United Arab Emirates vs Netherlands: ODI preview from ICC Academy, Dubai

Before a ball is bowled, United Arab Emirates vs Netherlands is already an ODI argument at ICC Academy, Dubai. ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 lists 139th Match for Sunday, 25 October 2026 at 05:30 am. The preview below stays with this fixture — who bowls the new ball, who has to bat through it, and why ICC Academy, Dubai asks for that job.

Colin Ackermann is the matchup this ODI keeps circling back to at ICC Academy, Dubai. ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 runs from Thursday, 15 February 2024 at 03:30 am to Thursday, 5 November 2026 at 11:59 pm. 139th Match is not a standalone.

Match snapshot

• Fixture: 139th Match
• Series: ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2
• Format: ODI
• Venue: ICC Academy, Dubai
• Date and time: Sunday, 25 October 2026 at 05:30 am
• Status: Yet to start
• United Arab Emirates: United Arab Emirates Men ODI
• Netherlands: Netherlands Men T20

The 139th Match score stays on the live scoreboard.

Who has to win their hour

Scott Edwards sets it for Netherlands. At ICC Academy, Dubai, that first-hour field is the plan for this ODI.

Netherlands squad to follow: Scott Edwards (Batsman), Noah Croes (Batsman), Michael Levitt (Batsman), Max O'Dowd (Batsman), Colin Ackermann (All-Rounder), Bas de Leede (All-Rounder), Zach Lion-Cachet (Batsman), Saqib Zulfiqar (All-Rounder).

United Arab Emirates carry the batting job for United Arab Emirates. Scott Edwards, Noah Croes, Michael Levitt carry it for Netherlands. In this ODI between them at ICC Academy, Dubai, one partnership that lasts is worth more than three starts.

What ICC Academy, Dubai asks of this ODI

ICC Academy, Dubai shows its hand in the first hour. If the new ball moves, the top order has to leave. If it sits up, the opening stand can settle the day before the change bowlers arrive. United Arab Emirates and Netherlands play that surface on this date, not a generic one.

Fifty overs at ICC Academy, Dubai split into a powerplay, a middle, and a death. United Arab Emirates and Netherlands win it in the phase where the fifth bowler is hiding.

What 139th Match does to ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2

If United Arab Emirates win at ICC Academy, Dubai, their XI tends to stay for the next ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 game. If Netherlands lose, every low score becomes a selection argument. That is the stake in this 2026 ODI.

United Arab Emirates want the new ball to ask a question or the top order to survive it. Netherlands want the opposite hour. Follow the passage, not only the headline total, on the live page once 139th Match starts.