Cricket: UAE face Pakistan in Asia Cup

Monday, February 29th, 2016 12:24pm

The UAE's Rohan Mustafa reacts after the dismissal of the Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews

The UAE take on Pakistan in the Asia Cup T20 in Bangladesh this evening. Aaqib Javed’s side go into the game seeking their first win of the tournament. After reaching the tournament by winning all three of their qualifying games, they suffered a close, 14-run loss to Sri Lanka, before coming up short against the hosts. Meanwhile, Pakistan are looking to bounce back after a five-wicket loss to India on Saturday. Play gets under way at 17:30

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