United Arab Emirates

Ravichandran Ashwin got his first four-wicket haul as India displayed a near-perfect performance on the bouncy, fast wicket at Perth to beat the United Arab Emirates by nine wickets, India’s second biggest margin of victory in terms of balls remaining.

It took two sparkling innings of the highest class by Gary Wilson and Kevin O’Brien for Ireland to just make it over the line by two wickets against a spirited United Arab Emirates, in front of a noisy crowd in Brisbane.

Spurred by belief and guided by a cool head in Sean Williams, Zimbabwe chased down an impressive 285 at Nelson, winning by four wickets, against a spirited United Arab Emirates team.

Playing in the World Cup after a gap of 19 years, the United Arab Emirates will be led by Mohammad Tauqir who proudly stated that it was an honour to represent his country.

Samiullah Shenwari and Aftab Alam starred with bat and ball as Afghanistan overcome a spirited chase by the United Arab Emirates in a high scoring game in Melbourne.

From Zimbabwe beating Australia in their first One-Day International match during the 1983 World Cup to Ireland beating England in the last version of the tournament, there has been no lack of unexpected and dramatic results in cricket’s show piece event.

The United Arab Emirates have confirmed their 15-man squad for the Cricket World Cup 2015 which will be led by Mohammed Tauqir.

United Arab Emirates bowlers Salman Farooq and Mohammad Shahzad have been reported for suspected illegal bowling actions following the second One-Day International against Afghanistan.

The build-up to the 2015 World Cup is already well underway for qualifiers Afghanistan, Ireland, Scotland and the United Arab Emirates.

Former Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka coach Dav Whatmore will help Afghanistan, Ireland, Scotland and the United Arab Emirates prepare for the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Our latest video round-up of the ICC World Twenty20 action takes in the final games of the qualifiers including a brilliant win for the Netherlands, and a seven-wicket win for India over Pakistan in the Super 10s.

Zimbabwe had to comprehensively beat the United Arab Emirates to stay in the hunt to qualify for the Super 10s of the ICC World Twenty20 and they did so, completing a five-wicket win with more than six overs to spare.

There was a slightly farcical end, but Ireland nevertheless registered their second win of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 as they remain favourites to qualify from Group B for the Super 10s.

Watch our latest news video from the ICC World Twenty20 2014 as we round up the action from Group B as Ireland and Zimbabwe beat the United Arab Emirates and Netherlands respectively.

The opening match of the Indian Premier League 2014 will see reigning champions Mumbai Indians play Kolkata Knight Riders on 16th April in Abu Dhabi.

In our first ICC World Twenty20 2014 news video updates, we take a look back at the first four matches in the qualifying tournament, the latest warm-up games and more news from Bangladesh.

After the drama of the day's first game in Sylhet, it was the Netherlands who won a rather more straightforward second game to top Group B at this early stage in the ICC World Twenty20 2014.

United Arab Emirates and Zimbabwe beat Nepal and Afghanistan respectively as the second day of warm-up matches ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 got underway in Bangladesh.

John Pennington and Chetan Narula begin their preview of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 with a look at Group 2, where Australia take on the West Indies, India, Pakistan and a qualifier.

Afghanistan beat the Netherlandsa and Bangladesh beat the United Arab Emirates as the warm-up matches ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh got underway.