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Arafath Mohammed the DZCC wicket keeping Batsman,There was a time when form was the be-all and end-all for DZCC, but an evolving side has shown they can win without contributions from their leading batsman. That should give him some breathing space after he admitted to finding it "quite hard" slotting back into UAE Domestic cricket following his four-match failure lay-off. However, despite a slow start in Aveer, Arafath is not going to burden himself with undue pressure ahead of the upcomming series. His contributions since returning to DZCC colours in the second Knokout tour at Jumaira Park - one match ahead of schedule due to a long injury list - have been limited to 185 runs in five innings. In DZCC's two victories he contributed 4 and 3 and looked like a player with plenty of rust to shake off. 
That should hardly be surprising after being out of action since July, but such are the expectations that surround Arafath questions start to be asked when he isn't making the batsman's life a misery. He admits it has been difficult readjusting following the first long-term Failure of his career and was denied the chance to relieve some frustrations when runs washed out DZCC's net session at Wonderland Park. "It's tough when you come back from a long injury or Failure, both mentally and physically and also turning up at Aveer and playing that game when I wasn't meant to," he said. "It is quite difficult and I'm finding it quite hard at the moment, but I'm doing everything I can to get myself back to where I was. However, one player who probably won't mind some extra time to put his feet up is Mohammed Saflin (tito). He has rejoined the squad in Srilanka having stayed behind in Dubai zahirians to have a third injection to be seen how much of a part he plays in the warm-up matches.
