11TH JANUARY 2008
Assalamu Alaikum ya shabab
It has been long time gap that Kokan 11 – Jubail, Saudi Arabia played a competitive match. You can say this as beginning of new season for Kokan 11 with few of the past match winning players having left us and new players replacing them. We hope to continue our winning streak as we did last season.
Coming to the match which was played on 11-Jan-2008 at Shabani Ground on a wet but pleasant winter afternoon against Muzain. Winning the toss, Kokan 11 decided to bat first with Rashid Choudhary and Zameer Chougle opening the batting. Rashid Choudhary batted brilliantly scoring 18 runs of the very first over of the match but unluckily he was out early scoring 23 runs of just 11 balls. One down batsman Muzaffar Bachne did a splendid job and maintained the run rate of above 10 runs per over but he was caught in the deep for 34 runs made of just 17 balls. Zameer Chogle who kept one end going with his firm batting was unluckily run out for a well made 19 runs of 25 balls .Muzaffar Dhamaskar - 42 runs of 24 balls and Wasim Golandaz – 28 runs of 16 balls both remained not out and scored at a brisk pace which help us to score a total of 163 for loss of 3 wicket in the allotted 16 overs.
Chasing the target Muzain team kept losing wickets at regular intervals due which they were always behind the asking rate of 10 runs per over. Our bowlers bowled decently and managed to bowled them out for 121 runs with Zameer Chougle being the most successful bowler taking 3 wkts for 22 runs. Maroof Mitkar supported him by taking 2 wkts for 15. Nadim Pathan, Muzaffar Dhamaskar and Wasim Golandaz also took one wicket each.
It was very difficult to judge the Man-of-the-match since Muzaffar Dhamaskar scored 42 runs in just 24 balls and took one wicket. On the other hand, Zameer Chogle scored 19 runs and took 3 crucial wickets. Finally, it was decided to give them this award jointly for their all-round performance.
A satisfying performance and a good start to a long season ahead. We hope that we will keep up the good performance, Inshaallah.
Best regards,
Nadim Yunus Pathan
Photo 1 : Zameer Chougle < zeal812002@yahoo.co.in > and Muzaffar Dhamaskar < mdhamaskar@alissa-best.com >


Photo2 : Kokan-11 Cricket team posing for a photo after earlier win with a Pakistani Team.

19TH OCTOBER 2007
Assalamu Alaikum
After a long break of a month during Ramadan, Kokan-11 is back on the ground and played two friendly matches on 15-Oct-07 and 19-Oct-07.
Kokan-11 won the first match with Keral-11 on 15-Oct-07 by 7 wickets. While chasing target of 61 runs, Kokan-11 lost only 3 wickets and completed the score in just 7th over. Tausif Pathan was declared man of the match for his dashing 40 runs in just 17 balls (2 sixes and 5 fours).

Kokan-11 lost the second match with Jubail Strikers on 19-Oct-07 by 10 runs. Jubail Strikers scored total 149 runs in 16 overs. Zameer Chogle was the most successful bowler from Kokan-11 with 3 wickets for 27 in his 3 overs spell. Kokan-11 could make only 139 runs in 16 overs and lost 9 wickets (Aslam Chogle 39, Rashid Chowdhary 29, Muzaffar Dhamaskar 26, Muzaffar Bachne 18, Waseem Golandaz 18).

Well, thats all for this time and will update you the match status on next friday.
Regards,
Nadim Pathan

7TH SEPTEMBER 2007
The three match series against Al Suwaidi could not be completed as Al Suwaidi didn’t turn up to play the scheduled matches. Hence the series was abandoned.

As a result, on Friday – 07th Sept we played a 16 overs match against one of the stronger team of Jubail – Sahara-XI led by Adel Pasha.

Losing the toss we fielded first and started brilliantly when they got the opening batsmen (Khan) out on the very first ball of the match delivered by strike bowler Wasim Golandaz. As it has been throughout this summer our bowlers bowled brilliantly, though we could manage to take 5 wickets only, but did not gave much opportunity for their batsmen to score runs freely. Inspite of having one of the finest batting line up in Jubail, Sahara XI managed to score just 102 runs for the loss of 5 wkts in their allotted 16 overs. Maruf Mitkar was the pick of the bowlers as he took 3 wickets for 22 runs in his 3 overs

Chasing a target of 103 runs, both the opening batsmen Aslam Chogle and Tausif Pathan batted magnificently, managing to score runs freely they both put of a partnership of 51 runs for the first wicket when Tausif Pathan was out caught behind for a well made 26 runs off 19 balls. This was the only success Sahara XI got, as Aslam Chogle who remained not out on 44 runs scored of just 24 balls and Imtiaz Tambe who scored the winning runs by hitting a six remained not out on 29 runs (3 sixes) scored of just 15 balls. Our team reach the target of 102 in just 10.2 overs with a loss of only 1 wicket…….

Scores:
Sahara-XI : 102/5 in 16 overs
Kokan-XI : 106/1 in 10.2 overs
Kokan-XI Bowling Performance:
Wasim Golandaz : 3-22-1
Muzaffar Dhamaskar : 3-15-0
Imtiaz Tambe : 4-22-0
Maruf Mitkar : 3-21-3
Muzaffar Bachne : 3-22-1
Kokan-XI Bowling Performance:
Aslam chougle 44 (24) Not out
Tausif Pathan 26 (19)
Imtiyaz Tambe 29(15) Not out
Man of the match – Aslam Chogle

As Ramadhan is starting from Thursday (13 September), Team Kokan-XI will be taking a break and we will definitely try to keep on winning once we resume after Ramadhan.

Team Kokan take this opportunity to wish you every one a prosperous Ramadhan, May Allah bestow upon us all the glories of Ramadhan.. and fulfill every ones wishes… Amin..

With a request from all of us here for remembering us in your dua..

Ramadhan Mubarak
From
Team Kokan-XI, Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia

Man-of-the-match and captain Aslam Chougle (left) with Coach Ahmed Ghazalli (middle) & vice captain Muzaffar Dhamaskar (right).

After a well deserved break on August 17, 2007, Kokan 11 played first match of the three match series against Al Suwaidi on August 24, 2007 under the captaincy of Aslam Chogle, losing the toss Kokan 11 fielded first and as it has been throughout this summer our bowlers did an outstanding job, not allowing Al-Suwaidi batsmen to score freely, taking wickets at regular intervals and bowling them out well within the allotted 16 overs of their innings. Muzaffar Dhamaskar was the pick of our bowlers taking 3 wickets with an economy rate of 1.5 runs per over ( 6 runs in his quota of 4 overs), other bowlers also did a good job which is indicated below in the score card. Our bowling was well supported up by good fielding in the outfield with Tauseef Pathan taking 3 catches and Imtiaz Tambe taking a brilliant one. Al Suwaidi managed to score just 45 runs before getting all out in 13.4 overs.

With a required run rate of just 2.81 per over, Kokan 11 reach the target in just 6.2 overs with 5 wickets in hand with Mubin Bagdadi remaining not out on 17 runs and Rasheed Chowdhary scoring 12 runs.

Muzaffar Dhamaskar was named man of the match for his outstanding bowling performance.

Second match of the series is scheduled on August 31, 2007 and Inshallah we will try to keep up the good work.
Scores:
Al-Suwaidi 45/10 in 13.4
Kokan-11 48/5 in 6.2
Bowling:
Wasim Golandaz 2-1-7
Muzaffar Dhamaskar 4-3-6
Muzaffar Bachne 2-1-4
Maruf Mitkar 2-2-9
Imtiyaz Tambe 1-1-7
Aayaz Chhapekar 3.4-2-12
Batting:
Irfan Pathan 2 ( 4)
Maruf Mitkar 2 (4)
Mubeen Bagdadi 17 (14) – Not out
Rasheed Chowdhary 12 (9)
Aayaz Chhapekar 6 (5)
Imtiyaz Tambe 6 (5)
Wasim Golandaz 0 (0) – Not out
Best regards,
Nadim Yunus Pathan / Al-Jubail / Saudi Arabia

After winning three match series against Lanka-11, Kokan-11 played a match against Al-Suwaidi on Friday - August 10, 2007 and kept their winning record intact as they won the match by 6 wickets, losing the toss Kokan 11 had to field first. Our bowler did a brilliant job and at one stage had Al-Suwaidi 7 wickets down for just 36 runs on board, it was only due to a late charge by their batsman Jamal (40 runs) which enabled them to cross the 100 figure mark, they were ultimately bowled out for 102 runs in 15.3 overs . Every bowler contributed in taking wickets with Imtiaz Tambe being the pick of them taking 3 wickets for 23 runs in his allotted 4 overs.

Chasing a target of 103 in 16 overs, Kokan 11 made a good start with opening partnership of 51 runs between Aslam Chogle (36 runs of 34 balls)and Tausif Pathan (23 runs of 20 balls), Muzaffar Bachne scored 16 runs of just 7 balls, it was easy going for Team Kokan as they managed to reach the target with 3.1 overs to spare.

Aslam Chogle was declared the man of the match for his innings of 36 runs.

Scores:
Al-Suwaidi – 102/10 in 15.3 overs (Jamal 40 runs).
Kokan-11 – 103/4 in 12.5 overs.
Kokan-11 Bowling:
Wasim Golandaz 3.2 – 1 - 17
Muzaffar Bachne 4 – 2 - 26
Muzaffar Dhamaskar 4 – 3 - 36
Imtiyaz Tambe 4 – 3 – 23
Kokan-11 Batting:
Aslam Chogle 36 (34)
Tausif Pathan 23 (20)
Muzaffar Bachne 16 (7)
Muzaffar Dhamaskar 7 (4)
Imtiyaz Tambe 8(6) - Not out
Zameer Chogle 1(1) - Not out
Best regards,
Nadim Yunus Pathan / Al-Jubail / Saudi Arabia

I' am delighted to let you know that Kokan11 Cricket Team has won the first round match played on Shabani Ground on 23-Mar-2007 in a tournament arranged by Al-Jubail Cricket Association. Kokan11 had to take on Pak Fleet in the opening match. After winning toss, Kokan11 elected to bat first and in the limited 16 overs match scored a dissent total of 152 for loss of 5 wickets. Sufiyan Khatib scored 47 runs in just 26 balls. Hanif Poorkar – 27, Rashid Khan – 24 (not out), Muzaffar Dhamaskar – 18, Ayaz Chhapekar – 15, Aslam Chogle – 10 & Tausif Pathan 4 (not out) were the other batsmen to contribute. While chasing the target of 153 runs, Pak Fleet team ended up on 83 runs in 16 overs with loss of 9 wickets. The bowling attack of Kokan11 team was superb (Muzaffar Dhamaskar 3 for 18, Ayaz Chhapekar 2 for 14 & Anwar Pawne 2 for 13). Excellent fielding performance by Kokan11 added 2 wickets as Run-Out. Boys are really happy to start their first ever tournament (under Kokan11 Team) with such a great success and are committed to perform better in the upcoming league matches. Team Coach Mr. Ahmed Ghazali also showed satisfaction over the performance of the players and appreciated their hard work.
Sufiyan Khatib was declared Man of the Match for his excellent batting performance.

Hanif Poorkar arranged a 'Wada Pav' Party for the team in recognition of the win.

Best regards,
Nadim Pathan / Tel. 359-5017 / Cell # 0502814283

First row (from left) : Yasir Dabir, Aayaz Chhapekar (founder of the team), Aslam Chogle (Captain), Muzaffar Dhamaskar, Razeel Damad, Anwar Pawne
Second row (from left) : Ashfak Shete, Muzammil Shingre, Hanif Khan, Hanif Poorkar, Isak Sayyad, Sufyan Khatib, Nissar Parkar & Nadim Pathan
Third row : Sayyad Yazdani

Photo 1 : Aslam Chogle (Captain of Kokan11 Cricket Team)
Mobile: +966507628465, Email : yoursaslam@yahoo. com

Photo 2 : Muzaffar Dhamaskar (Man of the Match)
Mobile: +966502415212, Email : muzaffara@sabic. com

Photo 3 : Anwar Pawne (Superb Bowling Performance)
Mobile: +966507377831