United Arab Emirates women's cricket team in Papua New Guinea in 2025–26

United Arab Emirates women's cricket team in Papua New Guinea in 2025–26
	Papua New Guinea	United Arab Emirates
Dates	13 – 19 October 2025
Captains	Brenda Tau	Esha Oza
One Day International series

The United Arab Emirates women's cricket team is touring Papua New Guinea in October 2025 to play the Papua New Guinea women's cricket team. ^[1] The tour consists of four One Day International (ODI) matches. ^[2] All the matches are being playing at the Amini Park in Port Moresby. ^[3] It is the first ever ODI bilateral series between the two sides, since the UAE were granted ODI status earlier in the year. ^{[4] [5]}

Squads

Papua New Guinea	United Arab Emirates [6]
Brenda Tau (c, wk) Hollan Doriga Dika Lohia Konio Oala Erani Pokana Miria Raio Lakshmi Rajadurai Pauke Siaka Hane Tau Henao Thomas Geua Tom Mairi Tom Isabel Toua Naoani Vare	Esha Oza (c) Michelle Botha Samaira Dharnidharka Udeni Dona Siya Gokhale Al Maseera Jahangir Lavanya Keny Suraksha Kotte Vaishnave Mahesh Indhuja Nandakumar Rinitha Rajith Theertha Satish (wk) Athige Silva Mehak Thakur Emily Thomas Katie Thompson

ODI series

1st ODI

13 October 2025 09:30 Scorecard

Papua New Guinea   93 (33.2 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 97/5 (33.1 overs)
Lakshmi Rajadurai 31 (90) Suraksha Kotte 5/20 (10 overs)		Theertha Satish 46* (87) Pauke Siaka 3/8 (6 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 5 wickets Amini Park, Port Moresby Umpires: Helen Atai (PNG) and Alu Kapa (PNG) Player of the match: Suraksha Kotte (UAE)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
• Hollan Doriga, Erani Pokana and Mairi Tom (PNG) all made their ODI debuts.
• This was the first women's ODI to be played at this venue.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Suraksha Kotte became the first cricketer for United Arab Emirates to take a five-wicket haul in women's ODIs. ^[7]

2nd ODI

15 October 2025 09:30 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates   143 (45.4 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 146/7 (42.5 overs)
Rinitha Rajith 32 (56) Pauke Siaka 4/25 (9.4 overs)		Lakshmi Rajadurai 45 (97) Michelle Botha 3/30 (7 overs)

Papua New Guinea won by 3 wickets Amini Park, Port Moresby Umpires: Alu Kapa (PNG) and Lakani Oala (PNG) Player of the match: Henao Thomas (PNG)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
• Konio Oala, Miria Raio and Hane Tau (PNG) all made their ODI debuts.

3rd ODI

17 October 2025 09:30 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates   193/7 (50 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 33 (15.4 overs)
Udeni Dona 56 (95) Geua Tom 1/18 (4 overs)		Henao Thomas 11 (22) Samaira Dharnidharka 4/19 (8 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 160 runs Amini Park, Port Moresby Umpires: Helen Atai (PNG) and Lakani Oala (PNG) Player of the match: Samaira Dharnidharka (UAE)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI

19 October 2025 09:30 Scorecard

Papua New Guinea	v	United Arab Emirates

Amini Park, Port Moresby

References

1. "UAE women's team regain belief after successful tour of Zimbabwe". The National . Retrieved 8 October 2025.
2. "Cricket PNG to host UAE Women for ODI series in October 2025". Czarsportz Global. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
3. "Esha Oza to lead UAE against Papua New Guinea in ODI series". Khaleej Times . Retrieved 8 October 2025.
4. "UAE gain women's ODI status, USA lose theirs". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 3 May 2025.
5. "United Arab Emirates Women Announce Squad for Four ODIs Against Papua New Guinea". Female Cricket. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
6. "UAE Women's team to play four ODIs in Papua New Guinea". Emirates Cricket Board . Retrieved 8 October 2025.
7. "Suraksha Kotte's 5-Fer and Theertha Satish's Unbeaten 46 Give United Arab Emirates 1-0 Series Lead". Female Cricket. Retrieved 14 October 2025.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo