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. In their first ever first-class match, they drew with Habib Bank Limited cricket team in the 2015–16 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. They won their first match in round 6 of the same edition of the tournament, when they defeated Rawalpindi by four wickets.
In August 2016 they took part in Pakistan's domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament, the 2016–17 National T20 Cup. In their first match, they beat Rawalpindi by 15 runs. In November 2017, they reached the semi-finals of the 2017–18 National T20 Cup, but lost to Lahore Blues by 10 runs.
Current squad The following played for the First XI in First Class Cricket in the 2023-24 season. Players with international caps are listed in bold. +NameBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotesBatsmenAzaz Khan24 February 1999 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm off spinHaseeb Khan21 April 2004 (age 19)Right-handedRight-arm leg spinKhushdil Shah7 February 1995 (age 28)Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxMohammad Farooq4 March 2004 (age 19)Right-handedNisar Afridi20 October 1999 (age 24)Left-handedRight-arm off spinMohammad Usman2 January 1994 (age 29)Right-handedMohammad Wasim Khan25 October 1997 (age 25)Left-handedSahil Yousaf10 October 1999 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm leg spinSamiullah25 March 2004 (age 19)Right-handedRight-arm mediumAll-RoundersAsif Afridi25 December 1986 (age 36)Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxAsif Ali13 April 1989 (age 34)Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxKashif Noor10 October 2002 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm off spinMohammad Sarwar20 January 1995 (age 28)Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumWicket-keepersRehan Afridi10 May 1992 (age 31)Right-handedSalman Khan15 January 2001 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm leg spinSpin BowlersMohammad Irfan Khan1 August 1989 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm leg spinPace BowlersAimal Khan17 October 2004 (age 19)Right-handedRight-arm mediumAkif Javed10 October 2000 (age 23)Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fastArshadullah5 February 1999 (age 24)Left-handedLeft-arm mediumIrfanullah Shah5 May 1995 (age 28)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastSameen Gul4 February 1999 (age 24Right-handedRight-arm mediumShahid Aziz23 March 2003 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm mediumZeeshan Ahmed1 January 2000 (age 23)
References
External links Federally Administered Tribal Areas at CricketArchive Federally Administered Tribal Areas at Cricinfo