Pakistan A cricket team explained

Pakistan A
Nickname:	Pakistan Shaheens
Captain:	Mohammad Haris
Coach:	Aizaz Cheema^[1]
Founded:	1964
Last Match:	-->
Home Venue:	-->
First Fc:	Ceylon Board President's XI
First Fc Year:	21 August 1964
First Fc Venue:	Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Borella, Colombo
Website:	Official Website

The Pakistan A cricket team, or Pakistan Shaheens,^[2] 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 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.^[3]

Coaching staff

• Head coach & Batting coach: Aizaz Cheema
• Fielding coach: Junaid Khan
• Fast Bowling Coach: Umar Gul
• Spin Bowling Coach: Sohail Khan
• Physiotherapist:
• Strength & Conditioning Coach:
• Performance Analyst:
• Massuer:

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
		Right-handed			FC, LA
Abbas Ali		Right-handed			FC, LA
Maaz Sadaqat		Right-handed			t20, LA
Mohammad Taha		Right-handed			FC, LA	First-class Captain
		Right-handed			FC, LA
Abdullah Shafique		Right-handed			FC, LA
Ali Asfand		Right-handed		Central Punjab	FC, LA
All-rounders
		Right-handed			FC, LA
Muhammad Awais Anwar		Left-handed			FC, LA
		Right-handed			FC, LA
Abbas Afridi		Right-handed			FC, LA
Wicket-keepers
Mohammad Haris		Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox		FC, LA	List A Captain
		Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox		FC, LA
		Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox		FC, LA
Spin bowlers
		Left-handed			FC, LA
Pace bowlers
Shahnawaz Dahani		Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium		FC, LA
Mohammad Amir Khan		Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	|| FC, LA || |-|| Mohammad Imran || || Right-handed || Right-arm fast || Peshawar cricket team || FC, LA || |-|| Hunain Shah || || Right-handed || Right-arm medium || Quetta Gladiators || FC, LA || |-|| Arshad Iqbal || || Right-handed || Right-arm fast || Faisalabad cricket team || FC, LA |||-|| Faisal Akram || || 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 External links Cricket Archive page for Pakistan A Cricket Team Cricinfo page for Pakistan A Cricket Team CricketnLive page for Pakistan A Cricket Team Cricnscore page for Pakistan A Cricket Team

Notes and References

1. Web site: PCB to appoint Aizaz Cheema as Pakistan Shaheens head coach . BDCricTime . 22 April 2023.
2. News: MCC to visit Pakistan in February, South Africa may tour in March: Wasim Khan. 19 December 2019. 15 December 2022. Dawn (newspaper). ...where ‘The Shaheens’ — a new name for the Pakistan A team — will visit....
3. Web site: Pakistan A v Kenya at Lahore, Dec 13, 2014 – Cricket Scorecard – ESPN Cricinfo. Cricinfo.