United Arab Emirates have reacted furiously following their farcical exit from the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes on Saturday.

An otherwise second triumphant day straight for the tournament finished with the UAE players literally and metaphorically in the dark, after they were set a target of 112 by Bangladesh in the closing quarter-final.

UAE, who began the day by shocking lacklustre India, had reached 43 for three with 16 balls remaining, when the umpires decided the failing light had become dangerous.

That was probably news to Sanchit Sharma, who had bludgeoned four sixes in six balls to reach an unbeaten 25. Bangladesh, however, progressed to a last-four meeting with Sri Lanka, who ruthlessly spoiled Nepal’s fun in a one-sided quarter-final.

UAE’s players complained they had not been given accurate information about the number of overs they would face, nor the target they required.

“It is disappointing because we genuinely believe we could have chased that target down, but conditions didn’t go our way and we were not informed about some things,” batsman Ansh Tandon told the Post.