Talent Hunt Programme Announced by PCB

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has unveiled the trial details for the selection of regional and Inter-District teams in the U13, U16, and U19 categories.

Players chosen in the U13 and U16 groups will have the opportunity to participate in regional tournaments for the upcoming 2023-24 season. Meanwhile, those selected for the U19 category will feature in the inter-district tournament for the 2024-25 season.

Eligibility criteria for selection are as follows: players born on or after 1 September 2010 and before 1 September 2014 can be considered for the U13 squads, those born on or after 1 September 2007 and before 1 September 2011 are eligible for the U16 sides, and players born on or after 1 September 2005 and before 1 September 2009 can be selected for the U19 category.

All players in each age group must bring their B-forms to the trials. During wrist tests, selected players must present their smart cards for age verification.

Sixteen regions (districts in brackets) are set to participate in the three age-group tournaments.

• Abbottabad Region (Abbottabad, Buneer, Dir Upper, Haripur, Mansehra, Mardan and Swabi)
• AJK Region (Bagh, Kotli, Mirpur, Muzaffarabad and Poonch)
• Bahawalpur Region (Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur, Layyah, Muzaffargarh, Pakpattan, Rahim Yar Khan and Rajanpur)
• Faisalabad Region (Bhakkar, Faisalabad, Jhang, Kasur, Mianwali and Sargodha)
• FATA Region (Bajour, Bannu, DI Khan, Khyber, Kohat, Kurram, Mohmand, North Waziristan, South Waziristan and Tank)
• Hyderabad Region (Badin, Benazirabad, Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar and Thatta)
• Islamabad Region (Central Zone, East Zone, Gilgit Baltistan, North Zone and West Zone)
• Karachi Region (Zones I – VII)
• Lahore Region (East, North and West Zones)
• Larkana Region (Dadu, Jacobabad, Khairpur, Larkana, Shikarpur and Sukkur)
• Multan Region (DG Khan, Khanewal, Lodharan, Multan, Okara, Sahiwal and Vehari)
• D.M. Jamali Region (Jaffarabad, Lasbela, Loralai, Naseerabad and Sibi)
• Peshawar Region (Charsadda, Dir Lower, Nowshera, Peshawar and Swat)
• Quetta Region (Chaghi, Gwadar, Kalat, Khuzdar, Killa Abdullah, Noshki, Panjgur, Pishin, Quetta and Turbat)
• Rawalpindi Region (Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum and Rawalpindi)
• Sialkot Region (Gujranwala, Gujrat, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin, Narowal, Sheikhupura and Sialkot)