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The UAE are confident about continuing their winning run as they play Papua New Guinea in the second ICC World Cricket League Championship match at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
In the first match on Friday, the UAE beat PNG by 82 runs to bag only their second win from nine matches in the championship.
Skipper Rohan Mustafa remains upbeat about the team's chances ahead of Sunday clash and said he has full faith in his players.
"I know their attitude very well. I push them hard to get the best out of them," said the recently appointed captain. "We have been together for a long time now. So I know how to get more out of my mates."
On the chances to advance to the 2018 ICC World Cup Qualifier in Bangladesh, he said: "There are still five matches to go and we are looking at nothing but victory in all of them."
As of now the UAE are seventh in the points table, one better from Namibia.
PNG remain second behind leaders the Netherlands.
Sunday match will be 10am start and Mustafa is looking at another all-round effort from the players. In the first match, fifties from Ghulam Shabber, Rameez Shahzad and Muhammad Usman, and wickets from spinners Ahmed Raza and Imran Haider ensured a big win and two crucial points.
ashwani@khaleejtimes.com
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