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The UAE cricket team will compete in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) World Cup Qualifying Series, to be held in Kenya in August next year.

The UAE bowed to experienced and outstanding fielding of the Sri Lankans in the first match of their Asia Cup under-15 super league at the Dubai Cricket Council ground No.1 yesterday.

Skipper Ramveer Rai, vice-captain Syed Mohammed Fawad and left-handed Shehan Dharmasena steered the UAE to an emphatic 151-run victory over Hong Kong in their opening match of the Asia Cup under-15 tournament at the Dubai Cricket Council grounds yesterday.

Sharan Kumar and Farhan Siddiqui, the architects of the UAE's victory, blasted the Maldives attack to register a 146-run partnership for the opening wicket.

The UAE recorded their second emphatic victory in the Asia Cup Under-15 cricket tournament when they defeated Maldives by 209 runs at the Sharjah Stadium yesterday.

"The Indian cricket team is not playing too much cricket," said S. Karunakaran Nair, Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), reacting to criticism from former Test players.

Kashif Ahmed, skipper of the Consolidated Shipping Services (CSS) team, which swept both the Ramadan Floodlight cricket tournament titles in Sharjah as well as in Dubai, is ecstatic with the double triumph earned by his team.

It was an innings never expected from someone so young. Pratheesh Rajpal, Kuwait team's skipper, set the Sharjah Cricket Stadium ablaze yesterday with a whirlwind 196 off just 86 balls in their opening match of the Asia Cup under-15 tournament against Qatar.