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Friday, September 17
Start time 1730 am (1530 GMT)
Big Picture
There were a couple of surprises in the first phase of the last summer seson, but JET11 CC emerged with their reputation unblemished after a clinical victory JUMEIRAH RIDERS CC in may 2010. DZCC, have been quite understated in the build-up to the Winter but promise to present a stronger challenge to the Summer Seson 2010.They were beaten RAFFALS HOTEL CC in their last summer game but not before overcoming a horrid start with the bat and creating several chances in the field.
Some of their experienced crew, including Mohammed Arafath and Mohammed Faris, however, failed to perform, and they'll be the focus in their attempt to stay in the hunt in this competition. Moahmmed Hillal and Moahmmed Haithar shared five wickets in opening spells.For Zahirians, the worry remains their pace attack comprising Rikaz, Razeen and Razmar; they are leftout due to there yearly vacation.
Team news
Zahirians have pace allrounders Mohammed Rasmi and Moahmmed Shadeek in their squad and could feature in the team's calculations should they choose to replace any of their seamers. Nawshard Mohammed had an off day against the Rafflas hotel, and could prompt the team to revisit its pre-match plans.
Dubai Zahirians (possible): 1 Mohammed Dasthakir (c), 2 Moahmmed Arafath (wk), 3 Mohammed Hillal, 4 Mohammed Faris, 5 Moahmmed Haithar, 6 Moahmmed Rasmi, 7 Mohammed Shadeek, 8 Moahmmed Nawshard, 9 Moahmmed Saflin, 10 Mohammed Fayaz, 11 Ayyub Padladka.
JET11 (possible): 1 Mohammed Rizvi (c), 2 Mohammed Naisar, 3 Mohammed Saneer, 4 Moahmmed Jafeer (wk), 5 Mohammed Irfan, 6 Mohammed Shifan, 7 Mohammed Farook, 8 Mohammed Nafeel, 9Mohammed Nadeem, 10 Mohammed Raisad, 11 Mohammed Imam.
Watch out for...
Mohammed Arafath fell for a second-ball duck against the Raffals in last game he played, a rarity in his stint for as well as DZCC in the opening slot. He remains best-equipped to handle JET11's pace arsenal up front as well as their threat. Watch out for his face-off, if we come to that, against the other half of one of the most successful bowler-fielder combinations in zahirians cricket.
Mohammed Zaneer The success of he has been one to savour for JET11. He was one of their star performers during their last seson triumph with 17 wickets in eight games at 17.25 and is a huge asset with his persistence and combativeness with the new tape ball.
Stats and trivia
Mohammed Rasmi is Madawala Richard highest run-getter in MPL (Madawala Primer Leaguge) with 566 in 23 games at 40.35. His average is the best in the team followed by Moahmmed Haithar with 31.28. Moahmmed Hillal is the highest wicket-taker with 28 in 16 games at 17.84. Moahmmed Faris 14.12 for his 25 wickets in 15 games.
