Woolmer cautious, Inzy confident

‘‘Both the events will be very testing, more than the Asia Cup, because the Australian and Indian teams are powerful and conditions are different,’’ said Woolmer.

Since his induction as Pakistan’s 12th coach in six years in June, Woolmer guided the revitalised side to four wins out of five matches in last month’s Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. Pakistan’s failure in not winning a bonus point in an otherwise comprehensive 59-run win and failure against Sri Lanka cost them a place in the final.

He urged his team to learn to perform consistently and show improvement. ‘‘We are working in the way where the team must learn consistently and show improvement, and both things are important for any team to grow.”

Woolmer said he told the team that the performance of Australia, world champions in both Tests and one-day cricket, should be the benchmark. ‘‘Australians should be the benchmark and even they achieved the current status after a continuous process.”

Captain Inzamam-ul Haq said Australia’s presence in the Dutch tri-series would spur his young side. ‘‘Australia is the team to beat at international level and after the Asia Cup I hope that the team keeps the right momentum,’’ Inzamam said. ‘‘Both the tri-series and the ICC Trophy are great challenges for the young team and we are ready to do our best. The aim is to win both.”