Pakistan's Haris Sohail insists that it's important for his team to focus on getting used to conditions during the five-match ODI series in England before the 2019 ICC World Cup in May.
Of the overseas teams, Pakistan is at the greatest advantage in terms of adapting to conditions for the World Cup as they will be facing the hosts in an ODI series days before the World Cup begins.
Counting the sole Twenty20 International and the warm-up matches, Pakistan will end up playing close to 10 matches before the World Cup starts.
But Sohail isn't thinking much far ahead. "The World Cup is still a little while away," Sohail to the ICC. "Before that, we have a very important series against England. England is a quality side, the No.1 Team. If we win that series, we'll get a great deal of help in getting used to those conditions. We still have about 10 matches to go before the World Cup if you count all the practice matches. So we're hopeful of Getting acclimatised well and producing good results at the World Cup."
Though the team has been struggling, Sohail has been in fine touch coming into England. In the recently concluded series against Australia, the Sailkot player notched up two centuries and will be hoping to enjoy a similar run in England. "Since the Australia series, I haven't felt too great, but a match situation is different, and the [practice] match we played today, the ball felt Great On the bat."
