From my recent interview with Usman Khan Shinwari :-

PakPassion.net: Your region is producing some excellent cricketers at the moment. Is there something special in the water?

Usman Khan Shinwari : (laughs). No there’s nothing special in the water, just a real hunger and desire to play cricket at the highest level and to play for Pakistan. People are cricket mad in FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regions. Everywhere you go people are either playing cricket, watching cricket or talking about cricket. 

What is important to mention though is that if there was more investment and better facilities the regions would produce even more first-class and international cricketers. People are playing cricket in very difficult conditions in those regions and the facilities are, unfortunately, below standard. I can only imagine the type of improvement we will see, if the facilities were better and some money pumped into cricket in these regions.


Traditionally Karachi and Lahore have been the main sources of cricketing talent for the Pakistan team, but it seems that KPK and FATA are the new "goldmines" of cricket talent.

PCB needs to invest more in these areas and make the most of the talent that is there and tha tneeds nurturing.

Discuss!