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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) talent hunt programme team in collaboration with Pakistan Army will visit North Waziristan Agency on Saturday for trials of youth of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) at Younas Khan Cricket Ground Miranshah.

National Cricket Academy (NCA) Mushtaq Ahmed along with leg-spinners Shadab Khan and Yasir Shah and General Manager NCA Ali Zia would be part of the team coming for trails.

The team will take trials and selected players will be part of PCB skill development camp under auspices of NCA.

This will help youth of FATA to showcase their talent and represent at the national level at par with other sportsmen from across the country.

According to reports, Pakistan Army will provide all support including security for the purpose.

NCA Head coach said, “We went their last year to play an exhibition match their with foreign media persons.”

“That was a very positive message for world that Pakistan is safe place to play cricket. It was a no go area, but due to the initiative of Pakistan Army, we went there and play the game at the venue was amazing,” said the coach.

“This time we are going there for trails, lets’ see the talent.”


A special match between a Pakistan XI team and UK Media XI at Miranshah in September last year created a history.

That match was a testimony of defeating terrorist’s narratives. The holding of Pakistan Super League third edition’s final in Karachi has also proved that normalcy has returned to city of lights and the fear is fading away.

https://www.brecorder.com/2018/04/0...o-find-new-wasim-imran-and-inzamam-from-fata/
 
It's the very least they could do. We need to invest longterm in the region sport related and otherwise as well.
 
Good to see Shadab and Yasir going out there as well. Huge win for Pakistan if more cricketers can be discovered from there
 
PESHAWAR: A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) talent hunt programme team in collaboration with Pakistan Army will visit North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on Saturday to hold trials of youngsters.

The trials will be held at the Younis Khan Cricket ground in Miramshah. The team conducting the trials comprises Mushtaq Ahmed, National Cricket Academy’s head coach and former Test leg-spinner, Pakistan’s young leg-spinners Shadab Khan, Yasir Shah and NCA general manager Ali Zia.

After the trials the selected players will be included in PCB’s skill development camp.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1399983/pcb-talent-hunt-trials-in-nwa-today
 
These talent hunts have not produced anything. I am sure there is a lot of talent in the region, step forward the next boom boom!
 
These talent hunt programs are pointless. FATA region has the most corrupt individuals one could imagine.

What PCB should do is hire competent individual that actually wants to promote youngsters and teams and not sell the kit bags that are sent to them by the PCB. Heck, they even sell the cricket balls that are sent to them and am not even kidding.
 
Is Shadab Khan the right person to talent spot?

Surely someone like Abdul Qadir should be involved in this sort of thing.
 
Is Shadab Khan the right person to talent spot?

Surely someone like Abdul Qadir should be involved in this sort of thing.

True about Shadab but i think PCB is helpless in this regard.
Qadir has been very critical of board for wrong reasons and that's the problem with almost all former players.
 
These sorts of things are more about promoting cricket than actually looking for talent.

Shadab and co. will go and take some selfies with the young people there and interest in cricket in those areas will grow.

Good initiative.

These hunts do not replace a proper domestic structure where players are made though.
 
These talent hunts don't yield anything, unfortunately.

How can you judge talent by having someone bowl a couple of deliveries or batsmen bat for a couple of balls.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is another indicator of peace. Normalcy returning. The vibrant youth of NWA going through PCB talent hunt program. Soon in other agencies as well IA.<br>Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealPCB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheRealPCB</a> talent hunt team for affording a deserving opportunity to FATA Youth; the real future. <a href="https://t.co/WC1NCk6XIG">pic.twitter.com/WC1NCk6XIG</a></p>— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/OfficialDGISPR/status/982627249408135168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Is Shadab Khan the right person to talent spot?

Surely someone like Abdul Qadir should be involved in this sort of thing.

Because Qadir lost his credibility by shamelessly defending useless Umar Akmal
 
Because Qadir lost his credibility by shamelessly defending useless Umar Akmal

That does not stop him from being a world-class leg-spinner and very good advisor for leg-spinners.
 
Can anyone name cricketers from "talent hunt" programs, who have gone to take one 3 for in a Test/ODI or a scored a 50 with bat?
 
really awesome looking at your number 1 test bowler with a physique of a 50 year old.. cant even fit in the T-shirt he is wearing.
 
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