Amenities Provided to Council Registered Players
The Dubai Cricket Council Season commences in September and close in July.
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The Special Privilege scheme is especially tailored for players to extend to them incentives of
both services and concessional rates available from participating retail business outlets.
- Personal Insurance cover - Players can enroll themselves in this very carefully designed
Insurance Plan, in which, the player is covered for accidental death and/or permanent disability
while playing matches in the Council's tournaments, including direct transit from and to the
designated playing field.
- Cricket Information Update - This is an in-house journal distributed free of cost for the
benefit of Council's team, players, members and affiliates.
- www.dubaicricket.org - Full access to the Council's Internet website is available and
involves active participation from players to contribute articles and information about
themselves at play.
- Dubai Cricket Council Cricket Round-up aired every Thursday on Radio Asia. The programme,
besides reporting both Team and Player performances, also interviews the best players of the
week, as selected by the Council.
- The Council awards cash prizes of Dirhams 11,000 under its programme - Shyam Bhatia Annual
Awards, to the best performers of the Season in addition to Dirhams 2,500 to the most
accomplished Umpires of the Season.
- 3 Annual Al Rawabi Academic Scholarships of Dirhams 6,000 each are awarded to the most
deserving student players selected by the Council.
- Coaching Scheme - The Council has adopted training schemes for youngsters at its complex,
which offers day and night playing facilities.
- To meet the International Cricket Council (ICC ) criteria, the Council
maintains permanent squad of players between the age group of 14 to 26
years under the banner of Herbal DCC Starlets who are UAE Nationals or
those players born in the United Arab Emirates.
- Umpires Conference and workshop - Under grant-in-aid from
Malik Group of Companies and in association with United Cricket board
of South Africa anual Umpires Conference is held for Umpires Conference is held
for the Umpires,Teams Management and Players conducted by Brian Basson,Director
of Umpiring and Playing Affairs (UCBSA).
- Visits of Overseas Teams - The Councils teams / players are given the opportunity
to match their talents with overseas visitors in programmes scheduled during the
Season by the Council regularly,tems from Australia,Bangladesh,England,India,
Pakistan,Sri Lanka etc., visit Dubai.
- Catering arrangements are available to teams/players at the Council's complex
in the Season
