“Whilst the innings was going on we started hearing thunder and slight drizzle started,” UAE coach Ahmed Raza explained about the match held in Bangkok on Friday. “I went to the umpires and checked whether we could declare but in white-ball cricket you cannot declare. I then asked the match referee if I could retire my whole team out. “With the thunder and drizzle we just had to make sure the whole game was played because the weather has been around. “At the start of our bowling innings it was already drizzling and we were scared of the thunderstorm. There was not enough time. It was all done purely to get a result.”