Well we've seen an enjoyable contest between two of the lesser lights, best of luck to them for the remainder of the tournament, and the Saxton Oval in Nelson has again provided the most glorious setting.

As we said earlier, Zimbabwe next face West Indies in Canberra on Tuesday, while for UAE it is also a day-night fixture, against Ireland in Brisbane, a day later.

The next match in the tournament sees England looking to overcome that heavy opening defeat against Australia, but they face another leading contender New Zealand, on their home patch, the "Cake Tin" Westpac Stadium at Wellington.

It starts at 01:00 GMT on Friday and our team will be in place to provide build-up, with 5 live sports extra on air from 00:45 GMT. Tune in for that but from us, it's cheerio for now.

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Andy JR Hartley:, external I vote for the Valley of the Rocks (Lynton and Lynmouth CC)

I would definitely like to see this ground. Looks sensational. Might there be a quaint old stone hostelry nearby too?

UAE captain Mohammad Tauqir: "We played some good cricket but we were expecting a different result. In the previous game on this wicket we saw that 300 was not enough. We know our limitations and we scored 285. But they batted well, struck up some good partnerships and they won the game.

"Overall the bowlers bowled well. That one crucial partnership between the two left-handers - Ervine and Williams - saw them through the game. If one of them had got out it would have been a different game. It was a good learning experience for both our batters and bowlers."

Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura: "We're disappointed about our fielding - we are better than that. But I thought the guys played well with the bat. The good thing about our team is we have eight batters so there was no pressure. Getting over the line was the most important thing to do - and we did it."

Zimbabwe 286-6 after 48 overs (target 286)

Not out batsmen: Williams 76, Chigumbura 14

Fall of wickets: 64-1 (Raza 46), 72-2 (Masakadza 1), 112-3 (Chakabva 35), 144-4 (Taylor 47), 167-5 (Mire 9), 250-6 (Ervine 42)

Bowling figures: Naveed 10-1-60-1, Javed 9-0-49-1, Aziz 10-0-53-1, Tauqir 9-0-51-2, Chandran 9-0-59-1, Mustafa 1-0-8-0

United Arab Emirates: 285-7 (Anwar 67)

Match scorecard

Radio 5 live sports extra commentary

They don't play Ireland next, they play West Indies on Tuesday. So cynics might say they have more of a chance of winning!

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Zimbabwe are not one of the strongest. If they played Ireland tomorrow I'd back Ireland to win. Whether they are good enough to get out of the group stages I don't think they are. But this was the best game I've seen at this World Cup so far. It was a really good advert for these teams because outside of their own countries they won't be known names."

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"I think the UAE are going to struggle with their bowling all the big teams will dissect this and I don't think there is anything that will worry their batsmen. A few bowlers will be worried though, the UAE know how to play proper shots. Whether they can win a match at this World Cup, my heart says yes but my head says they won't."

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Zimbabwe's matchwinner Sean Williams: "I tried not to feel the pressure, but we lost wickets at the wrong stages of the game. I felt the wicket was good to knock balls down the ground and get close to the total. That's exactly what happened.

"It was a really good wicket to play back down past the bowler but anything across the line was difficult. We focused on having wickets at the end and rotating the strike. They bowled really well."

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"UAE coach Paul Franks told me they had talent but were a little wet behind the ears, and they have not got the experience certainly at this level. Scoring 284 even here on a very good batting wicket against an Test playing nation was an exceptional effort. I thought Zimbabwe were letting the pressure build too much but they were obviously letting UAE run out of steam."

Sean Williams finishes on 76 and is greeted with jubilation by his colleagues as they walk out on to the field. Shades of another Zimbabwe left-hander a certain Andy Flower with that punched straight drive winning hit.

Williams is a fluent hitter, and a cool customer. When Naveed decides to send it short the left-hander accepts the challenge with successive boundaries and then adds a third with an assured straight drive to settle the contest. A fitting stroke to end a fine match.

Too much width outside off stump with the slower ball from Chandran in his penultimate over and Chigumbura thumps it to the cover boundary. Is there time for one more twist? Who's going to be Chubby Checker?

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JP Bowden:, external Instow cricket club in Devon, beautiful ground!

Skipper Tauqir striking a blow for the 43-year-olds, athletically diving at mid-wicket to save a certain boundary. But Chigumbura relieves the pressure with an authoritative cover drive to the pickets (works better with a New Zealand accent) off Javed.

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They should still be happy at the end of the match these Zimbabweans, but it's not as straightforward as it might have been. Chigumbura playing calmly but no boundary off Chandran's eighth over.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

Sean Williams has now made 18 fifties without a 100, this equals Elton Chigumbura's Zimbabwe record of failing to convert his 1st 18 fifties into 100s in ODIs.

Skipper Elton is the new man. Will he be still standing at the end of the match? He slashes at a wide final ball of the over from Javed but no contact is made and there are five dot balls in the over, with only a single added.

Masterful mockers from GP Swann. Ervine is through his shot too early and chips a simple return catch off the leading edge to Chandran.