Friendly match to be played between Army cricket team and Pakistan XI

ISLAMABAD (Staff Report) - In the spirit of independence, a friendly T20 match will be played between army cricket team and Pakistan XI at 3 pm in Army Cricket Ground, Rawalpindi today (Friday).

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ISPR Director General Asim Bajwa made the  announcement of the match on his Twitter account.

Indep Day-solidarity with all who sacrificed 4 Pak.A spec cricket match between National vsArmy cricket team today.PTV Sports live from 3pm

— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) August 14, 2015

Army Chief of Staff Raheel Sharif will be the guest of honour in the match, while the money collected will be distributed among the IDPs from North Waziristan.

...So Haier Azadi Cup Cricket match at 3 pm,GHQ Stadium Rwp.All Income proceeds for IDPs.#COAS will be chief guest-2 pic.twitter.com/zc8HdT8XxV — AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) August 14, 2015

Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Azhar Ali and Sohail Tanveer will be included in the Pakistan Eleven team.