The United Arab Emirates national cricket team (Arabic:فريق الإمارات الوطني للكريكيت) (Urdu:متحدہ عرب قومی کرکٹ ٹیم کے امارات) is the team that represents the country of the United Arab Emirates in international cricket matches. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1989 and an associate member the following year.
One of the strongest non-Test playing sides in Asia, the UAE won the ACC Trophy on four consecutive occasions between 2000 and 2006, and were runners-up in the other three times the tournament has been played in 1996, 1998 and 2008. They won the ICC Trophy in 1994, and played their first One Day Internationals that year. They played in the 1996 Cricket World Cup.
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