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.

Published in Dawn, April 7th, 2018

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