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Haider's miserly spell and a record chase in UAE's series win

All the key numbers as UAE come from 1-0 down to take the T20I series against Bangladesh

Sampath Bandarupalli
22-May-2025 • 17 hrs ago
Asif Khan does the snake gesture as Alishan Sharafu looks on after hitting the winning runs, UAE vs Bangladesh, 3rd T20I, Sharjah, May 21, 2023

Asif Khan does the snake gesture as Alishan Sharafu looks on after hitting the winning runs  •  Emirates Cricket Board

1 Number of series wins for UAE against a Full Member team in any format, before their 2-1 T20I series win against Bangladesh. They defeated Ireland in a three-match T20I series in 2021. UAE won back-to-back games after losing the first match to clinch the series on both occasions.
3 T20I series losses for Bangladesh against Associate nations, including their latest defeat against UAE. They lost a three-match series against the USA last year by a 2-1 margin and lost in a one-off fixture against Scotland in 2012.
Namibia are the only Associate nation besides UAE and USA to win a series of three or more matches against a Full Member team in men's T20Is. They defeated Zimbabwe twice in a five-match T20I series in 2022 and 2023.
7 Runs conceded by Haider Ali in his four overs on Wednesday are the fewest by a player from an Associate nation while bowling his full quota against a Full Member team in a men's T20I.
The previous fewest was nine runs by Amir Hamza for Afghanistan against West Indies in the 2016 T20 World Cup. Only six bowlers have conceded fewer than seven runs in their four overs in a men's T20I against Full Member teams.
1 Haider Ali's effort is the most economical return in a men's T20I at Sharjah. Those seven runs are also the joint-fewest conceded in four overs in all men's T20s at the venue, alongside Shahid Afridi in a PSL 2016 game.
206 Target that UAE successfully chased against Bangladesh in the second T20I, the highest for an Associate nation against a Full Member in the format. The previous highest was 191 by Afghanistan against Zimbabwe in 2015.
UAE's chase of 206 was their highest in T20Is and also the highest for any team on UAE soil in this format.
2 Number of Associate teams with 200-plus totals against a Full Member in T20Is, before UAE's effort against Bangladesh in the 206-run chase. Afghanistan made 215 for 6 against Zimbabwe in 2016, while Scotland posted 213 for 6 against Ireland in 2023.
78 Runs that Bangladesh added after the fall of their eighth wicket on Wednesday. Only three teams scored more runs after losing their eighth wicket in a men's T20I. Bangladesh had partnerships of 44 for the ninth wicket and 34 for the tenth, both being their highest in T20Is.

Sampath Bandarupalli is a statistician at ESPNcricinfo