'Important for seamers to retain focus' - Dasthakir

Mohammed Dasthakir the Dubai Zahirians Skipper, has said it is important for pace bowlers to maintain their focus in the wake of early success and fame. Speaking to there official web page last night, Skipper said it was difficult for DZCC's fast bowlers to make the transition from domestic to Divison cricket, especially when playing hard truf's, and added that fear of injury and the urge to play on a long-term basis could be reasons for many promising seamers to cut down on their pace after the first few weeks.

 "Focus is surely important, but again everyone lives their own personal life as well. As long as he knows the thin line between foolishness and bravery, that is very important," Dasthakir said. "If you have a mentor or someone is looking up for you, with so much of fun and entertainment involved, if there is one coach or family member, who actually keeps an eye on the player and if the player is ready to listen to them, you are alright. If you are talented and hardworking, nothing should bother you."

we have used 9 fast bowlers in the 21 games they have played since the start of 2010. When asked if immense pressure to perform was the reason behind many struggling to keep their places in the side, Skipper said: "Honestly, you need to be performing rather than complaining. There is stress and there is pressure, especially when you play in UAE conditions. It's actually tough to get on and start performing. It's a challenge for a fast bowler, especially in the turf ball games, but you must endure those stressful moments.," said more of the reason behind bowlers dropping in pace. "Maybe it's the fear of injury. It's always better to give your best every single day. I think that may be the reason - trying to conserve your energy for the next game than giving your best today."

A balance between both strength and skill is an important ingredient for bowling fast along with accuracy, he said. "sence is very important, strength is surely important. But if you forget your skill…..you've got to work on your wrists, on your bowling and spot-bowling. What we forget after playing for our country is the spot-bowling which we grew up with in the clubside." and now Mohammed Nazreen is exit also two new seamers have been join with us namely Mohammed Rifas and Mohammed Riyas so fast bowlers going to follow this they are surely stay in first X1 ever.

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'Hopefully I can better in Future performance' - Rikaz

"It's a good way to start off the tour having practised Turf and Grass Grounds for the last few months," Mohammed Rikaz said after the match two weeks ago. "But it's only the first daynight success, and there's plenty more cricket to come, so hopefully, I can better this performance. We all know the nature of turfball cricket - the bowler is always up against it. The series could be important for the confidence of both teams after they failed to reach the semi-finals of the Srilankan tour.

"You can take five wickets one day, and the next day, take a thumping, but I enjoyed it. It was not an easy day for the batters, and you had to graft pretty hard. Playing shots was not easy, and there was a strong wind, so there were a lot of things you had to take into consideration.

"It was obviously nice to start with a win. This was the most important thing for us. We have worked really hard over the last few months here in WLP-wonderland park, had a few discussions, the energy has been good around the team, and a lot of new faces have come in. We want to have a good tour of the WLP, so success in this match was very important to getting us off on the right foot." "We still have a match on next friday night, so we have to pick ourselves up. This is no time for pointing fingers. We have a lot of corrections to make out there, and we have to return to the drawing board to try and get the best out of the players."

Mohammed Nazreen to retire from DZCC

Mohammed Nazreen is easily the most penetrative and successful bowler Dubai Zahirians have had, and he has served his club well. He swings and seams the ball with skill, his trademark delivery being the late indipper. However, he also bowls a carefully disguised offcutter, and has recently added reverse-swing to his armoury, a skill that has made him a consistent wicket-taker even on bland turf pitches in united arab emirates.His approach to his batting is equally sincere and in recent series he has gradually gained recognition as a useful allrounder fo DZCC.

It will end a fine career by one of Zahirians's most persevering and successful fast bowlers. In 43 short format games he has taken 61 wickets at 19.40 after making his debut against Pak guns in 2009 - the fourth-highest Dubai Zahirians wicket-taker - along with 94 all around wickets. Nazreen also has 785 runs at 14.48, including a century.


His captain Mohammed Dasthakir led the tributes, saying that Nazreen' achievements were the benchmark quick bowlers in his club will strive for. "Nazreen is a true champion and probably the fast bowler who can be called a true legend of the game," he said. "No matter who replaces Nazreen in the bowling attack they will take Months and Months to reach the standards he has set - and maybe they never will." and its a personel decition from his self that he want to quit from UAE. however hope he will contuniue the cricket in srilanka too, in be half of our club i take this time to thank him from my heart for playing such a big roll past two years. we are wish him all the best.

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MATCH 01 (16 Overs)
Jet11 158 for 5 (Shifan 43*, Rifkan 32, Faris 2-23) beat Dubai zahirians 134 for 9 (Haithar 38, Dasthakir 17, Nafeel 3-29) by 24 runs

MATCH 02 (10 Overs)
Dubai Zahirians 131 for 5 (Hillal 46, Nazreen 29, Saneer 2-26) beat Jet11 109 for 7 (Raishad 23, Nafees 19, Riyas 3-31) by 23 runs

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Mohammed Dasthakir has added another feather to his captaincy hat. It was he who started the games against a formidable Jet11 CC attack, his deputy Mohammed Hillal capitalised on Batting to score a crucial 46,and dubai Zahirians defended with aggression, smartness and flair to Tie the Big Night Tour 2010.There were no problems with tactics for dubai Zahirians: they went with the old-fashioned approach of keeping wickets in hand.

Dasthakir was warned sufficiently Jet11 by Bowling: he had to bring Mohammed hillal, Mohammed riyas, Mohammed faris, Mohammed Haithar and Mohammed nazreen are yorkers have been near perfect, The Must win concluded Tie the Biggest Big Night Tour in Wonderland park last thursday night.

Battle of the bats in the offing

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Thursday, April 22

Start time 2230 local (1630 GMT)

Big Picture

Jet11's bowling isn't their strongest suit, though, and they are up against one of the strongest batting outfits in the UAE tournament, Dubai Zahirians. While it was expected that Mohammed Haithar and Mohammed Faris would plaster the bowling, the surprise package has been the form of Mohammed Fayaz at the top of the order. Add to that the solidity of Mohammed Rikaz, the threatening presence of Mohammed Dasthakir, and the hitting of Mohammed Hillal and Mohammed Razeen and the scale of the challenge facing Mohammed Zaneer's bowlers becomes evident. One thing the JET11 team, will remind there team of will be the inconsistency of its opponents they have alternated between victory and defeat in their past five matches against DZCC. Like Jet11 Zahirians's bowling attack is also not among the more potent ones in the last few Months, which means there could be a run-fest at the Wondreland when the two sides face off.

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dzcc's Frontline players haven't been as influential as the finishing recruits in most of the jet11 team. Mohammed Faris is one who has consistently delivered, but Dasthakir will mostly have to pick the out-of-form Mohammed Arafath and Mohammed Razeen. Moahmmed Nazreen could also be needed to give the side options, especially with all the DZCC bowlers struggling.

Jet11 have to ponder whether to retain Mohammed Zaneer or to bring back Mohammed Shifan, both of whom have performed well in the Last few Months. Mohammed Rizvi hasn't had too much of an impact in the last few matches, which means Mohammed Ikram could be brought back. 

DZCC: (probable) Dasthakir, Rikaz, Fayaz, Faris, Haithar, Hillal, Nazreen, Riyas, Ayyub, Razeen and Nawshard.

In the spotlight

JET11's fast bowlers Mohammed Zaneer has rapidly won over the crowd with his enthusiasm and tight bowling. He has had little support from the other quicks, though, with Mohammed Shifan and Mohammed Ikram. In DZCC Mohammed Haithar has had a forgettable Sesson so far, but he's one of the game's great big-match players. Last year, he stopped the in-form in the Jumirah, Mohammed Hillal. Can he repeat that performance again?

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"Night Battle is a lottery, but we couldn't use that excuse anymore, so we planned every tiny aspect of the game right from what kind of shots to play after losing a wicket to how wide or slow to bowl to a batsman in the slog overs."DZCC personel advisor Mohammed Anas says the team's turnaround is no fluke.

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I Have Worked Really Hard for Comeback

Mohammed Nazreen, the Dubai zahirirans Seamer and Middle order batsman who has made a comeback into the team for the Big Night Match 2010 this Thursday in Wonderland Park, is eager to grab the opportunity and cement his place in the club side.

"I have worked really hard during the last one-and-a-half Month to earn my comeback. Now that the selectors have chosen me for the job, I need to deliver the goods and make a long-lasting impression. I want to be part of the DZCC team for a longer period and for that the Big Night 2010 will be the most important game for me. The competition is tough but I need to stand out," Nazreen told blogger.

Nazreen was confident that the pitch in the Wonderland would aid swing. "I have never played in the WLP. But I have been told that the park wickets are quite similar to the turf ones. So, I am quite keen on bowling there. I have had a good domestic seasons in SRL but my form will give me the required boost and confidence," he said.

The Big Night 2010 begins one night after the Wendesday of this Week, raising the issue of fatigue, but nazreen believed that it would not be a problem. "I don't think so [that fatigue will have an impact]. Our top players like Haithar, Mohammed faris, Dasthakir, Rikaz and Mohammed Hillal are in top form so I think this will help them in the Wonderland because we won't have to start from the scratch. Also we have had closer look at our opposition players, so it will help us in a big way," Nazreen said.