The Pakistan team management today decided to split the Champions Trophy preparatory camp into two parts with coach Intikhab Alam laying stress on having more flexibility in the team.
Initially it was announced that the players would attend a 10-day conditioning camp in Lahore, for which the newly appointed batting consultant Javed Miandad had also prepared special grassy pitches for the batsmen in Lahore.
But today, Intikhab said the players would first attend a conditioning camp in Lahore from September 1 to 6 in which they will only have physical training and counseling sessions with psychologist Maqbool Babri, who also worked with them before the Twenty20 World Cup in England.
The second part of the preparations would be a training camp in Karachi from September 12 to 16 in which the players will work with Miandad and other specialist coaches nominated by the Pakistan Cricket Board. (more…)
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