UAE vs Pakistan Cricket Timeline: Every Match, Stat and Record (1994–2025)

Pakistan leads the United Arab Emirates national cricket team vs Pakistan national cricket team timeline 7–0 across all official internationals – 3 ODIs and 4 T20Is. Their first meeting was in the 1994 Austral-Asia Cup in Sharjah. Their most recent encounter was the 2025 Asia Cup Group A match in Dubai. Pakistan has won every official match in this head-to-head, but the 2025 T20I margins – all under 45 runs – reveal a fixture that is becoming genuinely competitive.

UAE vs Pakistan Head-to-Head: Quick Answer

Pakistan have won all 7 official matches against UAE in international cricket since 1994 across both ODI and T20I formats. UAE have never beaten Pakistan in an official international fixture. The rivalry spans three decades, two World Cups, two Asia Cups, and a bilateral tri-series – making this one of the most consistent head-to-head records between an ICC Full Member and an Associate nation in Asian cricket.

Key Summary Stats at a Glance

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Metric	Detail
Total official matches	7
Pakistan wins	7
UAE wins	0
First match	April 17, 1994 – Sharjah (ODI)
Latest match	September 17, 2025 – Dubai (T20I)
Formats played	ODI (3), T20I (4)
Biggest Pakistan win	129 runs (Napier, 2015 World Cup)
Closest margin	31 runs (Sharjah, twice in 2025)
UAE’s highest total vs PAK	176/8 (Sharjah, Aug 30, 2025)

Complete UAE vs Pakistan Cricket Timeline: All 7 Matches

The United Arab Emirates national cricket team vs Pakistan national cricket team timeline begins in 1994 and currently includes seven official ICC-sanctioned internationals.

Full Match-by-Match Results Table

#	Date	Format	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Margin
1	Apr 17, 1994	ODI	Austral-Asia Cup	Sharjah	Pakistan	9 wickets
2	Feb 24, 1996	ODI	Cricket World Cup	Gujranwala	Pakistan	9 wickets
3	Mar 4, 2015	ODI	Cricket World Cup	Napier	Pakistan	129 runs
4	Feb 29, 2016	T20I	Asia Cup	Mirpur	Pakistan	7 wickets
5	Aug 30, 2025	T20I	UAE T20I Tri-Series	Sharjah	Pakistan	31 runs
6	Sep 4, 2025	T20I	UAE T20I Tri-Series	Sharjah	Pakistan	31 runs
7	Sep 17, 2025	T20I	Asia Cup 2025 (Group A)	Dubai	Pakistan	41 runs

Official ICC-sanctioned ODIs and T20Is only. Pakistan A fixtures, non-official tour matches, and exhibition games are excluded.

Format-wise Head-to-Head Breakdown

Across all formats, Pakistan have a perfect 7–0 record against UAE – 3 ODI wins and 4 T20I wins. UAE have not won a single match in either format at the official international level.

ODI vs T20I Record

Format	Matches	Pakistan Wins	UAE Wins
ODI	3	3	0
T20I	4	4	0
Total	7	7	0

What makes the T20I record particularly significant is context: three of those four T20I meetings happened in a single 19-day window in 2025. That burst of fixtures is the most concentrated phase of cricket between these two sides in the entire united arab emirates national cricket team vs pakistan national cricket team timeline, and it tells a different story than the bare results suggest.

1994 to 2016: How the Early Phase Unfolded

The first three decades of this rivalry were defined by wide margins and limited meetings. Between 1994 and 2016, Pakistan and UAE met only four times in official cricket across 22 years – twice in ODIs and twice in T20Is.

1994 – Sharjah, Austral-Asia Cup (ODI)

Pakistan won by 9 wickets. This was UAE’s earliest exposure to a full ICC member in a major tournament. The UAE squad at the time was built largely from South Asian expatriates working in the Gulf. Pakistan’s 1992 World Cup-winning score made this a mismatch by every measure. What no scorecard records: UAE had qualified for the Austral-Asia Cup by beating other Associate nations – itself a structural achievement for a cricket nation that was barely a decade old in organisational terms.

1996 – Gujranwala, Cricket World Cup (ODI)

Pakistan won by 9 wickets again. With Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis at full pace, UAE’s batting had no answer. The margin was identical to 1994. But the fact that UAE appeared in back-to-back World Cups – 1994 Austral-Asia Cup and 1996 Cricket World Cup – showed a programme with genuine qualifying consistency. The results were brutal, the qualification itself was meaningful.

2015 – Napier, Cricket World Cup (ODI)

Pakistan’s biggest-ever win against UAE: 129 runs. Pakistan posted 339/6 in 50 overs, UAE were bowled out for 210. Shahid Afridi completed 8,000 ODI runs in this match – a milestone that briefly overshadowed UAE’s own performance. And that performance deserves attention: 210 against a Pakistan attack including Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Irfan, away from home, at a World Cup, is not a capitulation. It is a batting unit that has developed real depth.

2016 – Mirpur, Asia Cup (T20I)

The first-ever T20I between UAE and Pakistan, and the most revealing pre-2025 match. UAE scored 129/6 – competitive for the 2016 Asia Cup format. Pakistan chased 130 in 18.4 overs, with Shoaib Malik’s unbeaten 63 off 45 balls sealing the win comfortably. The real headline was on the UAE side: Amjad Javed took 3/36 – the first time a UAE bowler had genuinely applied sustained pressure to a Pakistan batting lineup in any format at the international level.

2025: The Year This Fixture Changed Forever

Three T20I matches in 19 days – the 2025 phase of the united arab emirates national cricket team vs pakistan national cricket team timeline is unlike anything that came before it. Pakistan won all three. But the manner of UAE’s performances rewrites the assumptions most cricket fans carry about this fixture.

August 30, 2025 – Sharjah, UAE T20I Tri-Series

Pakistan posted 207/10 in 20 overs – their highest-ever T20I total in the UAE, surpassing their previous best of 193. Saim Ayub scored 69 off 38 balls, Hasan Nawaz added 56 off 26. It was an extraordinary batting performance from Pakistan. UAE’s reply was equally extraordinary for different reasons: 176/8 in 20 overs – UAE’s highest-ever T20I total against Pakistan. They were 90/3 in the 13th over with the chase alive. Pakistan’s death bowling shut it down, but UAE had produced a performance that simply did not exist in any previous edition of this rivalry. Final margin: 31 runs.

September 4, 2025 – Sharjah, UAE T20I Tri-Series

Pakistan scored 171/5. UAE reached 140/7 – losing by 31 runs. Back-to-back T20I innings of 176 and 140 for UAE against Pakistan’s full-strength attack confirmed the August 30 score was no anomaly. This is where the narrative of “UAE as routine opposition” ends.

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September 17, 2025 – Dubai, Asia Cup 2025 (Group A)

UAE batted first and were bowled out for 105 in 17.4 overs – their lowest total in this 2025 run. Pakistan chased 106 in 14.4 overs (146/9). Junaid Siddique, who became the first UAE player to take 100 wickets in men’s T20I cricket during this tournament, could not rescue a below-par batting effort. Final margin: 41 runs – Pakistan’s largest win in a T20I against UAE. UAE finished the 2025 Tri-Series without a win – played 4, won 0. The scorecards tell a more complete truth: three innings of 176, 140, and 105 show a batting group that can compete for 35-40 overs, but whose consistency across 20 T20I overs remains unreliable.

Key Match Records: UAE vs Pakistan

The records section below covers only performances in direct UAE vs Pakistan official internationals – not tournament-wide statistics.

Team Records

Record	Score	Match
Pakistan’s highest T20I total vs UAE	207/10	Sharjah, Aug 30, 2025
UAE’s highest T20I total vs Pakistan	176/8	Sharjah, Aug 30, 2025
Pakistan’s highest ODI total vs UAE	339/6	Napier, Mar 4, 2015
UAE’s highest ODI total vs Pakistan	210 all out	Napier, Mar 4, 2015
UAE’s lowest T20I total vs Pakistan	105 all out (17.4 ov)	Dubai, Sep 17, 2025
Largest Pakistan ODI win	129 runs	Napier, 2015
Largest Pakistan T20I win	41 runs	Dubai, Sep 17, 2025
Closest T20I margin	31 runs	Sharjah (twice, 2025)

Notable Players in UAE vs Pakistan Head-to-Head

This section covers only performances recorded in direct UAE vs Pakistan official matches – not tournament aggregates.

Top Run-Scorers (UAE vs Pakistan Matches Only)

Player	Team	Notable Score	Match
Fakhar Zaman	Pakistan	77	2025 (combined)
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	63* (off 45 balls)	Mirpur, 2016
Alishan Sharafu	UAE	68	2025 (combined)
Umar Akmal	Pakistan	50*	Mirpur, 2016
Shaiman Anwar	UAE	46	Mirpur, 2016
Saim Ayub	Pakistan	69 (off 38 balls)	Sharjah, Aug 30, 2025

Top Wicket-Takers (UAE vs Pakistan Matches Only)

Player	Team	Best Figures	Match
Amjad Javed	UAE	3/36	Mirpur, 2016
Mohammad Amir	Pakistan	2/6	Mirpur, 2016
Mohammad Irfan	Pakistan	2/30	Mirpur, 2016
Abrar Ahmed	Pakistan	2+ wickets	2025 Tri-Series

Individual Records

Record	Player	Team	Match
Highest individual score	Shoaib Malik – 63*	Pakistan	Mirpur, 2016
Best bowling (UAE)	Amjad Javed – 3/36	UAE	Mirpur, 2016
Best bowling (PAK)	Mohammad Amir – 2/6	Pakistan	Mirpur, 2016

Why Pakistan Wins Every Time: Three Structural Gaps

Pakistan’s perfect 7–0 record against UAE is not about individual brilliance – it comes down to three structural advantages that persist across formats and generations.

Death Bowling Deficit

UAE conceded 45+ runs in the final four overs of the August 30, 2025 fixture. Pakistan’s power hitters – Saim Ayub, Hasan Nawaz, Fakhar Zaman – are built to exploit any bowling inconsistency in the death overs. No current UAE seamer has reliably defended 160+ totals against top-tier T20I batting units.

Batting Consistency Under Pressure

UAE can build strong middle-over platforms, as their 176/8 and 140/7 in 2025 confirmed. But their lower order collapses under quality variation bowling. Against wrist spin and well-directed pace in the back half of T20I innings, UAE’s middle order has repeatedly failed to bat out 20 overs at run-a-ball rates.

Match Experience in High-Stakes Conditions

Pakistan has played over 300 official T20Is since 2007. UAE’s entire T20I programme is younger and operates at significantly lower volume of high-pressure international exposure. That experience gap shows most visibly in the 16th–20th overs – precisely where this fixture has been decided in every 2025 encounter.

The Home Ground Paradox

Pakistan has played the majority of its international cricket in the UAE since 2009, using Dubai and Sharjah as neutral home venues following security disruptions in Pakistan. These are the same grounds where UAE trains, plays home bilateral cricket, and hosted the 2025 Tri-Series. UAE knows these pitches technically. Pakistan knows what it feels like to win important matches against them – against England, Australia, Sri Lanka, and India. That psychological familiarity with winning under pressure on these specific surfaces belongs to Pakistan, not to UAE despite being the host nation.

How the Margins Are Changing

The complete united arab emirates national cricket team vs pakistan national cricket team timeline shows a clear trend when you plot victory margins across time:

• 1994 ODI: 9 wickets (Pakistan barely batted)
• 1996 ODI: 9 wickets (again)
• 2015 ODI: 129 runs
• 2016 T20I: 7 wickets
• 2025 T20I (Aug 30): 31 runs
• 2025 T20I (Sep 4): 31 runs
• 2025 T20I (Sep 17): 41 runs

The 9-wicket thrashings of the 1990s have no equivalent in 2025. The average winning margin in the three 2025 T20Is was 34 runs – competitive by any T20I standard between a Full Member and an Associate. UAE is not winning. But they are no longer being dismantled either. The increase in meetings from 2024 onwards coincides with expanded Associate participation in regional T20 competitions and UAE’s role as host nation for bilateral series, which brought additional high-level fixture exposure beyond what single-tournament formats provide.

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