New Delhi: in a truly unique moment during the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier 2025 In Bangkok, The UAE Women’s Cricket Team made headlines by retiring all ten of their batters in one of the Strangest Scorecards in T20 History.Playing against Qatar at the Terdthi Cricket GroundUAE Openers Esha Oza and Thertha Satish Put on a stunning show, adding 192 runs for the first wicket in just 16 overs. Go beyond the boundary with our youtube channel. Subscribe now!Oza smashed a sensational 113 off 55 balls, while satish contributed a rapid 74 off 42. Every other uae batter retired out at the start of the 17th over.Ten players walked off without facing a single delivery. The reason? Rain was approaching.Coach ahmed raza explained that with the weather Worsening, He Approached The Match Officials. “I want to the umpires and checked whether we could decline but in white-ball cricket you can not declare,” He said. “I then asked the match Reference If I Could Retire My Whole Team Out.”The strategy worked. UAE Bowled Out Qatar for just 29 Runs in 11.1 Overs, Sealing a Massive 163-Run Win and Boosting their net run rate in the process.Despite the unusual method, raza clarified that everything was with the rules and don with transparency. “By Doing this i meant no disact to anyone involved, our opposition. Everything that happened was with the laws and was well communicated with the match reference,” He added.
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While the 10 recrete-outs stole the spotlight, the uae’s dominating all-rund performance-from oza’s century to michelle botha’s 3/11-showed their Strong Innt in the TOURNANMENT.This win marked uae’s second straight Victory and put them in prime position to advance to the super three stage of the qualifiers. And despite the headlines, raza reminded everyone: “This extraordinary series of events should overshadow our captain’s hundred and our opening stand of 192 and outs
