*KARACHI: *Pakistan bowling coach Azhar Mahmood has unveiled his plan forEngland tour.

He said the team’s pacers are fit and raring to go when they visit Irelandand later England on a Test tour next month.

He said Pakistan are not relying on pace this time around in Englishconditions, and will instead be focusing on technique.

“The pacers who have been selected have all been playing quite a bit ofcricket lately and they are all in form,” he said. “The fitness tests haveshown that the players are fit and will hopefully be available throughoutthe series.”

He added that every player, including pace spearheads Muhammad Amir andHasan Ali, is required to bowl with their minds rather than just usingbrute force to see out the Tests.

“This is a game of minds and you have to tire the batsman out and thenattack his weak areas to dismiss him,” he said. “These players will bereally suitable to the conditions in England and Ireland where our focuswould be to use less pace and more technique.”

The Pakistani bowling line-up, apart from Ali and Amir, includes MuhammadAbbas, Rahat Ali, Faheem Ashraf and spinner Shadab Khan, while all-rounderHaris Sohail will also be another spin-bowling option.