LAHORE, April 24: Pakistan coach Javed Miandad has said he was emphasising to ensure neither his batsmen chase the wide balls nor his bowlers send down wayward deliveries.

Talking to Dawn, during the national training camp at Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday, Miandad said it was the sole area in which Pakistani cricketers were lacking.

The camp is in progress to pick up a 15-member team  from  21 probables  for the three-nation tournament in Sri Lanka scheduled from May 5 to 20.

While explaining the way of removing our batsmen chasing wide balls Miandad said that he had confined the pitch area to three feet only. Every batsmen was bound to follow only those deliveries which pitched in the three feet area.

Similarly, he added, the bowlers had to pitch the ball in the three feet area, while bowling maximum near from the first wicket.

Miandad claimed, once his students had taken command on this their performance would be raised hundred percents.

He pointed out that daily session of five hours in the camp was proving helpful in improving the stamina of the players.

Miandad said that he was against long training periods and preferred that the players maintain themselves for cricket  during off days.

Miandad said that he would be more happy if a final team for the Sri Lankan tour was announced as soon as possible.

“It would be better to focus on the selected lot  instead to care for extra players,” he pleaded.

While replying to a question, Miandad said that he was not facing any problem with paceman Shoaib Akhtar. The coach said that he knew how to handle cricketers.

“Like a father who is familiar with the habits of all his children and accordingly knows how to deal with them. A coach also knows the habits of his students and hase different ways to deal with,” Miandad added.