Pakistan A cricket team

The Pakistan A cricket team, or Pakistan Shaheens,^[1] is a national cricket team representing Pakistan. It is the second-tier of international Pakistan cricket, below the full Pakistan national cricket team. Matches played by Pakistan A are not considered to be Test matches or One Day Internationals, receiving first-class and List A classification respectively. Pakistan A played their first match in August 1964, a three-day first-class contest against Ceylon Board President's XI.

Pakistan A cricket team

Pakistan Shaheens Crest
Nickname(s)	Pakistan Shaheens
Personnel
Test captain	Saud Shakeel
One Day captain	Khawaja Nafay
T20I captain	Irfan Khan Niazi
Team information
City	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Founded	1964; 61 years ago (1964)
History
First-class debut	Ceylon Board President's XI in 21 August 1964 at Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Borella, Colombo
Official website	Official Website

Pakistan A have played a number of series, both home and away, against other national A teams, and competed against other first-class opposition. Their first tour was to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1964–65. Pakistan A did not play another match until the 1991 season when they again toured Sri Lanka, a series against England A the previous season having been cancelled due to the Gulf War.^[2]

Current squad

International cap players are marked as Bold. This is the list of players who represented Pakistan A in First-class and List A matches in the past 12 months.

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Domestic team	Forms	Note
Batsmen
Zain Khan	22	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Peshawar	FC, LA
Haseeb Khan	21	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	FATA	FC, LA
Maaz Sadaqat	20	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Peshawar	t20, LA
Moshin Qamar	18	Right-handed	Right arm off spin	Lahore Qalandars	FC, LA	First-class Captain
Khawaja Nafay	23	Right-handed	Right-arn Off break	Quetta Gladiators	FC, LA
Yasir Khan	23	Right-handed	Right arm off spin	Multan Sultans	FC, LA
Ali Asfand	20	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Faisalabad	FC, LA
All-rounders
Sairjuddin	23	Right-handed	Right arm off spin	Karachi Kings	FC, LA
Muhammad Awais Anwar	21	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Rawalpindi	FC, LA
Aimal Khan	20	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Peshawar Zalmi	FC, LA
Aftab Ibrahim	21	Right-handed	Right arm off spin	Multan Sultans	FC, LA
Wicket-keepers
Ghazi Ghouri	22	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Islamabad United	FC, LA
Saad Baig	19	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Karachi Kings	FC, LA
Spin bowlers
Ali Raza	17	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Sialkot cricket team	FC, LA
Pace bowlers
Mohammad Zeeshan	19	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Peshawar Zalmi	FC, LA
Mohammad Amir Khan	23	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Peshawar cricket team	FC, LA
Mohammad Imran	24	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Peshawar cricket team	FC, LA
Hunain Shah	21	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Quetta Gladiators	FC, LA
Ubaid Shah	19	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Islamabad United	FC, LA
Munir Riaz	23	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	Free agent	FC, LA

Updated as on 27 May 2023

Honours

ACC

• ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup:
  • Champions (2): 2019, 2023
  • Runners-up (2): 2013, 2017

See also

• Pakistan cricket team
• Pakistan Under-19 cricket team