UAE Women retire out all 10 batters in 163-run win

In a bizarre turn of events in a Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier game between United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar in Bangkok, UAE retired all 10 of their batters out with the score of 192 for 0 after 16 overs.

It was the first instance of a team dismissing itself by retiring out all 10 batters, in a men's or women's T20. UAE then went on to roll Qatar over for just 29 in an innings that featured seven ducks to seal a massive 163-run win in a match that lasted just over 27.1 overs, according to ESPNcricinfo.

Since the UAE team also had eight ducks, the game saw a record 15 ducks registered, easily the most in a women's T20.

Opting to bat, the UAE openers Esha Oza, also the captain, and Theertha Satish were cruising along in their century partnership, with Oza on 113 and Satish on 74 when they decided to effectively declare - which is not allowed in T20Is - by retiring out all 10 batters. Once Oza and Satish walked off with the score on 192, a different pair of batters kept coming to the crease and then walking off to show they were being retired out, until UAE were considered 192 all out.

Oza had brought up a 51-ball century - her third in T20Is - and Satish had also raced to her fifty off 31 balls as they took the team past 150 in 14 overs. Oza struck 14 fours and five sixes while Satish collected 11 fours, and it was when Oza had smashed three fours in four balls to end the 16th over - with the team's run rate reading 12 - that they decided to walk off. UAE's 192, as a result, became the highest all out score in a women's T20I.