ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: Former Pakistan cricketers Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram will play in an exhibition match for Veterans-XI against AJK-XI to formally inaugurate a new cricket stadium of the international standard at Mirpur (Azad Kashmir) on Thursday.

The government of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir has built the 14,000-capacity-stadium at a cost of Rs80 million.

Proceeds from the one-day match will be donated to the President's Earthquake Relief Fund.

Squads:

Veterans-XI: Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, Mudassar Nazar, Abdul Qadir, Mushtaq Ahmed, Aaqib Javed, Nadeem Abbasi, Zahoor Elahi, Shahid Anwar, Ali Zia, Manzoor Elahi, Akram Raza, Ashraf Ali, Mohsin Kamal, Jawaid Hayat.

AJK-XI: Tahir Naqqash, Qadeer Ali, Moin Ali (captain), Mohammad Fiaz, Omer Ali, Mohammad Imran, Mumtaz Ali, Sajjad Ali, Usman Mir, Fahad Ikram, Imran Rafiq, Imran Talib, Mohammad Javed, Furqan Habib.—APP