British County cricketers, Pakistan Veterans XI to meet in Nov. 9 ODI
MIRPUR (AJK), Nov 7 (APP): The teams for the scheduled first-ever November 9 one-day international benefit cricket match to be played between British Pakistanis County Cricket lads and Pakistan Veterans XI at Quaid-i-Azam International Sports Stadium in Mirpur, were announced here Monday.
AJK President Raja Zulqurnani Khan will open the match also to be witnessed by the AJK Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan being the chief guest at the concluding ceremony.
The arrangements are being given final touches to hold the ODI between British Pakistanis County Cricket players and Pakistan Veterans XI at Quaid-i-Azam International Sports Stadium in Mirpur on November 9 in a befitting manner to help October 8 last year’s earthquake-victims, Mirpur Deputy Commissioner Fiyaz Ali Abbasi told APP here late Monday.
Pakistan Veterans XI, comprising the world-fame national stars, include **Waseem Akram, Javaid Miandad, Mudassar Nazar, Javaid Hayat, Mohsin Kamal, Aqib Javaid, Mushtaq Ahmed, Abdul Qadir, Ashraf Ali, Akram Raza, Manzoor Elahi, Ali Zia, Shahid Anwar, Zahoor Elahi and Nadeem Abbasi. **
Whereas the British Pakistanis County Cricket team is consisted of Right Hand bats Tahir **Naqqash and Kadeer Ali, (from Birmingham, Warwickshire) Bilal Shafayat (Nottinghamshire), Left-hand bats Moeen Ali and Omer Ali (Birmingham Herefordshire) and others. **
The match will go live on air by PTV World, the D.C said and added it could be watched by the cricketlovers in Britain as well.
The match, it may be added, is being played under the auspices of Mirpur Development Authority. An organizing committee headed by Chairman Mirpur Development Authority Sardar Muhammad Rahim Khan and comprising senior officials of the divisional and district administration of Mirpur division and the notables of the area has already been formed to supervise the arrangements for holding of the match in a befitting manner and to coordinate the prospective sponsors of the day-long international contest.
Meanwhile a meeting, chaired by Mirpur Deputy Commissioner Fiyaz Abbasi here Monday reviewed the arrangements for holding of the match in a most enthusiastic and proper manner to ensure the maximum earning for the quake-victims besides to provide an interesting sport event to the cricket lovers.
The meeting, attended by heads of various nation building departments and the sport lovers decided to utilize all of potentials to convert the match into a cultural festival.
The DC informed the meeting that the income of the benefit match will be contributed in the President of Pakistan’s Relief fund for rehabilitation of earthquake victims. Various national legends of pop music who will perform of their talent at a day before the contest (November 8) in the musical function being held to raise the funds for the benefit of the quake-survivors.
The meeting reviewed the arrangements for holding of the match by taking various decision to this direction. The meeting decided to give free access to the local students upto the Matric level to witness the match through their respective school managements. This decision is aimed at to open vistas for the national and international-level cricket matches besides to promote the international cricket and other sport activities in the area.
The meeting also decided to form various sub committees to jointly coordinate and manage the arrangements for holding of the match in a grand manner, These committees will establish an affective liaison with the prospective sponsors to ensure their maximum and required participation to ensure the complete successful holding of the contest.
The meeting was informed that shirts and bats of national cricket stars Imran Khan, Waseem Akram, Inzamam ul Haq, and Shahid Afridi was well as the bats bearing the autographs of the world-fame Pakistani cricketers will be auctioned at the Quaid-i-Azam Sports Stadium during the match. Besides, renowned national pop singers will perform during break on this occasion.
Various prominent personalities from different parts of Britain, Pakistan and Azad Jammu Kashmir including the cricket fans, social and political workers will witness the match.
It may be added that it would be the first international sport event being played on the soil of Azad Jammu Kashmir first ever in the history of the liberated territory.
Source: Associated Press Of Pakistan | Latest News Today News | APP
No doubt it will provide opportunity for some of the British crickters to visit their famalies back home: Kadeer Ali, Moeen Ali, Omer Ali, (Dadyal, Mirpur); Bilal Shafayat (Dina, not far away from Mirpur)…
