Pakistan will donate all proceeds from Wednesday’s one-day international with New Zealand to the victims of this week’s Peshawar school massacre.
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.”
Pakistan have played all of their home matches in the Middle East since 2009, when a bus carrying the Sri Lankan team on its way to play in Lahore was attacked by gunmen.
“We are playing outside Pakistan only because of the threat of terrorism at home,” said the PCB spokesman, who added that black armbands would be worn by the players in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
“If we allow terrorists to disrupt our matches abroad, then all will be lost.”
