PESHAWAR, Nov 23: Director National Cricket Academy Musaddar Nazar has announced the names of the 26 probables from FATA after holding three-day trials in the open age ground at Kohat and Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium respectively.

Regional Development Manager of PCB, Anwar Zeb Jan said on Thursday that Mudassar Nazar, Manzoor Rana, Zafar Sarfaraz, Safiullah and Nisar Ahmed Khan, coordinator for FATA Cricket conducted the trials in both Kohat and Peshawar.

He said players from all the tribal agencies took part in the trials in Kohat where players from North and South Waziristan, Kurram Agency, FRs Bannu, Kohat and DI Khan and Orakzai Agency took part while in Peshawar players from Khyber Agency, Mohmand Agency, Bajaur Agency, Malakand Agency appeared for the trials.

The selection committee has named the following players for the camp to be setup at Kohat from Saturday.

Mohammad Changez, Naveedullah, Muhammad Farooq, Mohammad Ishaq, Khurshid (FR Kohat), Najeebullah, Qadir Khan, Abdul Samad, Tariq Afridi, Said Hussain, Fawad Afridi, Sabyar Afridi, Mohammad Ishaq, Farooq Ahmed (Khyber Agency), Wajid Khan (FR Peshawar), Ashraf Khan (South Waziristan Agency), Hussain Ahmed (North Waziristan Agency), Gohar Ali (FR Bannu), Shoaib Khan, Kabir Mohammad, Baitullah, Mohammad Younis (Aurakzai Agency), Saleh Mohammad, Shahab Khan (Kurram Agency), Rizwan Ahmed (Northern Areas) and Mohd Luqman (Bajaur Agency).—APP

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