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UAE vs NZ 2nd T20I Highlights: Mohammed Wasim’s half-century helped United Arab Emirates (UAE) create history with a 7-wicket win over New Zealand in the second T20I on Saturday. Winning a match against a Test playing nation is a big deal for any allied team and UAE did just that in the second T20I against New Zealand. With this win for the hosts, the three-match T20 series is in high spirits and the series has now reached the deciding match. Let us tell you that in the first T20, the Kiwi team led by Tim Southee defeated the host team.
An embarrassing record in the name of New Zealand is also attached to this defeat. This is the first time they have lost against an associate team in any format. Yes, the Kiwi team has never lost to an associate team in its cricket history before this. Also now all 12 Test playing teams have lost at least once against the allied team.
1st defeat (ODI/T20) against an allied team of a Test playing country
India-vs Sri Lanka, 1979
Australia – v Zimbabwe, 1983
England – v Zimbabwe, 1992
West Indies – v Kenya, 1996
Pakistan – vs Bangladesh, 1999
Bangladesh – vs Canada, 2003
Sri Lanka- vs Kenya, 2003
Zimbabwe – vs Kenya, 2003
Afghanistan vs Scotland 2018
Ireland vs Netherlands 2018
South Africa vs Netherlands 2022
New Zealand – vs UAE 2023
Talking about the match, in this match UAE won the toss and decided to bowl first. On the back of Mark Chapman’s (63) half-century, the Kiwi team managed to reach 142 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Apart from Chapman, no New Zealand batsman could cross the 25-run mark. Ayan Khan took the most 3 wickets for the host team.
Chasing a target of 143 runs, UAE did not get off to a good start. In the very first over, Aryansh Sharma fell victim to Tim Southee without opening his account. But after this, skipper Mohammad Wasim played a small partnership with Vriti Arvind and Asif Khan to bring the team closer to the score. Wasim was the victim of a centurion in an innings of 55 runs with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes in 29 balls. After his dismissal, Asif Khan’s unbeaten innings of 48 gave the team a historic win.