Federally Administered Tribal Areas cricket team

Cricket team

Not to be confused with Federal Areas cricket team.

Federally Administered Tribal AreasPersonnel

Captain| Salman Ali Agha
Coach| Riaz Afridi
Owner| Pakistan Cricket Board
Team information
Founded| 2023; 2 years ago (2023) (refounded)
Home ground| Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot, Pakistan

The Federally Administered Tribal Areas cricket team (FATA) is a first-class cricket side represents Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan. They first competed domestic cricket in Pakistan in the 2015–16 season. FATA entered the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy through a qualifying round.[1] In their first ever first-class match, they drew with Habib Bank Limited cricket team in the 2015–16 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[2][3] They won their first match in round 6 of the same edition of the tournament, when they defeated Rawalpindi by four wickets.[4][5][6]

In August 2016 they took part in Pakistan's domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament, the 2016–17 National T20 Cup.[7] In their first match, they beat Rawalpindi by 15 runs.[8] In November 2017, they reached the semi-finals of the 2017–18 National T20 Cup,[9] but lost to Lahore Blues by 10 runs.[10]

## Current Squad

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Players with international caps are listed in bold. List of players to have played for the First XI in First Class Cricket in the 2023-24 Season[11]

Name  | Birth date  | Batting style  | Bowling style  | Notes

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Batsmen
Azaz Khan  | 24 February 1999 (age 24)  | Right-handed  | Right-arm off spin |
Haseeb Khan  | 21 April 2004 (age 19)  | Right-handed  | Right-arm leg spin |
Khushdil Shah | 7 February 1995 (age 28)  | Left-handed  | Slow left-arm orthodox |
Mohammad Farooq  | 4 March 2004 (age 19)  | Right-handed  |  |
Nisar Afridi | 20 October 1999 (age 24)  | Left-handed  | Right-arm off spin |
Mohammad Usman  | 2 January 1994 (age 29)  | Right-handed  |  |
Mohammad Wasim Khan  | 25 October 1997 (age 25)  | Left-handed  |  |
Sahil Yousaf  | 10 October 1999 (age 24)  | Right-handed  | Right-arm leg spin |
Samiullah  | 25 March 2004 (age 19)  | Right-handed  | Right-arm medium |
All-Rounders
Asif Afridi | 25 December 1986 (age 36)  | Left-handed  | Slow left-arm orthodox |
Asif Ali | 13 April 1989 (age 34)  | Left-handed  | Slow left-arm orthodox |
Kashif Noor  | 10 October 2002 (age 21)  | Right-handed  | Right-arm off spin |
Mohammad Sarwar | 20 January 1995 (age 28)  | Right-handed  | Right-arm fast-medium |
Wicket-keepers
Rehan Afridi | 10 May 1992 (age 31)  | Right-handed  |  |
Salman Khan  | 15 January 2001 (age 22)  | Right-handed  | Right-arm leg spin |
Spin Bowlers
Mohammad Irfan Khan  | 1 August 1989 (age 34)  | Right-handed  | Right-arm leg spin |
Pace Bowlers
Aimal Khan  | 17 October 2004 (age 19)  | Right-handed  | Right-arm medium |
Akif Javed | 10 October 2000 (age 23)  | Right-handed  | Left-arm medium-fast |
Arshadullah  | 5 February 1999 (age 24)  | Left-handed  | Left-arm medium |
Irfanullah Shah | 5 May 1995 (age 28)  | Right-handed  | Right-arm medium-fast |
Sameen Gul | 4 February 1999 (age 24  | Right-handed  | Right-arm medium |
Shahid Aziz  | 23 March 2003 (age 20)  | Right-handed  | Right-arm medium |
Zeeshan Ahmed  | 1 January 2000 (age 23)  |  |  |

## References

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1. ^ "FATA make it to Pakistan's first-class tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
2. ^ "Amir's return, and a first-class debut for FATA". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
3. ^ "Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pool B: Federally Administered Tribal Areas v Habib Bank Limited at Sialkot, Oct 26-29, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
4. ^ "Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pool B: Rawalpindi v Federally Administered Tribal Areas at Rawalpindi, Nov 30-Dec 2, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
5. ^ "Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
6. ^ "FATA's first ever win, and another Butt-Asif controversy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
7. ^ "Match Report - 3rd Match: Rawalpindi Region v FATA Region, Cool & Cool Present Jazz National T20 Cup 2016". Pakistan Cricket Board. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
8. ^ "National T20 Cup, Federally Administered Tribal Areas v Rawalpindi at Rawalpindi, Aug 26, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
9. ^ "Kamran Akmal, Butt blitz record opening stand in Lahore win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
10. ^ "2nd Semi-Final (D/N), National T20 Cup at Rawalpindi, Nov 29 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
11. ^ "Team FATA Region TEST Batting Bowling Stats | Live Cricket Scores | PCB". www.pcb.com.pk. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

## External links

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* Federally Administered Tribal Areas at CricketArchive
* Federally Administered Tribal Areas at Cricinfo

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