KARACHI: The head coach of the Pakistan women’s national cricket Team, David Hemp said that he is trying his players to achieve the fitness benchmark set by the Australia.

Hemp stressed the significance of the players’ fitness during a news conference following the team’s first training camp for the forthcoming home series against Sri Lanka while wanting to emulate the fitness benchmark set by Australian cricketers.

“I think fitness is very important. There are fitness benchmarks for women cricketers in Australia and we are trying to emulate them,” he said.

“We are working hard on the fitness and also to increase the skill level of our players,” Hemp added.

The women’s team head coach also talked about the preparation of the green shirts for the upcoming home series against Sri Lanka and said the players are training hard for the series.

“We are preparing hard for the home series against Sri Lanka, I have been working as the head coach for 15 months now and I am striving to foster consistency in the team’s performance,” he said.

Hemp then also backed the out-of-form wicket-keeper batter, Sidra Amin, saying she is a better player than her record while also revealing that the replacements are also being prepared.

“Sidra is a very good and talented wicket-keeper. I think she is a better player than her record,” Hemp said.

“We are also preparing replacements for the wicketkeeper,” he added.

The head coach of the women’s team then commented about the below-par run of the green shirts in the recently concluded ICC Women’s World Cup 2022, claiming that there have been some positives to take. Whereas, is also keen to rectify the mistakes made in the global event.

“We are trying to overcome the mistakes, we made in the World Cup but I must say that there were some positives to take from our run in the event,” he concluded.

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