Young Pak batsmen facing balls on marble slabs to get ready for Oz quicks

Pakistan's young batsmen Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal and Sohaib Maqsood reportedly underwent a special batting practice session on Wednesday that lasted an hour, ahead of their crunch World Cup quarterfinal tie against Australia

Pakistan team head coach Waqar Younis along with batting coach Grant Flower and assistant coach Shahid Aslam reportedly arrived at the Adelaide Oval net area an hour before the scheduled practice session.

They supervised the specific training given to the three young batsmen in order to prepare them for the imposing challenge of left-arm Australian quicks, The Dawn reported.

Leading wicket taker at the World Cup, Mitchell Starc, alongside Australia's veteran pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson and James Faulkner who would be assisted by right-armer Pat Cummins, would form a big test for Pakistan batsmen.

Aslam reportedly used a large marble slab to test the three youngsters with short-pitched bowling aimed at preparing Shehzad, Umar and Sohaib against top-quality Aussie fast bowlers.

Younis admitted that they provided the young trio special training and added that it is an old practice to prepare batsmen against fast bowlers. He insisted that all three are very talented batsmen and now is the time for them to produce big show in the big game against Australia.