Pakistan "will donate all proceeds from Wednesday's one-day international with New Zealand to the victims of this week's Peshawar school massacre," according to the BBC.
The Pakistani Taliban attacked the Army Public School in the city on Tuesday, which resulted in at least 141 deaths.
The Pakistan Cricket Board "tried to postpone the match but said they were 'constrained' by media commitments." The PCB said, "We will donate proceeds of the match to the families and towards rebuilding the school" (BBC, 12/17). The PCB said, "We tried our best to postpone the 4th ODI but were constrained by the broadcasters commitment as well as for cricketing reasons advised by the New Zealand management. We are playing outside Pakistan only because of the threat of terrorism at home. If we allow terrorists to disrupt our matches abroad, then all will be lost" (PAKISTAN TODAY, 12/17). The PTI reported former Pakistan captain and senior batsman Younis Khan "feels playing the fourth cricket ODI against New Zealand on Wednesday would be very difficult." He said, "It is a national tragedy and a barbaric act and honestly playing the match is going to be very difficult." Younis hails from Mardan, which is in the "troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province where the attack took place" on Tuesday. He said, "Every player in the team is very disturbed and shattered over the killing of innocent children but for me it is my home province and these children are like my own children. It is heart breaking" (PTI, 12/17).
