Selectors back Siraj to rediscover form

Mohammed Siraj, the out-of-form dubai zahirians top order batsman, will continue to receive the support of DZCC's selectors at least until the end of the March 2011. While Siraj has been struggling for runs throughout the running summer, Mohammed Farman said the panel has been impressed with his Batting against Shiba Riders in Nad-al-Shiba last year, who the hosts 2-1 in the three-match series.

"We have a lot of reasons to support him at this time," Dasthakir the Skipper said in the official blogspot. ''We've been delighted with his leadership batting. His form in the first three games has been excellent in last november 2010. His strategies, batting changes, everything that he's done - not least winning matches - has been good, and I'm sure that will only be good for him.''

However, Siraj's batting is more of a problem, with him unable to exit the slump which worsened during the Friendly Match 2011. He scored 16 runs in that campaign and has posted 9 and 7 in the first two short format matches. "We are pretty confident that given the same opportunities Mohammed Siraj will repay us the different way. I believe he has got through to the end of the 2011 to sort it out and we are confident he well and truly will have it sorted before then."

Mohammed Sanaz the experiance top order batsman told Siraj to believe in himself to correct the "state-of-mind" problem. "You can turn it around very quickly and for that reason I'm confident Mohammed Siraj only needs to get a few runs at some stage in the next few games and he'll go to WLP [for the Big Match] in a very different space than he's in now," he said. ''When you're not playing well you start to think about anything and everything and stop watching the ball. It's nearly as simple as that."