UAE 152 for 8 (Ashfaq 56, Braat 3-26) beat Netherlands 138 for 9 (O'Dowd 65, Mustafa 3-30) by 14 runs

Opener Ashfaq Ahmed's half-century and offspinner Rohan Mustafa's three-wicket haul ensured UAE wrapped up the four-match T20I series against hosts Netherlands at the Hague. Netherlands opener Max O'Dowd made the highest score of the game - 65 off 54 balls - but his innings went in vain as his side slumped to their third successive defeat. The final game of the series will be played on August 8.

After being inserted, UAE started strongly, with Ashfaq leading the way. He hit 56 off 41 balls - his second fifty in three innings - including five fours and two sixes. He was aided by a series of contributions from the middle order. Medium-pacer Sebastiaan Braat and left-arm spinner Pieter Seelaar then slowed down the innings by claiming combined figures of 8-0-47-5. Mohammad Boota, however, hit two sixes towards the end of the innings to help his side pass 150.

Netherlands then wobbled around O'Dowd in their chase. They were reduced to 53 for 4 in the 10th over, but O'Dowd took the chase deep. He was the eighth Netherlands batsman to be dismissed, in the penultimate over. The hosts needed 25 off nine balls with two wickets in hand after O'Dowd was run out, and they ended up short by 15 runs. Mustafa took 3 for 30 while Qadeer Ahmed picked up 2 for 18.