2016–17 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series

The 2016–17 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that was held in the United Arab Emirates in January 2017.[1] It was a tri-nation series between the national representative cricket teams of Hong Kong, Scotland and the United Arab Emirates.[2] The United Arab Emirates won the series, following a six-wicket win in the final match against Hong Kong.[3]

2016–17 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series
Date	22–26 January 2017
Location	United Arab Emirates
Result	United Arab Emirates won the series
Teams  Hong Kong  Scotland  United Arab Emirates Captains Babar Hayat Kyle Coetzer Rohan Mustafa Most runs Nizakat Khan (118) Matthew Cross (68) Muhammad Usman (65) Most wickets Ehsan Khan (4) Nadeem Ahmed (4) Josh Davey (3) Imran Haider (7)

Squads

Hong Kong Coach: Simon Cook	Scotland Coach: Grant Bradburn	United Arab Emirates Coach: Owais Shah
Babar Hayat (c) Nadeem Ahmed Tanveer Ahmed Waqas Barkat Christopher Carter Kyle Christie Aizaz Khan Ehsan Khan Nizakat Khan Waqas Khan Cameron McAuslan Ehsan Nawaz Anshuman Rath Shahid Wasif	Kyle Coetzer (c) Richie Berrington Matthew Cross Josh Davey Con de Lange (vc) Michael Leask Calum MacLeod George Munsey Safyaan Sharif Chris Sole Craig Wallace Mark Watt Brad Wheal	Rohan Mustafa (c) Shaiman Anwar Imran Haider Amjad Javed Zahoor Khan Adnan Mufti Mohammad Naveed Mohammed Qasim Ahmed Raza Ghulam Shabber Mohammad Shahzad Rameez Shahzad Muhammed Shanil Muhammad Usman

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
United Arab Emirates	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	+0.893
Hong Kong	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	–0.282
Scotland	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	–0.630

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Matches

1st ODI

22 January 2017 10.00 Scorecard

Scotland  205 (48.4 overs)	v	Hong Kong 206/3 (44.1 overs)
Craig Wallace 53 (69) Nadeem Ahmed 4/33 (10 overs)		Babar Hayat 79* (110) Josh Davey 1/33 (9 overs)

Hong Kong won by 7 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Iftikhar Ali (UAE) Player of the match: Babar Hayat (HK)

• Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
• Cameron McAuslan (HK) and George Munsey (Sco) both made their ODI debuts.
• Akbar Ali and Iftikhar Ali (UAE) both stood in their first ODI as umpires.

2nd ODI

24 January 2017 10.00 Scorecard

Scotland  173 (45.2 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 174/6 (41.5 overs)
Richie Berrington 50 (88) Zahoor Khan 3/17 (15.2 overs)		Muhammad Usman 45 (58) Josh Davey 2/17 (5 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 4 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Tabarak Dar (HK) Player of the match: Adnan Mufti (UAE)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Adnan Mufti, Ghulam Shabber, Imran Haider, Mohammed Qasim and Zahoor Khan (United Arab Emirates) all made their ODI debuts.

3rd ODI

26 January 2017 10.00 Scorecard

Hong Kong  174 (48.5 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 175/4 (38.2 overs)
Nizakat Khan 93 (111) Imran Haider 4/25 (10 overs)		Shaiman Anwar 50 (62) Ehsan Khan 3/30 (10 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Alex Dowdalls (Sco) and Iftikhar Ali (UAE) Player of the match: Imran Haider (UAE)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
• Alex Dowdalls (Sco) stood in his first ODI as an umpire.

References

1. "UAE Tri-Nation Series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
2. "Scotland to play HK and UAE in Tri-Series". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
3. "Haider spins UAE to title win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo