The UAE have the form and quality to beat Namibia big, but they will also rely on other results going their way to make a direct qualification. Chris Young / The National
The UAE have the form and quality to beat Namibia big, but they will also rely on other results going their way to make a direct qualification. Chris Young / The National
The UAE have the form and quality to beat Namibia big, but they will also rely on other results going their way to make a direct qualification. Chris Young / The National
The UAE have the form and quality to beat Namibia big, but they will also rely on other results going their way to make a direct qualification. Chris Young / The National

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UAE's road to cricket World Cup 2015

Paul Radley
Paul Radley
Dubai

September 26, 2013

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What needs to happen? The national team have to beat Namibia on Thursday and on Sunday, and improve their overall run-rate in the process, to leapfrog Holland into the second automatic qualifying place. If that does happen, they are then reliant on Kenya beating Afghanistan in at least one of their two matches in Sharjah next week.
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