Nazeer and Razmar awaits Zahirias recall

Former dubai zahirians captain and all-rounder Mohammed Nazeer and all-rounder Mohammed Razmar are hopeful that there strong showing on the domestic hotel circuit will earn them a recall to the dubai zahirians side, also Zahirians waitting for replaces for mohammed siraj and mohammed razeen's place due to there vacation.

"I have been working hard over the last couple of months," Nazeer told the DZCC official page. "The selectors said that I haven't been getting runs but so far I scored runs in the middle and few wickets too I am just waiting for a call."

Nazeer was the third-highest run scorer for Hotels in the Dubai Regional four-day competition, making 460 runs, at an average of 41.81 with two half century's from eight games. He was also the leading wicket taker for Raffals in the competition with 11 to his name."Any player [who gets dropped] will want to go out there and look to prove himself. I went out there and did it with the bat and ball Razmar said. I tried to score  runs; I fell short by a bit. I think the break was good for me. I came back home and I did a lot of fitness work."

Razmar said he had viewed his batting footage from when he was in form and was working on a few things that had helped him. "I am missing it a bit [playing for the Zahirians], but I am just waiting and using my time wisely and when I get the opportunity, hopefully, I can play for the next one or two years straight."

Dubai Zahirians face tough warm-up

Dubai Zahirians will step up their preparations for the first game after seven weeks against Shiba Risers when they face a strong JBS SC side at WLP. It's a sign of the depth in Zahirians cricket that a formidable second team can be and they should give the visiters a good idea of their readiness for,

Mohammed Rasmi and Mohammed Saflin, along with the other three players who spent an extra week in Srilanka, have arrived to Dubai so the Zahirians are now at full strength. Facing the likes of Mohammed Arafath, Mohammed Rikaz and Ayyub Padladkka, who has made an impressive return to action after a career-threatening back injury's, will be a good test of adjustment for them on a WLP pitch that often offers help to the pace bowlers like Mohammed Hillal and Mohammed Roshan.

 Regardless of their form, however, Mohammed Ziyad and mohammed Fayaz will line up in the  side alongside mohammed Dasthakir, Mohammed Sadeek and Mohammed Rimaz. This match will help Mohammed Farman, DZCC's interim coach, and the selectors decide who will be the final specialist batsman - presuming that is the balance they opt for. will be given a chance to press his claim after Mohammed Ziyad did the job in the last match. Ziyad's useful batting could edge the stakes in his favour.

 The zahirians selectors will also be watching closely. There is a long season ahead and a pool of reserve talent will come in handy. At least one of will be appearing in Rasmi with a replacement needed for Mohammed Siraj at No. 1, while there is also a batting vacancy due to Mohammed Razeen's Vacation.

Tito and Roshan Ready for Action

Mohammed Roshan and Mohammed Saflin (Tito) both Middle order dubai Zahirians batsman's , has cleared there self to play against frico SC in the two-match limited overs series starting on last week in April 2011in Jafliya, there captain Mohammed Dasthakir has said.

A combination of fitness issues and the poor health with there vacation both players are out of the team for last seven weeks.But dasthakir indicated on the eve of the first match that both are was allowed to make up there own mind about participating in the series, and had chosen to stay."they decided he'll be staying with the team and they'll be part of this series," Dastha told Zahirians official page at the weekly meeting held last night.


As for the series, which forms an odd little postscript to unsuccessful last month campaigns for both sides, mohammed dasthakir refrained from any bold statements. "I don't think it will be easier for them, it will be always a hard game," he said of frico SC. "The two matches we're playing will be very competitive. I'm not putting any number, or whether we'll win any games or not.

Team no longer dependent on anyone - Dasthakir

When he came for his online briefing on Sunday afternoon, Mohammed Dasthakir wasn't sure that Zahirians were assured of a place in Dubai Lankan Lions Tournement in - April 2011.It's been a strange sort of March 2011 for Dubai Zahirians, with three consecutive wins against the lesser sides sandwiched by losses to Jumeirah X1 and Shiba Riders . But having avoided the potential banana skins, they will be dangerous opponents for anyone.

"We'll meet later and identify our best combination," said Dastha. "We all respect what Sanaz,Siraj,Razeen,Rikaz,Hillal and Arafath has done for the team in the recent past. they are our most experienced players." The past tournaments has yet to see a monumental effort from all these players, and dastha suggested it was a good sign that the team was no longer dependent on anyone. "Before, when sanaz or anyone got out, we used to crumble," he said. "That's not the case with the present crop. When they got out early against Rafals Dubai DC last Month, we still made good total in board. In the last game, young Ayub and Shadeek stepped up. I think it's a good thing that we've had contributions from different individuals."

What DuabiZahirians haven't done, however, is beat a top side in nearly two years. "Winning is a habit," said Dastha. "We're aware that we've come close recently. It's the key moments in games that we've let slip. But we have been creating opportunities to win."Hopefully I'll win one tournement we can keep table first again in UAE," he said with a smile.

"With time, we'll get back to winning matches. After the Rafals Hotel SC second game, I told them: 'We didn't get beaten. We gave the game away'. Everything we set out to do, we did. Rasmi went out and played the way he can. We then had Rikaz coming in and give us even more impetus. We were way ahead of the rate. All we had to do was bat through. We didn't apply enough thought."

Arafath doubt for Sharjah Tour

"substantial" fracture to Mohammed Arafath's finger, which threatens to rule him out of the Sharjah tour and few weeks ahead. It means Dubai Zahirians head home with various issues hanging over four of their squad with just four days remaining before they leave for the sharjah.including Sanaz,Roshan and Saflin(tito).

Arafath was ruled out of the final match of DZCC between Royal Ascot Hotel the series in Wonderland after X-rays revealed a fracture to the middle finger on his left hand, which he sustained in Adelaide but was only picked up more than a week later. He flew out of WLP as the last game unfolded and will see a specialist immediately on his return to the DZCC.It is expected that the results will be known by the time Mohammed Shemir, the Dubai zahirians team IT Supporter, sits down with the selectors on Saturday afternoon to discuss the injury situation and Dasthakir is bracing himself for the worst.

Dasthakir said,"He's got a broken finger, he's going to see a specialist tomorrow to decide what the best course of action is to remedy that situation," he said. "There's obviously a chance that he's not going to feature. They went for an X-ray and I think everyone was reasonably surprised to see it was quite a substantial fracture." "He is [important], particularly in those conditions as well, being able to clear the ropes in the manner that he does," Dastha said. "It's a big loss for us potentially. Hopefully there will be an opportunity for him to play. If he isn't available someone is going to have to fill those shoes."

However Sanaz added that he thought Mohammed Saflin, who has also flown home due to vacation, so Sanaz would be available for selection for Zahirians's opener, and is expecting everyone to feel refreshed when they tackle their next challenge in Sharjah. "Hopefully everyone's going to be raring to go for that comming game. Hopefully everyone's rested as well so that DZCC are ready to go."

Rikaz aims to be top scorer

Mohammed Rikaz the Dubai Zahirians Top Order batsman and all-rounder, has announced his intentions of top scoring in every match he plays during the upcomming summer sesson, which included on February 18, the dubai zahirians takes Sharjah Indians in Sharjah next friday.

"I want to score my first century at Sharjah in the next weeks i hope also i can do that," he told the Dubai Zahirians official page. "I will try to be the highest scorer in every match in the upcoming summer." one of Rikaz's two centuries have come at Wonderland, while his only away century was against Shiba Riders in Nad-al-Shiba on 2009.

After a successful first half of 2010, in which he scored an half century against JBS in WLP again. Zahirians had a team practice in WLP on thursday, and Rikaz said he was putting in long hours in the nets. "All of us are enjoying the sessions and the environment is also good. Now I am mentally relaxed and am practicing batting for a long time in the nets," Rikaz said. "You will have good or bad days but we are all prepared to give our best. If we all do well, the team will gain from the game."

"As Dubai zahirians will play the first match in Sharjah in the running year of 2011 with Sharjah Indians, we are trying to develop our performance," Rikaz said. "I hope we will achieve the right result for the club." Rikaz started his career as an opener, but has shifted down to the No. 3 spot in recent times. "Last one year I am playing at No. 3 and feeling comfortable in this position," he said. "I think those who are openers can suit themselves to any position." Rikaz averages just 16.72 in short format games he has played in as an opener, while at No. 3 his average is 31.57.

 ENCOUNTER 2011

Friday 11/02/2011 Held in Jumairah park

at 7.30 am onwards.

Battle Between

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DUBAI ZAHIRIANS

Roshan left out as Ayyub in again

Roshan Mufthikar the right-arm bowler and middle order batsman, is out of contention for the ahead summer after being diagnosed with the yearly vacation. roshan, who grabbed 17 Wickets at 29.59 for Dubai zahirians in Oct 2010 to Jan 2011, and Scores 160 Runs in 10 short format games with 21.03 batting avarage.now the time for rest for four upcomming weeks joins same with Saflin earliar this month.

Ayyub Padladka , another valuble all-rounder re-joins and replace Roshan after finish his vacation last january. however dubai zahirians squad for the event upcoming will be named next 2 days.Ayyub, 27, was taking 2 for 33 and scores 26 against shiba riders in December last week 2010, and he collected two wickets in the Big Match game earliar for DZCC in which he left practice sesson for his vacation.

Skipper Dasthakir said that, ''Obviously his workload over the past two years has been a lot higher - he's played for Zahirians, he's played some cricket in YBC (indian Club) as well - but he's been good considering the workload he's had,"  Roshan is hoping he can be join for the start of the March 2011, although that might be a little too ambitious. He was signed to Dubai Zahirians Srilankan Chempionship for team card.

Dubai Zahirians had announced their squad on Thursday, a day ahead of the series extended deadline for naming the 14. Mohammed Razeen, the former vice captain, and wicket keeper mohammed Arafath have also been left out of the probables. Mohammed Siraj, the wicketkeeping batsman who has been favour over the past few months, has been included.the promissing youngstar Shadeek will be there because for bowling options.

DZCC Possible : 1.Dasthakir, 2.Sanaz, 3.Siraj, 4.Rikaz, 5.Hillal, 6.Ayyub, 7.Shamil, 8.Ziyad, 9.Fayaz, 10.Rasmi, 11.Razmar,13.Nazir and 14.Shadeek.

Sand Storme Postponed Series Again

The confusion surrounding the one-day leg of Jet11' tour of Wonderland has ended with Dubai zahirians Cricket Board (DZCB) announcing that the two-match series has been postponed to late February 2011 because of the bad weather all across the Dubai. The decision, made after an understanding was reached by the boards and the media partners.

Mohammed Farman, DZCB's manager, told DZCC official page that the two boards were "looking at postponing the series yesterday [thursday]." He said the delay in the making the decision was because they decided to wait one more day to see if the weather would improve.

"The weather is beyond any of our control and the DZCB will now work with JET11 Cricket to ensure that the matches are rescheduled to a time when the weather is more favourable for cricket."

Sanaz confident of being ready for ahead

Mohammed Sanaz the dubai zahirians top order batsman, has taken the glass-half-full view of the injury lay-off that forced him to miss the last three short format games, believing he will benefit from the rest over the next year. sanaz suffered an abdominal strain on the fourth day in WLP and is still working his way back towards full fitness, but is confident of being ready for the start of the summer ahead.

Sanaz for official blog"I'm keen to play but I don't think it will happen. I've been unfortunate to miss the last three weeks but we have got a huge amount of cricket coming up so this little break might just help me fire on all cylinders for the summer comming ahead or so, "I'm desperate to get back playing, it's felt like a long three and a half weeks," he said. "I love playing cricket, that's what I do, so it's hard when you injured and don't get to try and improve yourself. I'm certainly looking forward to getting back playing and there's a lot of cricket coming up."

"I think the injuries are pretty minor so I don't think it will affect any balance to the DZCC squad or anything like that," he said, "but it's a little frustrating in this series to have lost as many players as we have. It's been hard to find the right balance that we'll go into the Summer with this you can't do anything about injuries and after a lot of cricket on this tour I think we've done well with the amount of injuries we've had."

Sanaz added that he thought Mohammed Saflin, who has also flown home due to vacation, so Sanaz would be available for selection for Zahirians's opener, and is expecting everyone to feel refreshed when they tackle their next challenge. "Hopefully everyone's going to be raring to go for that comming game. Hopefully everyone's rested as well so that we are ready to go."