The 34-year-old UAE-born created headlines when a rip-snorter of a delivery clipped the stump to trigger off the red light before nestling back into the groove to grant the lefthander a reprieve.
"I had seen it [bails not dropping] before but never with me.
"I was surprised and he [Joyce] was surprised too but we just laughed and carried on," says the right-arm swing bowler who is enjoying the bounce on New Zealand wickets.
Having dominated "75 per cent" of the game, UAE also have come agonisingly close to beating Zimbabwe.
"We came to fight against teams and we have, using a good plan when we're on the field but somehow [we're not having the] luck." He suspects that "luck" will materialise when UAE start working up more sweat when they play test matches post-World Cup.
The associate nation quietly fancy their chances against favourites Pakistan, who only stuttered to victory against Zimbabwe at the Gabba, Brisbane, last Sunday.
"Pakistan have been struggling in their last three games in the World Cup."
However, Javed says UAE will tweak their template for motivation rather than losing sleep over what the test nation can impose.
"We'll have meetings and look at their best points and weaknesses so, Inshallah [God] willing, UAE will put on a good show against them too."
It was an honour for UAE to play a star-studded India despite their nine-wicket flogging at the Waca, Perth.
"No one is disappointed. It was a good opportunity to see them, play against them and learn from them.
"They are all humans. They haven't come from a different world so it gave us some confidence we can do well against other test-playing nations."
Javed singled out Virat Kohli as a daunting batsman to face.
"I just bowled two overs against him and I tried everything to get him out but he was very strong on the on side.
"I was trying to hit his pad but he was shuffling and coming in front of the wicket so it was very difficult to bowl him," he says, adding what compounded UAE's challenge was defending a paltry 102 runs.
Playing at a venue amid the cacophony of 18,000 India fans was in itself a lesson.
UAE arrived in Napier about midday on Monday from Perth and two hours later rolled on to Nelson Park to train.
"Inshallah we'll have some Hawke's Bay supporters getting behind us when we're up against Pakistan."
He recalls watching the 1992 World Cup cricket final in Melbourne on TV with his grandfather as a youngster.
"In UAE most people were supporting football at the time but after the 1992 cup everything changed and my parents [Javed Iqbal and mum Musarrat] supported me, too."
His father is a businessman so finding time to chauffeur him to training and games wasn't always a given.
"Sometimes it's 2 or 3 in the morning in Pakistan but my parents are up watching my games."
When Javed was an under-19 cricketer in UAE, his father encouraged him to travel to Pakistan to make the cut there but he has since remained loyal to his country of birth.
Married to Saika with four children and living in Dubai, he is indebted to his employers, Emirates Airlines, for supporting him.
The flight cargo loads master's manager, Sree Kumar, of India, flew from Dubai to watch UAE play India.
"He spent three hours with me at my hotel and tried to motivate me."
Javed is happy with his personal constitution, something team fitness instructor Peter Killey has instilled.
Finding cricket facilities around the world while working isn't easy but he tends to gravitate to gyms to maintain his general fitness.
While a contingent of former UAE players will be at McLean Park to support them, he is hoping the Bay fans will get behind their adopted cup nation to do the unthinkable for them and coach Aaqib Javed, a former Pakistan international.
"Some of them [UAE fans] will be wearing Pakistani shirts but that'll motivate us, too."
UAE have beaten Pakistan A team twice.
Having faced seven-foot (2.14m) Mohammad Irfan before, Javed reckons it's a slightly different prospect doing it again in front of fans and TV.
