The united arab emirates national cricket crew (arabic: فريق الإمارات الوطني للكريكيت) is the team that represents the united Arab emirates in global cricket. They are ruled by the emirates cricket board (ECB) which became an associate member of the worldwide cricket council (ICC) in 1989 and a partner member for the subsequent 12 months. On the grounds that in 2005, the ICC's headquarters had been placed in Dubai. One of the emerging sooner or later global (ODI) teams, the UAE received the acc trophy on four consecutive occasions between 2000 and 2006 and was runners-up in the different 3 instances the event has been performed in 1996, 1998, and 2008. They won the ICC trophy in 1994 and performed their first odis that yr, later playing in the 1996 cricket global cup. Other ODI fits got here inside the 2004 and 2008 Asia cups. At the 2014 international cup qualifier, the UAE located 2d in the back of Scotland, qualifying for the 2015 international cup and gaining ODI repute until 2018. Uae made the group stage of the 2014 ICC international twenty20. The team has qualified for the 2019 ICC t20 international cup qualifier as hosts. Following the death of the sector cricket league (wcl), uae will play in the 2019–22 icc cricket international cup league 2 going forward.