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Dav Whatmore, Pakistan's head coach, has said his team will be sternly tested during the upcoming Sri Lanka series.
On Wednesday, Pakistan started a two-week conditioning camp in Lahore involving 24 players. The squad had a morning fitness session at the National Academy and around noon, they ventured to the outdoors nets at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Peak temperatures in Lahore these days is around 40C and are expected to rise further in coming days. Sri Lanka is expected to be hot as well, and be more humid but Whatmore remained upbeat.
"It's pretty warm out here as well but its easy for us to acclimatise (to Sri Lankan conditions)," Whatmore told reporters at Gaddafi Stadium. "We're lucky we do a bit of work in the heat, early in the morning and a little bit in the afternoon.
"Some of the bowlers and batsmen have been working out in heat so we are ensuring we are prepared. I think we have to prepare ourselves properly for a series against a pretty strong opposition in their home country."
Pakistan announced separate teams for each format for the upcoming tour and Whatmore expressed his satisfaction with the selections. "I am happy to see that players are being selected based on their suitability to a format. As far as leadership is concerned, that is out of my area and I will support and back anything that the PCB does."
He also voiced his support for the inexperienced players that have been included for the tour. "There's one or two changes in the squad and that's a good thing because you know I think keeping exactly the same personnel you are marching on the spot, we want to move forward all the time."
Whatmore, who has had two stints as Sri Lanka¹s coach, hoped to find good batting surfaces in the limited-overs matches. "We are not expecting anything different," he said. "The limited-overs pitches [in Sri Lanka] are good for batting."
On Wednesday, Pakistan started a two-week conditioning camp in Lahore involving 24 players. The squad had a morning fitness session at the National Academy and around noon, they ventured to the outdoors nets at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Peak temperatures in Lahore these days is around 40C and are expected to rise further in coming days. Sri Lanka is expected to be hot as well, and be more humid but Whatmore remained upbeat.
"It's pretty warm out here as well but its easy for us to acclimatise (to Sri Lankan conditions)," Whatmore told reporters at Gaddafi Stadium. "We're lucky we do a bit of work in the heat, early in the morning and a little bit in the afternoon.
"Some of the bowlers and batsmen have been working out in heat so we are ensuring we are prepared. I think we have to prepare ourselves properly for a series against a pretty strong opposition in their home country."
Pakistan announced separate teams for each format for the upcoming tour and Whatmore expressed his satisfaction with the selections. "I am happy to see that players are being selected based on their suitability to a format. As far as leadership is concerned, that is out of my area and I will support and back anything that the PCB does."
He also voiced his support for the inexperienced players that have been included for the tour. "There's one or two changes in the squad and that's a good thing because you know I think keeping exactly the same personnel you are marching on the spot, we want to move forward all the time."
Whatmore, who has had two stints as Sri Lanka¹s coach, hoped to find good batting surfaces in the limited-overs matches. "We are not expecting anything different," he said. "The limited-overs pitches [in Sri Lanka] are good for batting."