UAE have scored 471 runs and takes the chance to be the team to bat first scoring highest runs in ODI cricket next to England scoring 498 runs and 481 runs against Netherlands and Australia. Waseem gave good start scoring 160 runs along with Aravind. At the end it was Afzal Khan to score 74 runs. Singapore wasn't able to reach the target, but they're good with their performance scoring 270 runs. The contribution came from every player. Both the team is filled with sub continent players, so there's nothing to defend based on native players participation.
This was an absolutely unbelievable performance from the UAE. This was certainly unexpected. Because this type of score is certainly not expected when we are watching associate teams play. Generally think that the matches are going to be ok. Not too competitive or too one sided.
So when we see a score of 471 from any associate team, we generally get quite amazed. This was something like that from the UAE team. I also have to say that Singapore did try well enough. But there was no chance that they were going to reach that total.