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By muthu • Feb 20th, 2009 • Category: Cricket

Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam has said the preparatory camp - where the team was in isolation - for the Test series against Sri Lanka in isolation served its purpose. The camp was held at a ground 30 km from Karachi on the advice of Younis Khan, the Pakistan captain.

“The idea was to get the 22 players together, eat together, spend some quality time with each other and analyse the day’s activities,” Alam told reporters on Thursday. “Younis Khan is a very positive man and he gets involved himself with the players.

“Some players were shy so we put pennies in their mouth so that they could speak their heart out. It was not a long camp but we achieved a lot in four days, an understanding was developed.”

Alam said he was also encouraged by Shoaib Malik’s attitude following his removal from captaincy. “I am very happy with how Shoaib is behaving,” he said. “He is very cooperative with the captain, giving him full support and also mixing with his other teammates. I went to him and told him ‘Well done, this is the way, nobody can remain captain forever’.”