The UAE host the USA on Friday at the ICC Academy in Dubai in a match that will be the USA’s first-ever T20I.

The two-match series kick-starts the preparations for the T20 World Cup qualifiers for both teams, with the UAE and US set to play in regional qualifying tournaments later this year in a bid to reach the final qualifying tournament in the UAE that begins in October.

For the USA, former West Indies Test batsman Xavier Marshall has been recalled to his adopted country’s T20 squad after being left out for the previous three squads at the end of last year.

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