region.

Brandon Glover to Sultan Ahmed. WIDE! Glover bowls a short delivery down the leg side, Sultan looks tom work it towards the leg side but misses. It is wided.

Bowling change. Brandon Glover to bowl out. 3-0-5-4, his figures so far.

Timm van der Gugten to Ahmed Raza. Full delivery on middle and leg, Raza flicks it towards the deep mid-wicket region for a couple. The fielder comes around and cleans it up. 50 up for the hosts.

Timm van der Gugten to Ahmed Raza. Good length ball outside off, Raza looks to defend it at first but then decides to leave the ball alone.

Timm van der Gugten to Ahmed Raza. BEATEN! Brilliant bowling this from van der Gugten! Good length ball outside off, Raza looks to defend it but fails to put any bat on it.

Timm van der Gugten to Ahmed Raza. Good length ball on off, Raza rocks on his back foot and defends it toward the point fielder.

Timm van der Gugten to Sultan Ahmed. Fullish delivery outside off, Sultan drives it towards point but does so uppishly. Luckily for him, the ball went on the bounce to the fielder. A single taken.

Timm van der Gugten to Sultan Ahmed. Good length ball outside off, Sultan defends it towards the cover region.

Timm van der Gugten to Sultan Ahmed. WIDE! Good length ball down the leg side, Sultan looks to flick it but misses. First wide of the game.

Timm van der Gugten is back on. 1-0-5-0, his figures so far.

Roelof van der Merwe to Ahmed Raza. Quicker delivery on middle, Ahmed gets his bat down in time and defends it back to the bowler.

Roelof van der Merwe to Sultan Ahmed. Flighted ball outside off, Sultan punches this uppishly towards long off and takes a single.

Roelof van der Merwe to Ahmed Raza. Loopy ball outside off, Raza pushes it to long off and takes a single.

Roelof van der Merwe to Ahmed Raza. Fullish delivery outside off, Raza pushes it the cover region.

Roelof van der Merwe to Ahmed Raza. Flighted delivery on off, Raza blocks it out.

Roelof van der Merwe to Ahmed Raza. Full delivery outside off, Ahmed pushes it back to the bowler.

Sultan Ahmed is the new man in.

Brandon Glover to Mohammad Boota. OUT! CAUGHT! Muhammad Boota is the latest casualty to to go back to the pavilion now. Four wickets for Glover! Another short delivery on off, Muhammad looks to hook it but gets a top edge towards the keeper who does not make a mistake.

Brandon Glover to Mohammad Boota. Good length ball on middle, Boota defends it off the front foot.

Brandon Glover to Ahmed Raza. On a length on middle and leg, Raza flicks it towards fine leg and gets off the mark with a single.

Brandon Glover to Ahmed Raza. BEATEN! Excellent delivery! Good length delivery in the channel, Ahmed looks to defend it off the front foot but gets beaten in the air.

Brandon Glover to Ahmed Raza. Short ball outside off, Raza punches this off the back foot towards cover.

The skipper, Ahmed Raza walks out to the middle.

Brandon Glover to Waheed Ahmed. OUT! CAUGHT! Waheed Ahmed makes the long walk to the pavilion now. Short ball on middle, Waheed pulls it well but does not get the distance on it. Paul van Meerkeren runs in from fine leg and takes a good running catch. Glover takes his third wicket. The Dutch continue to roll at Dubai.

Brandon Glover is back on. 2-0-4-2, his figures so far.

Roelof van der Merwe to Mohammad Boota. Flatter delivery on middle and leg, Boota looks to flick it but gets hit on the pads. The players appeal for LBW but the umpire gives it not out. It was probably going down leg.

Roelof van der Merwe to Mohammad Boota. Full delivery outside off, Boota drives it back to the bowler.

Roelof van der Merwe to Waheed Ahmed. Full delivery on middle, Ahmed flicks it towards the mid-wicket region and takes a single.

Roelof van der Merwe to Mohammad Boota. Full delivery on middle, Boota lofts this towards long on and takes a single. The fielder at long on collects it on the bounce.

Roelof van der Merwe to Waheed Ahmed. Fullish delivery on middle, Ahmed flicks it to deep mid-wicket and takes a single.

Roelof van der Merwe to Mohammad Boota. Full delivery on middle, Boota pushes it to long on and crosses over for another single.

Change of ends for Roelof van der Meerwe.

Colin Ackermann to Mohammad Boota. Short ball on middle, Boota pulls it towards the deep mid-wicket region and crosses over for a single. UAE need to get a move on here.

Colin Ackermann to Mohammad Boota. The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads.

Colin Ackermann to Waheed Ahmed. Short ball on middle, Ahmed pulls it towards the deep mid-wicket fielder on the bounce. The batters take a single.

Colin Ackermann to Waheed Ahmed. Flatter delivery outside off, Ahmed guides it to point for nothing.

Colin Ackermann to Waheed Ahmed. Another full delivery on off, Ahmed defends it back to the bowler again.

Colin Ackermann to Waheed Ahmed. Flighted ball on middle, Whaeed blocks it back to the bowler.

Bowling change. Colin Ackermann to roll his arm over.

Pieter Seelaar to Mohammad Boota. The batsman has driven that ball straight back.

Pieter Seelaar to Waheed Ahmed. Flighted delivery outside off, Ahmed pushes it to covers and takes off for a single. The fielder runs across from cover and has a shy at the keeper's end. The keeper whips the bails off but the batsman was well in.

Pieter Seelaar to Waheed Ahmed. FOUR! Nicely played! Seelar bowls a flighted delivery around off, Ahmed plays a reverse scoop over the keeper's head and into the third man fence.

Pieter Seelaar to Mohammad Boota. Floated ball on middle, Boota flicks it towards square leg and takes a single.

Pieter Seelaar to Waheed Ahmed. Full delivery on middle, Ahmed comes down the track and pushes it to long on for a single.

Pieter Seelaar to Waheed Ahmed. Flighted ball on middle, Boota looks to push it towards the off side but gets an inside edge towards short fine leg. The batters take a single.

Change of ends for Pieter Seelar.

Roelof van der Merwe to Mohammad Boota. Flighted ball on middle, Boota flicks it towards the deep mid-wicket region and takes a couple before the fielder can come around and clean it up.

Roelof van der Merwe to Mohammad Boota. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.

Roelof van der Merwe to Waheed Ahmed. Full delivery on middle, Waheed pushes it to mid on and takes a single.

Roelof van der Merwe to Mohammad Boota. Flatter delivery on middle and leg, Boota looks to flick it but gets an inside edge on to his pads. The ball rolls to short fine leg and the batters take a single.

Roelof van der Merwe to Waheed Ahmed. Floated ball on middle and leg, Waheed comes down the track and flicks it towards the long on region for a single.

Roelof van der Merwe to Mohammad Boota. Full delivery on middle, Boota flicks it towards the deep mid-wicket region and takes a single.

Change in bowling. Just a solitary over for Pieter Seelar. Roelof van der Merwe is into the attack now.

Timm van der Gugten to Waheed Ahmed. On a length outside off, Ahmed defends it towards the point region.

Timm van der Gugten to Mohammad Boota. Full delivery on middle, Boota flicks it off the pads towards the mid-wicket region and takes a single.

Timm van der Gugten to Mohammad Boota. Good length ball on middle, Boota defends it off the back foot.

Timm van der Gugten to Mohammad Boota. FOUR! First shot with authority from the UAE batsmen! Full delivery on middle, Boota lofts this over the mid on fielder for a boundary.

Timm van der Gugten to Mohammad Boota. On a length outside off, Boota defends it off the front foot towards point and looks for a single. The fielder runs in from point and has a shy at the keeper's end but misses. The batsman was in though.

Timm van der Gugten to Mohammad Boota. Starts with a good length ball on off, Boota defends it off the front foot towards covers.

Timm van der Gugten is brought on.

Pieter Seelaar to Waheed Ahmed. Flatter delivery on middle, Waheed looks to flick it but gets an edge towards the bowler. He collects it on the bounce.

Pieter Seelaar to Waheed Ahmed. Full delivery on middle, Waheed defends it off the front foot to the bowler.

Pieter Seelaar to Waheed Ahmed. Full delivery on middle, Waheed flicks the ball towards square leg for nothing.

Pieter Seelaar to Mohammad Boota. Full delivery on middle and leg, Boota works it towards the square leg region and takes a single.

Pieter Seelaar to Waheed Ahmed. Full delivery around off, Waheed pushes it towards the long off region and crosses over for a single.

Pieter Seelaar to Mohammad Boota. Flatter delivery on middle, Boota flicks it towards the deep mid-wicket region and takes a single.

Spin into the attack for the first time. Pieter Seelaar is on now.

Fred Klaassen to Waheed Ahmed. Full delivery outside off, Ahmed plays a lofted shot over the extra cover fielder for a couple. The fielder runs after it and cleans it up.

Fred Klaassen to Waheed Ahmed. The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery.

Fred Klaassen to Mohammad Boota. Good length ball on the pads, Boota looks to flick it but gets hit on the pads. The ball rolls towards the leg side and the batters take a leg bye.

Fred Klaassen to Mohammad Boota. Slower delivery on middle, Boota flicks it towards mid-wicket for nothing.

Fred Klaassen to Mohammad Boota. Good length ball outside off, Boota defends it off the back foot towards the bowler.

Fred Klaassen to Mohammad Boota. Full delivery outside off, Boota pushes it towards the cover region.

Fred Klaassen is back into the attack. 1-0-1-1, his figures so far.

Paul van Meekeren to Waheed Ahmed. Good length ball on middle and leg, Ahmed looks to pull it but gets an inside edge onto his pads. The players appeal but the umpire shakes his head as the batsman had got some bat to it.

Paul van Meekeren to Waheed Ahmed. Good length ball outside off, Ahmed lets the ball go the keeper.

Paul van Meekeren to Waheed Ahmed. EDGED AND FOUR! Lucky boundary for the hosts. Good length ball outside off, Waheed looks to slog it away to the leg side but gets a top edge which flies towards the third man region for a boundary. Gover runs in from third man and tries to catch it but does not reach it. First boundary of the innings.

Paul van Meekeren to Waheed Ahmed. On a length on off, Waheed defends it off the back foot towards the point fielder.

Paul van Meekeren to Mohammad Boota. Back of a length delivery on middle, Boota flicks it towards the deep square leg region and gets off the mark.

Paul van Meekeren to Mohammad Boota. Back of a length ball outside off, Boota defends it to the point region off the back foot.

Brandon Glover to Waheed Ahmed. On off, defended off the front foot.

Brandon Glover to Waheed Ahmed. Good length ball outside off, Waheed defends it off the front foot towards the bowler.

Mohammad Boota is the new man in with half his side back in the hut.

Brandon Glover to Zawar Farid. OUT! CAUGHT! What is UAE doing! They are in deep tatters at the moment! 5 down for basically nothing on the scoreboard. Coming to the ball, Glover bowls this short on middle, Farid looks to pull it but it goes off the top edge towards mid-wicket. Seelar runs in from mid-wicket and takes a simple catch. Netherlands are ll over the hosts.

Brandon Glover to Waheed Ahmed. On a length on middle and leg, Ahmed looks to pull it off the back foot but gets hit on the thigh pads. The ball rolls to the leg side and the batters take a leg bye.

Brandon Glover to Zawar Farid. Fullish delivery outside off, Farid drives it off his front foot towards mid off and takes an easy single. The fielder runs across and cleans it up.

Brandon Glover to Zawar Farid. Good length ball on the pads, Zawar looks to slog it away to the leg side but gets hit on the pads. The ball rollonto the pitch. No run.

Paul van Meekeren to Waheed Ahmed. Beaten. Another very good ball from Paul! Good length ball outside off once again it shapes away off the deck. Waheed looks to play it to the off side but misses.

Paul van Meekeren to Waheed Ahmed. Now shows calmness and leaves this one outside off.

Paul van Meekeren to Waheed Ahmed. Well, well , well. This is more than adventurous. The side is 4 down and Waheed still goes for a wild one. Slightly fuller outside off, Waheed after defending the previous two balls calmly has a wild slog at it. The ball just about misses the outside edge and goes to the keeper.

Paul van Meekeren to Waheed Ahmed. On top of middle and off, Waheed blocks it.

Paul van Meekeren to Waheed Ahmed. Hits the deck hard again on off, Ahmed defends it off the back foot.

Paul van Meekeren to Zawar Farid. Ohh!! So close! If there was a second slip van Meekeren would have had a hat-trick. Another length delivery around off, Farid looks to defend but the ball takes the outside edge and goes wide of first slip towards third man for a single.

Van Meekeren on a hat-trick.

Brandon Glover to Zawar Farid. On a length on off, Farid defends it off the back foot.

Brandon Glover to Waheed Ahmed. Full delivery on middle, Ahmed flicks it off his pads and takes a single. He is off the mark with that.

Brandon Glover to Waheed Ahmed. On a length on off, Ahmed looks to defend it but it goes off the inside half of his bat onto his pads. No run taken.

Brandon Glover to Waheed Ahmed. Good length ball on off, Ahmed defends it back to the bowler off the front foot.

Waheed Ahmed is the new man in at number 6. He would not have expected to walk out to the middle in the 3rd over itself. Brandon Glover is into the attack too.

Brandon Glover to Darius D'Silva. OUT! LBW! Another one bites the dust! UAE in all spots of bother here! Good length ball on middle, D'Silva looks to flick it but gets hit on the pads. Glover appeals and the umpire raises his finger. Brilliant stuff from the Dutch. The hosts, desperately need a partnership to have a chance to make a comeback in this game.

Brandon Glover to Zawar Farid. DROPPED! Roelof van der Merwe is the culprit! Good length ball outside off, Farid dances down the track and drives it nicely towards the cover region but Roelof dives in an attempt to take the catch but spills it. The batters look to take the single and the fielder from point runs in, collects the ball and has a shy at the keeper's end. The keeper collects it and whips the bails off. The players appeal but the umpire shakes his head.

United Arab Emirates are in big trouble having lost 3 wickets in the first 2 overs. Darius D'Silva is the new man in. He will need to play a big knock here if his side are to get to a competitive total.

Paul van Meekeren to Muhammad Usman. OUT! CAUGHT! Back-to-back wickets for Netherlands. This is brilliant bowling from van Meerkeren. Another good length ball outside off, Usman looks to defend it again but it goes off the outside edge towards the keeper. He dives to his left and completes the catch. The man in form has to make the long walk back. Van Meekeran will be on a hat-trick in his next over now. He will be on a Hat Trick in his next over.

The new man in is Muhammad Usman .

Paul van Meekeren to Rameez Shahzad. OUT! CAUGHT! Brilliant bowling from van Meerkeren! Short of a length on off, Shahzad looks to defend it off the back foot but the extra bounce does him in and he gets an edge towards the keeper. The keeper takes a simple catch. UAE in trouble early on in this game.

Paul van Meekeren to Rameez Shahzad. BEATEN! Good pace and carry on that one! Back of a length ball outside off, Shahzad looks to cut it but fails to put any bat on it. There was extra bounce on that one and that's why he missed it.

Paul van Meekeren to Zawar Farid. On a length outside off, Farid looks to defend it but it goes off the outside edge towards the third man region. The batters take a single.

Paul van Meekeren to Zawar Farid. Good length ball on off, Farid looks to drive but it goes off the inside half of the bat towards mid on for nothing.

Paul van Meekeren to Zawar Farid. Bouncer! An intimidating way to start with by van Meekeren. It is a well directed one as well. Farid comes down a bit and looks to pull. He misses it and the ball hits him on his shoulder and rolls towards backward point. That must bruise him a bit but he is alright to continue.

Paul van Meekeren to bowl from the other end.

Fred Klaassen to Rameez Shahzad. Full delivery on middle, Shahzad digs it out to the bowler.

Rameez Shahzad walks out at number 3.

Fred Klaassen to Rohan Mustafa. OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Poor shot from Mustafa. Did not need to play that shot in the first over. Slower delivery on the off stump line, Mustafa makes room for himself to pull it but it goes off the top edge. The ball goes high in the air and Klaassen takes a few steps back and pouches it.

Fred Klaassen to Zawar Farid. LEG BYE! On a length on middle and leg, Farid looks to pull but gets hit on the thigh pad. The ball rolls towards the leg side and the batters take a leg bye.

Fred Klaassen to Zawar Farid. Good length ball on off, Farid pushes it back to the bowler.

Fred Klaassen to Zawar Farid. Fullish delivery on middle, Farid defends it back to the bowler.

Fred Klaassen to Rohan Mustafa. Starts with a good length ball on middle and leg, Mustafa gets off the mark by flicking it to deep square leg.

We are all set to begin! The United Arab Emirates openers, Rohan Mustafa and Zawar Farid walk out to open the innings. Fred Klaassen to start the proceedings with the new ball.

PITCH REPORT - HD Ackerman and Dirk Nannes are the pitch analysts for the game. Ackerman informs that earlier the team batting first dominated but it has changed a bit as we have reached the qualifiers. Ackerman feels that we will see more sixes. Dirk Nannes informs that this is a new pitch with a little bit more grass coverage. Nannes feels that the Dutch bowlers can hit the deck hard.

Netherlands skipper, Pieter Seelar says that they would have batted first as well. On experienced players, he says that having experienced players is a big plus for them. On the heat, Seelar adds that they are used to it and they should be okay. On the pitch, Pieter adds that this pitch behaves differently than the Abu Dhabi pitch.

United Arab Emirate skipper, Ahmed Raza tells that looking at the weather he does not want to put the team into field first. Adds that it is a pressure game and he prefers to put runs on the board. On the pitch, Raza tells that it is a day game and he doesn't expect much to change. Ahmed tells he is proud of his team for managing to qualify for the play offs.

United Arab Emirates (PLAYING XI) - Rohan Mustafa, Zawar Farid, Rameez Shahzad, Muhammad Usman, Darius D'Silva, Waheed Ahmed, Mohammad Boota (WK), Ahmed Raza (C), Sultan Ahmed, Junaid Siddique, Zahoor Khan.

Netherlands (PLAYING XI)) - Max O'Dowd, Ben Cooper, Colin Ackermann, Ryan ten Doeschate, Pieter Seelaar (C), Scott Edwards (WK), Roelof van der Merwe, Timm van der Gugten, Fred Klaassen, Brandon Glover, Paul van Meekeren.

Toss - Up goes the coin, UAE captain, Ahmed Raza has won the toss and they have chosen to bat first.

Hello and a warm welcome to our coverage of the first playoff between Netherlands and the hosts, UAE in the ICC World T20I Qualifiers. The Dutch have been in terrific form in this tournament and are going into this game as favourites. Their batting has done the job for them throughout and will be hoping for another good performance going into this match. UAE, on the other hand, have won their last two matches on the trot and are looking good at the moment. They would know that they would need to put in a good performance in order to beat this tough Dutch outfit. It looks to be an exciting encounter. Toss and team updates in a while.