West Indies claimed a series-clinching one-day international win over UAE at a canter in Sharjah on Tuesday night.
But the home team can at least celebrate the arrival of a new young player of great substance in the form of Ali Naseer.
For the second time in the space of three nights, the Caribbean side overpowered their hosts.
Brandon King and Johnson Charles both made fifties, and Kavem Hodge and Roston Chase took two wickets each as West Indies won the second ODI by 78 runs.
It was also the second time in successive matches that Naseer showed fight and skill in an otherwise doomed batting effort for the UAE.
Having made a breezy half-century on debut on Sunday, the teen all-rounder repeated the feat two days later.
Naseer hit three sixes and six fours in his innings of 57 from 53 balls to add some respectability to UAE’s run chase.
Earlier, the national team’s bowlers did well to limit the tourists to 306 given the start they made.
King and Charles were in fine touch in the opening game two nights earlier, and they slipped straight back into gear.
King followed up his maiden century on Sunday by top scoring with 64, and shared in a stand worth 129 for the first wicket with Charles in just 17 overs.
Charles was first to go after a brutal 63 from 47 balls, caught by the 17-year-old substitute fielder Ethan D’Souza off the 19-year-old student Naseer.
UAE were toiling in the sun at that point, staring down the barrel at a massive target. Once they got their opening, though, they were able to limit the damage.
Zahoor Khan was the pick of the attack. He took three wickets for 44, including the dismissal of Odean Smith which ended the innings with a ball to go. Aayan Khan, Naseer, and Sanchit Sharma each claimed two wickets.
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FIXTURES
All times UAE ( 4 GMT)
Saturday
Fiorentina v Torino (8pm)
Hellas Verona v Roma (10.45pm)
Sunday
Parma v Napoli (2.30pm)
Genoa v Crotone (5pm)
Sassuolo v Cagliari (8pm)
Juventus v Sampdoria (10.45pm)
Monday
AC Milan v Bologna (10.45om)
Playing September 30
Benevento v Inter Milan (8pm)
Udinese v Spezia (8pm)
Lazio v Atalanta (10.45pm)
AI traffic lights to ease congestion at seven points to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Street
The seven points are:
Shakhbout bin Sultan Street
Dhafeer Street
Hadbat Al Ghubainah Street (outbound)
Salama bint Butti Street
Al Dhafra Street
Rabdan Street
Umm Yifina Street exit (inbound)
The Sheikh Zayed Future Energy Prize
This year’s winners of the US$4 million Sheikh Zayed Future Energy Prize will be recognised and rewarded in Abu Dhabi on January 15 as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainable Week, which runs in the capital from January 13 to 20.
From solutions to life-changing technologies, the aim is to discover innovative breakthroughs to create a new and sustainable energy future.
RESULTS
5pm: Maiden (PA) Dh80,000 1,400m, Winner SS Lamea, Saif Al Balushi (jockey), Ibrahim Al Hadhrami (trainer).
5.30pm: Wathba Stallions Cup Handicap (PA) Dh70,000 1,400m, Winner AF Makerah, Sean Kirrane, Ernst Oertel
6pm: Handicap (PA) Dh80,000 1,600m, Winner Maaly Al Reef, Brett Doyle, Abdallah Al Hammadi
6.30pm: Handicap (PA) Dh90,000 1,600m, Winner AF Momtaz, Antonio Fresu, Musabah Al Muhairi
7pm: Handicap (PA) Dh80,000 2,200m, Winner Morjanah Al Reef, Brett Doyle, Abdallah Al Hammadi
7.30pm: Handicap (TB) Dh100,000 2,200m, Winner Mudarrab, Jim Crowley, Erwan Charpy
if you go
The flights
Air France offer flights from Dubai and Abu Dhabi to Cayenne, connecting in Paris from Dh7,300.
The tour
Cox & Kings (coxandkings.com) has a 14-night Hidden Guianas tour of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. It includes accommodation, domestic flights, transfers, a local tour manager and guided sightseeing. Contact for price.
