United Arab Emirates vs South Africa

United Arab Emirates vs South Africa, ICC Men's T20 World Cup, 18 Feb 2026

Result

United Arab Emirates (20 ov) 122/6
South Africa (13.2 ov) 123/4

South Africa won by 6 wickets

Full scorecard

United Arab Emirates — 1st innings

122/6 (20 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
A Sharma c KT Maphaka b C Bosch 13 17 1 1 76.47
Waseem Muhammad lbw b GF Linde 22 12 4 0 183.33
A Sharafu c KT Maphaka b A Nortje 45 38 5 1 118.42
Shoaib Khan c Q de Kock b C Bosch 6 11 0 0 54.55
Syed Haider c KT Maphaka b A Nortje 6 15 0 0 40.00
Muhammad Arfan c JF Smith b C Bosch 11 18 0 0 61.11
D Parashar * not out 5 7 0 0 71.43
Muhammad Farooq * not out 1 2 0 0 50.00
Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 8) 13
Total 6 wkts, 20 ov 122

Did not bat Haider Ali, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Jawadullah

Fall of wickets 1-38 (Waseem Muhammad, 4.3 ov), 2-42 (A Sharma, 5.2 ov), 3-64 (Shoaib Khan, 9.2 ov), 4-82 (Syed Haider, 13.4 ov), 5-112 (A Sharafu, 17.4 ov), 6-119 (Muhammad Arfan, 19.2 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
K Rabada 4 0 30 0 7.50 0 0
KT Maphaka 4 0 30 0 7.50 8 0
A Nortje 4 0 28 2 7.00 0 0
GF Linde 4 0 17 1 4.25 0 0
C Bosch 4 0 12 3 3.00 0 0

South Africa — 2nd innings

T 123 123/4 (13.2 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
AK Markram b Haider Ali 28 11 5 1 254.55
Q de Kock c Syed Haider b Muhammad Jawadullah 14 16 3 0 87.50
RD Rickelton c D Parashar b Muhammad Farooq 30 16 3 2 187.50
D Brevis c sub (H Kaushik) b Muhammad Arfan 36 25 1 3 144.00
T Stubbs * not out 6 7 0 0 85.71
JF Smith * not out 3 5 0 0 60.00
Extras (b 4, w 2) 6
Total 4 wkts, 13.2 ov 123

Did not bat GF Linde, C Bosch, K Rabada, A Nortje, KT Maphaka

Fall of wickets 1-32 (AK Markram, 2.6 ov), 2-56 (Q de Kock, 5.4 ov), 3-105 (RD Rickelton, 10.4 ov), 4-116 (D Brevis, 11.4 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
D Parashar 2 0 8 0 4.00 0 0
Junaid Siddique 2.2 0 23 0 9.86 0 0
Haider Ali 3 0 33 1 11.00 0 0
Muhammad Jawadullah 2 0 20 1 10.00 0 0
Muhammad Arfan 2 0 16 1 8.00 2 0
Muhammad Farooq 2 0 19 1 9.50 0 0

United Arab Emirates — 1st innings · 20 overs

Runs per over peak 14
Over 1 K Rabada • • 6 • • • 6 runs
Over 2 KT Maphaka wd wd 4 2 • 1 • wd • 10 runs
Over 3 K Rabada 4 4 4 • 1 1 14 runs
Over 4 A Nortje • 4 • • 1 1 6 runs
Over 5 GF Linde 1 1 W • • 4 6 runs 1 wkt
Over 6 C Bosch • W 1 • • 1 2 runs 1 wkt
Over 7 GF Linde 1 1 1 1 • • 4 runs
Over 8 A Nortje • 1 4 6 1 • 12 runs
Over 9 GF Linde • 1 • 1 1 1 4 runs
Over 10 C Bosch • W 2 • • • 2 runs 1 wkt
Over 11 KT Maphaka 1 1 • 4lb 1 • 7 runs
Over 12 K Rabada 1 • 1 • 1 • 3 runs
Over 13 GF Linde 1 • • • 1 1 3 runs
Over 14 A Nortje 1 1 1 W 1 1 5 runs 1 wkt
Over 15 KT Maphaka 4 1 • 5wd 1 1 1 13 runs
Over 16 C Bosch • • 1 • 4 • 5 runs
Over 17 K Rabada 1 1 • • 1 4 7 runs
Over 18 A Nortje 1 1 1 W 1 1 5 runs 1 wkt
Over 19 KT Maphaka • 1 • 1 1 1 4 runs
Over 20 C Bosch 1 W 1 • 1 1b 4 runs 1 wkt

South Africa — 2nd innings · 14 overs

Runs per over peak 18
Over 1 D Parashar 1 • • • • • 1 run
Over 2 Junaid Siddique 4 • 4 1 • 4 13 runs
Over 3 Haider Ali 4 • 4 6 4 W 18 runs 1 wkt
Over 4 D Parashar 1 • 1 1 4 • 7 runs
Over 5 Junaid Siddique • • 4 • • 4 8 runs
Over 6 Muhammad Jawadullah 4 4 1 W • • 9 runs 1 wkt
Over 7 Haider Ali 1 2 1 1 • 1 6 runs
Over 8 Muhammad Jawadullah 4 • • 6 • 1 11 runs
Over 9 Haider Ali 2 6 • • 1 4b 13 runs
Over 10 Muhammad Arfan 1 1 wd 2 • 1 1 7 runs
Over 11 Muhammad Farooq 6 • 6 W 1 1 14 runs 1 wkt
Over 12 Muhammad Arfan wd 6 1 1 W • • 9 runs 1 wkt
Over 13 Muhammad Farooq 1 1 1 1 • 1 5 runs
Over 14 Junaid Siddique 1 1 2 runs

Run progression

United Arab Emirates 122 South Africa 123 wicket
0 31 62 93 0 3 6 9 12 15 18

Overs

Partnerships

United Arab Emirates — 1st innings

1 38 A Sharma 13 · Waseem Muhammad 22
2 4 A Sharafu 4 · A Sharma 0
3 22 A Sharafu 16 · Shoaib Khan 6
4 18 Syed Haider 6 · A Sharafu 8
5 30 Muhammad Arfan 8 · A Sharafu 17
6 7 D Parashar 4 · Muhammad Arfan 3
7 3 Muhammad Farooq 1 · D Parashar 1

South Africa — 2nd innings

1 32 AK Markram 28 · Q de Kock 4
2 24 Q de Kock 10 · RD Rickelton 14
3 49 D Brevis 28 · RD Rickelton 16
4 11 D Brevis 8 · T Stubbs 2
5 7 JF Smith 3 · T Stubbs 4

Bars show the full stand including extras; the two figures beside each are the runs each batter made off the bat.

Match details

Format T20
Ground Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, Delhi
Season 2025/26
Toss South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl
Umpires LS Reifer, RJ Tucker
Match referee J Srinath

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