Mohammed Roshan back for RSS tour

Zahirians squad
Dasthakir (C), Shamil (WK), Siraj, Izzath, Shuhaib, Ayyub, Hillal, Anis ul Rahman, Malinga, Madhu, Rimaz and Rafeek.

Top-order all rounder Mohammed Roshan has made a comeback to the Dubai Zahirians squad for their upcoming tour of RSS. Mohammed Nasmi, mohammed Shadeek and Mohammed Rikaz are missed out since they was ineligible for selection, after declining a domestic contract in favour of playing grade cricket in Dubai. There were no other surprises in the 12-member side that will be assistent led by Mohammed Shamil.

 Mohammed Roshan played the last of his 68th short format game in December 2011 before being dropped from the side. He has had a good run of form for the zahirians in domestic cricket, which helped him force his way back into the squad. "Roshan has earned a recall into the squad as he has done very well in the last copule of domestic competitions and is one of the few batsmen who has been consistent," Mohammed Farman, convener of selectors, said. "He is an experienced and aggressive player."

Zahirians Cricket's eligibility policy for selection provides for exceptions in the case of one-off tournaments out side from home., such as the one given to Haithar and Faris for his out side assignments, unlike Imran, declined a contract, which ruled him out of contention.

the new commers Madhu, Malinga and Rafeek finds a place in the side, but will make way for Mohammed shuhaib and Anis ul Rahman ahead of the limited-overs leg of the tour. The series will comprise a one-off short format 12 overs game starting January 20th,

DZCC's spirit is good in 2012

 Mohammed Shamil ,29 top order batsman of dubai zahirians.He is a beleaguered batsman of a beleaguered unit."I think the spirit in the team has been actually pretty good. It's been very good. Everyone has been keen. The enthusiasm to practise … just the overall energy around the squad has been really good. Obviously, it's a great with the results of starting 2012 we have had so far. And yeah, we'd like to do better. and, overall, in terms of the spirit, it's been pretty good."

. "I was really disappointed to play the shot I did on 48 in last game. It still gives me nightmares sometimes. It's always nice to come and play in these conditions. It's like an home team coming and playing on a rank turner in Dubai, and winning a match in the starting of the year. We would like to do the same thing again in this all year."

Zahirians skipper Mohammed Dasthakir said Shamil needed to focus on prolonging his career. "I still believe Shamil has much to contribute both in terms of playing and batting input - you simply can't replace that quality and experience in place of sanas he has," said Dastha. "I'd like for him to concentrate now on getting back to full fitness, playing and enjoying his cricket for as long as he can. He's been a colossus for Zahirians cricket."

 Mohammed Shamil is keen to continue in a senior role for dubai Zahirians. "I enjoy the extra responsibility and it takes your involvement to a new dimension as you're always thinking of the next move," said Shamil, who has scored 433 short format runs at 33.20 in last 12 games. "I've been fortunate to play under both Dastha and Sanaz's captaincy during my one year in the squad. It's been a golden age for Zahirians cricket with some memorable wins. I'm close friend with Siraj and I'm confident we'll forge an excellent partnership."

Rafeek, Madhu and Malinga to Debut

Mohammad Rafeek, Madhu and Malinga's UAE domestic career has been revived after they was added to DZCC's 16-man squad against RSSC tour to Al-Quses, following the team management's request for an extra fast bowlers and middle order batsmans. According to the DZCC Cricket Board, those three was recalled after the need for additional support to a bowling contingent comprising Mohammed Hillal, Mohammad Izzath, Mohammad shuhaib and Anis ul Rahman was raised.

"I am very happy and am confident of making the most of this chance to resurrect my career," said Madhu, who returned to DZCC's domestic fold after cutting ties with the now defunct SRL domestic.Malinga, 27, played the last of his 33, largely unfulfilling game in December 2011 against Jumeirah riders after he had drifted to the sidelines of DZCC's short format attack. Those three games in WLP yielded just four wickets and he was again discarded to return to the domestic circuit. But he has picked up 19 wickets so far this season while captaining Srilankan local tour , with one five-wicket bag.There are other fast bowlers with better returns for the current first-class season, such as young Mohammad Shuhaib, and those who have played limited-overs cricket for DZCC this year, like Ayyub padladka.

But Rafeek's experience of playing UAE cricket, and two games in Daith, appeared to have worked in his favour. Rafeek has taken 31 wickets in 24 short format macthes.Apart from two games, DZCC will play one ten and a fifteen over on the tour in middle of this month in AL-Quses. With him the allrounder Anis Ul Rahman also recalled for squad.it seens this these recalls maybe going to boost DZCC's power with RSS SC.

Zahirians on Top Gear in 2012

An insipid performance from Zahirians's bowlers and batsmans in the 1st series on the year 2012 against Lankans SC Srilanka last friday in Jafliya Secure Zahirians 2-0 win the two games series. Schedule and Bulletin please Click Here

After winning the toss in 1st match DZCC put LANKANS to bat first, The slow pitch and the design of the pitch, with its short square-boundaries, dictated the style of play. The new ball and seamers controlled well indeed to LANKANS in 12 overs just 77/6. Hillal's 3 wickets over was higlight for one run removing three top order batsmans in forth over of the game.in the chase shamil made his name again in dubai zahirians how he important in team card.scored 48 in just 26 balls.

In second Match DZCC pulled to bat first with Blasting start and power pack top order batsmans Izzath, Siraj, hillal, Shamil and dasthakir indeed new ball users of LANKANS not in good controlled  39 in first two overs. after Dasthakir, Shuhaib and Ayyub able to make a good accelarate and put 163/5 in just 10 overs.and this is the highest total score for zahirians in 10 overs short format games ever.the LANKANS openers started sloppy slow start and the opening bowling pair Izzath and Hillal for DZCC did some good jobs for controlled the lankans from big hits even sigles are difficale to made on the time.end of the day its not enough to won the sigle match or series for LANKANS SC.

Match - 01
Results

LANKANS SC 77/6 (12 overs)
Dubai Zahirians   79/3 (6.1 overs)
Dubai Zahirians Won by 7 Wickets.

Match - 02
Results

Dubai Zahirians 163/5 (10 overs)
Lankans SC        76/8 (10 overs)
Dubai Zahirians Won by 87 Runs.


Series won 2-0 by Dubai Zahirians

Freshers on Fresh Year 2012

Match facts
January 6, Jafliya - Dubai
Start time 07:30 (10:30 GMT)

The Big Picture

Dubai Zahirians haven't won their previous two home series, but a failure to close out this one will cause the most criticism. While the other contests were against teams near the top of the rankings, this one is against a side that was struggling to find its feet in UAE cricket. A series that was expected to be all one-way traffic is now level at both teams view, with DZCC having already achieved their pre-tour ambition of winning a Series in out side the home.

After basking in one of their greatest victories, Zahirians have now scaled up their goal to a series win in Jafliya against Lankans SC. The last success came about through significant contributions from many of their players - Mohammed Hillal and Mohammed Izzath making good contribution.That's something they need to repeat in Jafliya if they are to pose a challenge to Lankans Sc, who remain favourites despite the Jafliya's debacle.

Form guide
(Most recent first)
LANKANS SC  W L L
ZAHIRIANS SC W L W 

Watch out for...
Anis ul Rahman the skipper of Al-Tayer Motors profesional cricket player joins with Dubai Zahirians in this 2012. standing with his record of 36.61 batting avarege and 26.33 bowling econ.the Right handing medium fast bowler can be effective on his debut.and in place of roshan he got his team card return in copule of days a go.

Mohammed Shuhaib the Akurana youth all rounder currently among the runs, has been picked for Dubai zahirians Boxing Day short format team.Izzath has been in excellent form in recent weeks. His inclusion is in recognition of his consistently good performances and we anticipate that he can provide steadiness at the top of the order.

DZCC Zahirians (probable) : 1.Dasthakir (C), 2.Siraj (WK), 3.Anis ul Rahman, 4.Rimaz, 5.Hillal, 6.Ayyub, 7.Shuhaib 8.Izzath, 9.Shamil, 10.Nasmi, 11.Imran

"If we can win the series, it will be a great achievement as a team. We believe we can perform in any conditions and it would be a big achievement for Dubai Zahirians if we win."
Mohammed Dasthakir looks forward to making history, again

Shamil, Shuhaib and Roshan are in Team

Mohammed Shuhaib, the Akurana youth all rounder currently among the runs, has been picked for Dubai zahirians Boxing Day short format team to face India XI and will be joined in the top three by Mohammed Shamil provided the former dubai zahirian can prove his fitness.


Mohammed Roshan has also earned a recall, the selectors seeking an experienced head to help a young bowling attack battle India's XI batsmen at the WLP on coming Friday.Shamil and Shuhaib replaced Mohammed rikaz and mohammed ziyad from the XI that was beaten by jet 11 in nad-al-Shiba, with mohammed Shanaz and mohammed Fayaz unable to be chosen due to continued fitness complaints.sanaz aggravated a calf problem on day one of the team's batting camp in jumeirah.


mohammed Farman, the DZCB selector, said mohammed shamil would open the batting, with Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Izzath to vie for one spot and Ayyub Padladka and Mohammed dasthakir the skipper other."Izzath has been in wonderful form, and the intention is that he will open the batting with mohammed Siraj," Inverarity said. "Of the XI that will line up on December 23, it will either be Hillal or Roshan."It is likely if Shamil plays that he'll be batting at No. 3, if Hillal plays then he'd be at No. 6 and the batting line-up would be re-arranged accordingly, and then it would seem likely that one of Mohammed Rimaz and mohammed Shadeek would be 12th man. That's the anticipated balance of the side but we'll have to wait on weather and pitch conditions and final form and fitness."


"Izzath has been in excellent form in recent weeks. His inclusion is in recognition of his consistently good performances and we anticipate that he can provide steadiness at the top of the order. Mohammed Hillal has regained form this season and he provides a strong and reliable bowling option.


DZCC Zahirians (probable) : 1.Dasthakir (C), 2.Siraj (WK), 3.Izzath, 4.Rimaz, 5.Hillal, 6.Ayyub, 7.Shamil 8.Shuhaib, 9.Roshan, 10.Imran, 11.Saflin, 12.Shadeek

UAE tracks are likely to favour batsmen in winter

The first 12 overs between India's XI CC and Dubai Zahirians CC will be played "on a good pitch  in WLP that will two days," Vijay Sharma, the WLP's groundsman, told DZCC official page. With the series level at last year with same team, beginning on December 23rd, will be the decider in the one-match series.

Dubai's traditionally boasts a flat wickets that is batsman-friendly. It has the highest average score, 137.6 in 10 overs short format games, for any ground in the country that has hosted more than one series. That's close to 24 runs greater than the average score at next-highest run-scoring ground in Abu Dhabi and Market ground in Sharjah. sharma said the trend is set to continue. "The pitch won't change too much from previous year." It will come as welcome news to the batsmen from both camps, who have had a tough time adjusting to the conditions in the previous game between these two teams.

Both the wonderland park and Jumeirah tracks were lively surfaces that favoured the bowlers initially. The track at Jafliya flattened as the sun came out and became excellent for batting. The surface at Nad al shiba also became better for batting as the match wore on but there was something in it for the bowlers throughout. The conditions in Dubai will be vastly different in Winter more then Summer.

"I would love to get the same bounce as grounds like Zabeel Park and the Dhaid," Ziyad the zahirians fast bowler said. "The type of bounce we get is different; it's more of a tennis-ball bounce." Flint said his ground offered more of a traditional Srilankan wicket that was good for batting, particularly on days two and three and turned in favour of the pace bowlers.

Sharma recognised that WLP generally "want to get pace and bounce" out of their pitches at home and said he was aware of the home team's desire to exploit their own conditions. "I would like to create a surface that Zahirians can get a good result on, but I've just got to do the best I can, and hopefully Dubai Zahirians can play to their strengths." 

Izzath replaces Imtiyas for Madrasi tour in WLP

Mohammed Izzath, the river bank SC fast bowler, has been named as Mohammed Imtiyas's replacement in Madrasi tour squad for their tour of WLP 2011. Mohammed Rikaz, the DZCC allrounder, has been picked for the short format against Madras club, marking his return to the domestic setup after more than seven months.

 After razeen was ruled out of the tour with a immidiate leave starts yesterday, the selectors had to add another seamer to the 12-man squad for WLP and the place was expected to go to either one of  Izzath, Ayyub Padladka or Mohammed farhan the new commer. Izzath got that spot, but a place in the short format squad was vacated because  is departing of Razeen and imtiyas. Fayas's performances in the ongoing domestic season have been rewarded with that spot for the final selections.

Izzath has got chance as debut, but drew attention because of his performance in this season's GPL Trophy, in which he is the leading wicket-taker in the Dole division, having taken 13 wickets in three games. Izzath joins Mohammed rikaz, Mohammed Ziyad and Mohammed Hillal in DZCC's pace department for the tour, with Mohammed Rimaz selected provisionally, subject to him proving his fitness before the squad's departure. Seven of the players from the squad - Mohammed Siraj, Sanaz mohammed, mohammed Saflin, Mohammed Fayaz, Mohammed Dasthakir and Mohammed nazeer are added on batting and all rounding hands, on December 8, to prepare for the series. The first game is that starts on December 09, while second one following week.

Squad : Mohammed Dasthakir (C), Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Hillal, Mohammed Rikaz, Mohammed Izzath, Ayyub Padladka, Mohammed Shadeek, Mohammed Fayas, Mohammed Ziyad, Mohammed Sanaz, mohammed Rimaz, Mohammed Farhan and Mohammed Nazeer. 

High hopes for Zahirians's back

Winter here in dubai finished rush summer 2011.......
Zahirians have targeted a place at the Jumeirah Series in Jumeirah-Dubai next month, and batsman Mohammad Imtiyas former queenslander believes the blooding of new talent during Srilanka's domestic GPL-2011 tournament stands the team in good stead.

"We are preparing for the Jumerah series next month and for a series of matches in the United Arab Emirates, so it was very good to come here and play," said Imtiyas, who was stand-in captain at the GPL-2011, with Regular captain Mohammed Dasthakir and by the way several senior players having missed the trip in order to prepare for next month's matches in the dubai.including Razeen, Arafath and Rasmi.

"We brought some youngsters here while the seniors were in the UAE, so we have a good back-up and youngsters get the chance to learn something, and I am happy that they learnt a lot," said Ayyub Padladka.

Skipper added that he hoped new team would continue the progress set in motion by former players. "We learnt a lot from them last few years and now we have former plenty of senior players well, so we hope they carries on the good work," said Rikaz.

In order for Dubai Zahirians to make a second appearance at the Jumeirah Series in Dubai next November, they will have to finish in the top two in the last year, scheduled in the dubai from November 13-24, 2011.     

Siraj aims to prove himself

Mohammed Siraj the dubai zahirians wicket keeping batsman, is back in the squad after injuries ruled Mohammed Sanaz and Mohammed Ramzan out of the team card of the upcomming tours, and is hoping that this latest opportunity will give him the chance to establish himself in the squad."It feels good to be picked again," the 26-year-old Siraj told the Zahirians official page after a practice stint on Saturday. "I did expect to go to Nad-Al-Shiba but ... I am hoping to get a chance and prove myself again soon, like I did on my last tour in Jumeirah."

he was lucky to have received good advice from a number of people who told him to concentrate on playing for the love of the game rather than obsess over not playing for Zahira College. In particular, he gave credit to Sanaz, the DZCC opening batsman and former skipper over the past two seasons, according to the page,"Initially I felt sad and at the net sessions that followed I did lose some concentration, focus and so on. Fortunately for me, a lot of people spoke to me and advised me well. Everyone encouraged me, told me I am a good batsman.

"But the best advice I got was when I was told that when I started playing cricket I did so as I loved the game. At that point I wasn't thinking of playing for Zahira and so why think about it now, I was asked. That set me thinking and slowly I regained my confidence and got back to normal.""That was something I found it tough to deal with initially but slowly got used to that as well and started to enjoy my batting once again."