In order to make the competition even, "the Pakistan Cricket Board selected the top 75 Quaid-e-Azam players plus 20 juniors and divided them [among the five teams], mostly on a regional basis but reallocating some to strengthen the weaker sides.
[6] There were five captains: Shoaib Akhtar, Naved Ashraf (who made 519 runs at 39.92), Iftikhar Anjum (31 wickets at 21.93), Bazid Khan and Sohail Tanvir.
Apart from Iftikhar Anjum and Nasrullah Khan, the other notable Federal Areas player from Islamabad is Raheel Majeed, who made 650 runs in 11 matches at 32.50.
In 2008-09 the Federal Areas Leopards came second after the round-robin and played off in the final against the first-placed Punjab Stallions, losing by eight wickets.
Shoaib Akhtar is Federal Areas' leading wicket-taker in List A matches with 19 wickets, including 6 for 52 against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Panthers in 2009–10.