Federally Administered Tribal Areas cricket team

Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Team information
Home ground Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot, Pakistan

The Federally Administered Tribal Areas cricket team (FATA) are a first-class cricket side who have competed in Pakistan domestic cricket since 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]

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.[11]

References

  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. 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. ↑ "Drafting done as Multan, Faisalabad to host National T20 Cup". The Nation. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
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