▁with ▁a ▁shock ▁defeat ▁by ▁Sa udi ▁Arab ia , ▁their ▁first ▁A CC ▁Tro phy ▁defeat ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁semi - final . ▁They ▁lost ▁to ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁in ▁the ▁final , ▁ending ▁a ▁run ▁of ▁four ▁consecutive ▁titles . ▁ ▁The ▁U AE ▁hosted ▁and ▁were ▁run ners - up ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁A CC ▁Tw enty 2 0 ▁Cup , ▁losing ▁the ▁final ▁to ▁Afghan istan , ▁after ▁winning ▁four ▁group ▁matches ▁and ▁account ing ▁for ▁O man ▁in ▁their ▁semi - final . ▁▁ 2 0 1 0   – ▁present ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁team ▁announced ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁h ired ▁Kab ir ▁Khan ▁to ▁become ▁its ▁coach . ▁Khan ▁had ▁great ▁success ▁with ▁the ▁Afghan ▁team ▁during ▁his ▁one - year ▁st int ▁as ▁they ▁became ▁el ig ible ▁to ▁play ▁O D Is . ▁Kab ir ▁Khan ▁also ▁stated ▁that ▁his ▁aim ▁was ▁to ▁help ▁U AE ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁I CC ▁World ▁Tw enty 2 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁U AE ▁hosted ▁and ▁won ▁Division ▁Two ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁Cr icket ▁League ▁without ▁losing ▁a ▁match . ▁In ▁June / J uly ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁they ▁played ▁Ken ya ▁at ▁N airo bi ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 1 – 1 3 ▁I CC ▁Inter cont inental ▁Cup . ▁In