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Saqib Ali, the UAE captain, says his win over Bermuda yesterday has given his team tremendous confidence ahead of the World Cricket League Division Two which gets underway in Namibia on November 24

Bermuda slumped to another heavy defeat, this time at the hands of UAE who recorded their first win in this season's Intercontinental Cup series. Bermuda are now bottom of the table after four matches, with just six points

UAE fought back brilliantly on the third day against Bermuda, with Arshad Ali cracking 185, his highest first-class score. At stumps, UAE led by 241

UAE finished the day trailing by 51 runs after David Hemp's unbeaten 174 helped Bermuda gain a first-innings lead of 166

Kevin Hurdle took 6 for 45, his best figures in first-class cricket, to put Bermuda on top of UAE on the first day of their Intercontinental Cup match in Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates go head-to-head with Bermuda in the ICC Intercontinental Cup in Abu Dhabi in what is the basement battle in the first half of the 2007-08 competition