The UAE have one foot in the Super Six phase of the World Cup Qualifier after beating Netherlands by six wickets at Harare Sports Club.
It was their second win of the competition, after their opening-day win over Papua New Guinea.
It would take an apparently unlikely sequence of results to deprive them a place in the next phase.
Realistically, the Netherlands would have to beat West Indies to stand a chance of finishing above the national team in the five-team group. Even that would be academic if UAE beat Ireland in their final pool match on Monday.
Rohan Mustafa, as he so often does, led the way. The captain took 5-26, his second five-wicket haul in one-day internationals. They were all his own work, too: three were bowled, two lbw. And he affected an, albeit simple, run out.
With a typically thrifty return from Ahmed Raza, who took 1-28 from his 10 overs, the UAE were able to bowl the Dutch out for 176 in the 47th over.
On a slow track, and with a probing Netherlands pace attack, 177 was a tricky chase. But Chirag Suri, the youngest member of the UAE tour party, played a gem of an innings to see them through.
Suri, who is only in the line-up because of an injury to the prolific opener Ashfaq Ahmed, was unbeaten on 78 when victory was secured.
He finished it in style himself, with four over long on.
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By Victor Davis Hanson
The Sand Castle
Director: Matty Brown
Stars: Nadine Labaki, Ziad Bakri, Zain Al Rafeea, Riman Al Rafeea
Rating: 2.5/5
if you go
Getting there
Etihad (Etihad.com), Emirates (emirates.com) and Air France (www.airfrance.com) fly to Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport, from Abu Dhabi and Dubai respectively. Return flights cost from around Dh3,785. It takes about 40 minutes to get from Paris to Compiègne by train, with return tickets costing €19. The Glade of the Armistice is 6.6km east of the railway station.
Staying there
On a handsome, tree-lined street near the Chateau’s park, La Parenthèse du Rond Royal (laparenthesedurondroyal.com) offers spacious b&b accommodation with thoughtful design touches. Lots of natural woods, old fashioned travelling trunks as decoration and multi-nozzle showers are part of the look, while there are free bikes for those who want to cycle to the glade. Prices start at €120 a night.
More information: musee-armistice-14-18.fr ; compiegne-tourisme.fr; uk.france.fr
