Resuming on 242 for 3, Afghanistan would have harboured genuine aspirations of overhauling the UAE total of 462, but the early losses of Mohammed Nabi (117) and Mohammed Shehzad (42) after a 99 run stand put them on the back foot.
Ashgar Stanikzai (41) and Samiullah Shenwari (29) got the innings back on track with a sixth wicket stand of 66, taking the Afghan total to 322 for 5.
What followed then was a quite dramatic collapse as the middle order imploded, losing their last five wickets for just 6 runs, with Arshad Ali (6-45) the destroyer-in-chief.
UAE therefore claimed the six points on offer for their first innings lead of 134 runs.
In their second innings, UAE lost two early wickets to offer Afghanistan some hope, but consolidated thanks to yet another quickfire blitz from Bakthiyar Palekar who smashed 61 from just 58 balls (7 fours, 1 six).
Swapnil Patel is anchoring the innings with an unbeaten 74, and there was a useful cameo of 39 from skipper Khurram Khan.
Leading by 346 runs with five wickets remaining, the balancing act for UAE will be to time any potential declaration. Afghanistan have showed in this competition in the past that they have the potential to score both heavily and quickly, and won't be fazed by a big run chase.
UAE Vs Afghanistan
2-Innings Match Played At Sharjah CA Stadium, 05-Oct-2011, Intercont. Cup 2011- 2013
Toss: UAE
4-day match 5-8 October 2011
Gulbodin Naib fielded sub in UAE first inns.
Close of play
Day 1 - Wed 5 Oct UAE 1st inns 361-8 (96 ov. Amjad Javed 23*, Ahmed Raza 7*)
Day 2 - Thurs 6 Oct Afghanistan 1st inn 242-3 (74ov. Mohammad Nabi 108*, Mohammad Shahzad 37*)
Day 3 - Fri 7 Oct UAE 2nd inns (55ov. UAE 2nd inns 212-5, SP Patil 74*, V Shetty 17*)
UAE 1st Innings 462 all out (Overs 117.1)
Runs Bls 4s 6s
B Palekar c&b Dawlat Zadran 76 60 12 2
Arshad Ali lbw b Hamid Hassan 5 9 1 0
Abdul Rehman c Mohammad Shahzad b Dawlat Zadran 7 21 1 0
SP Patil c Nawroz Khan Mangal b Samiullah Shenwari 61 141 7 0
Khurram Khan* run out Hamza Hotak 52 114 5 0
Amjad Ali Chaudhry+ c Hamza Hotak b Dawlat Zadran 49 102 3 3
V Shetty lbw b Samiullah Shenwari 57 77 10 0
Amjad Javed st Mohammad Shahzad b Mohammad Nabi 76 90 7 3
Fayyaz Ahmed c Ashgar Stanikzai b Dawlat Zadran 10 17 0 1
Ahmed Raza c sub b Mohammad Nabi 46 72 6 1
Shoaib Sarwar not out 2 8 0 0
extras (b4 lb11 w0 nb6) 21
TOTAL 10 wickets for 462
FOW
1-16(Arshad Ali) 2-68(Abdul Rehman) 3-90(B Palekar) 4-188 5-232(SP Patil)
6-289(Amjad Ali Chaudhry) 7-339(V Shetty) 8-354(Fayyaz Ahmed) 9-459(Amjad Javed)
10-462(Ahmed Raza)
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Hamid Hassan 21 3 82 1 - -
Mirwais Ashraf Kha 9 1 43 0 - 2
Mohammad Nabi 30.1 4 79 2 - -
Dawlat Zadran 22 2 98 4 - 4
Hamza Hotak 10 1 47 0 - -
Samiullah Shenwari 24 0 97 2 - -
Karim Sadiq Khan 1 0 1 0 - -
Afghanistan 1st Innings 328 all out (Overs 112.4)
Runs Bls 4s 6s
Karim Sadiq Khan b Fayyaz Ahmed 13 49 1 0
Javed Ahmadi c Shoaib Sarwar b Fayyaz Ahmed 80 165 13 1
Nawroz Khan Mangal* c Khurram Khan b Fayyaz Ahmed 0 2 0 0
Mohammad Nabi c Abdul Rehman b Arshad Ali 117 195 11 5
Mohammad Shahzad+ c Khurram Khan b Ahmed Raza 42 72 5 2
Ashgar Stanikzai c Ahmed Raza b Arshad Ali 41 73 5 2
Samiullah Shenwari b Arshad Ali 29 72 2 0
Mirwais Ashraf Kha b Arshad Ali 0 1 0 0
Hamid Hassan b Arshad Ali 1 28 0 0
Dawlat Zadran not out 0 18 0 0
Hamza Hotak lbw b Arshad Ali 0 1 0 0
extras (b4 lb1 w0 nb0) 5
TOTAL 10 wickets for 328
FOW
1-30(Karim Sadiq Khan) 2-30(Nawroz Khan Mangal) 3-157(Javed Ahmadi)
4-256(Mohammad Shahzad) 5-256(Mohammad Nabi) 6-322(Samiullah Shenwari)
7-322(Mirwais Ashraf Kha) 8-327(Ashgar Stanikzai) 9-328(Hamid Hassan)
10-328(Hamza Hotak)
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Shoaib Sarwar 6 1 18 0 - -
Amjad Javed 11 3 33 0 - -
Fayyaz Ahmed 29 8 110 3 - -
Arshad Ali 19.4 7 45 6 - -
Ahmed Raza 40 13 83 1 - -
Khurram Khan 2 0 6 0 - -
V Shetty 5 1 28 0 - -
UAE 2nd Innings 212/5 (Overs 55)
Runs Bls 4s 6s
B Palekar c Karim Sadiq Khan b Mohammad Nabi 61 58 7 0
Arshad Ali c Mohammad Shahzad b Dawlat Zadran 3 19 0 0
Abdul Rehman lbw b Dawlat Zadran 8 13 2 0
SP Patil not out 74 121 5 2
Khurram Khan* c&b Mohammad Nabi 39 75 7 0
Amjad Ali Chaudhry+ lbw b Mirwais Ashraf Khan 0 6 0 0
V Shetty not out 17 38 3 0
extras (b8 lb1 w0 nb1) 10
TOTAL 5 wickets for 212
FOW
1-5(Arshad Ali) 2-21(Abdul Rehman) 3-96(B Palekar) 4-187(Khurram Khan)
5-188(Amjad Ali Chaudhry)
To bat Amjad Javed, Fayyaz Ahmed, Ahmed Raza, Shoaib Sarwar
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Hamid Hassan 9 0 50 0 - -
Dawlat Zadran 11 0 27 2 - -
Mohammad Nabi 16 1 54 2 - 1
Karim Sadiq Khan 4 1 11 0 - -
Samiullah Shenwari 8.1 0 43 0 - -
Javed Ahmadi 1.5 0 6 0 - -
Mirwais Ashraf Kha 5 0 12 1 - -
