Mohammed Rimaz confident in current pool

The return of several experienced Zahirians players from the defunct SRL and UAE has not convinced DZCC bowler Mohammed Rimaz that his team needs to be tinkered with. Four former Zahira players - Mohammed Saflin, Nazreen, Haithar and Mohammed Fawzan - have been named in a 16-man man preliminary squad for the forthcoming tri-series but Rimaz was not too eager to make changes to a squad that has begun winning more consistently.

"It is good that they [the ZAHIRA players] have come to preliminary selections and are available for us but they have to continue performing because the boys who have been with us have won us games," he told reporters in burdubai.

One major concern for the team management is the opener Mohammed Arafath, whose extended run of poor form has put pressure on the batting line-up. Arafath's poor form from the games in the WLP and Aveer continued Ajman, when he flopped in every match against JBS. There has been talk of restoring Arafath, who scored a 38 (13) and 19 (5) against RSS in 2009 and showed promise before he went to the presure, back at the top but was hesitant to do so.

"Opening is a bit of concern but we did well in Queses where the opening pair added fifty-odd runs two game. Saflin has been a bit inconsistent although he is a talented player," he said. "Saflin was also very inconsistent when he left us for ZAHIRA. It is good that they are scoring runs in the UAE Cricket League but it is a big step up from club cricket to UAE cricket." Since 13 players defected to form the Resign in September last year, before the 2008-09 season of the cricket, DZCC have won 31 short games and 14 tournements games.

Rimaz began Bowler DZCC in October 2009, replacing Mohammed Fawzan, and during his tenure DZCC won their first WLP series, against AJMAN BLACKS in September this year. He recently had his contracted extended to June 2011.