Welcome to the highlights of UAE vs Netherlands - The 139th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 (2023 - 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualification ribbons) One-Day International cricket tournament between United Arab Emirates and Netherlands was played at ICC Academy, Dubai on October 25, 2026.
Match Overview:
Record-breaking performances by Timm van der Gugten's second five-wicket haul and A 76-ball whirlwind century by Max O'Dowd leads to Netherlands to a three-wicket victory over UAE in the 139th match of a ICC Cricket World Cup League 2.
Match Stats:
- Timm van der Gugten became the first Netherlands bowler to take a five-wicket haul against UAE in ODI cricket history.
- Timm van der Gugten's 5 for 39 was his second best bowling performance for Netherlands in one-day international and the best-bowling-figures by an Netherlands bowler against UAE in ODIs, surpassing the previous record of 4 for 44 held by Kyle Klein at Utrecht in the last year.
- Timm van der Gugten became the first Netherlands bowler to take two five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket history.
- Max O'Dowd became the first Netherlands batsman to score a century against UAE in ODI cricket history.
- Max O'Dowd's 103 was his second highest score for Netherlands in one-day international and the highest-score by an Netherlands batsman against UAE in ODIs, surpassing the previous record of 74 held by Scott Edwards at Amstelveen in the last year.
- Max O'Dowd became the third Netherlands batsman to scored two centuries in ODIs after Ryan ten Doeschate (5) and Teja Nidamanuru (2).
In-Depth Match Highlights:
UAE scored 244-8 in 50 overs with top scorer by Rahul Chopra cracked a unbeaten 82 off 102-balls including 9-fours.
Akshdeep Nath struck 68 off 77-balls including 7-fours, Tanish Suri hit 40 off 60-balls included 5-fours and Muhammad Waseem scored 19 off 20-balls contained 3-fours.
Netherlands best bowler by Bas de Leede, Aryan Dutt and Paul van Meekeren each took one-wickets.
Netherlands chase down the target of 245 for 7 in 43.5 overs with top scorer by Max O'Dowd hammered a 103 off 79-balls - which was his 2nd ODI hundred and his first century against UAE in ODIs.
Michael Levitt hit a unbeaten 36 off 50-balls including one-six & a four, Cedric de Lange cracked a 23 off 31-balls included 4-fours and Zach Lion-Cachet scored 16 off 28-balls contained a boundary.
UAE best bowler by Khuzaima Tanveer claimed a career-best 4-wickets for 43-runs in 9.5-overs, Muhammad Shahdad and Aayan Afzal Khan both took one-wickets.
Max O'Dowd named Player of the match for his match-winning record-breaking batting performance to smashed a whirlwind 103-runs knocked off facing 79-balls including 10-fours & 5-sixes with strike rate of 130.37.
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