And for the last two days coach Dav Whatmore has been working hard to make sure they stick to the basics. Speaking to reporters after the Tigers' final practice session yesterday, Whatmore said that he had emphasised on executing the game-plan in the middle.

"We have talked about what we have done and what we haven't been able to so far. And it's those areas I wanted to see improvements in. It's a matter of increasing our effort and not worrying about what the Pakistanis are doing."

When asked if the Bangladesh coach was concerned about the temperature, which shot up to 43 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, Whatmore believed that good teams have to be prepared to play under any condtion.

"Both teams have to play in this heat. We accept it because Peshawar is like that," he said.

Whatmore said he was not sure what would be a good total if his team batted first.

"Sometimes even 250 might be regarded as a decent score depending on the kind of wicket. But generally on wickets in Pakistan, teams have to make the most of the batting conditions."

He observed that his team's general weakness was against leg-spin.

"Although leg-spinners have troubled us in the past, but we showed by playing Danish Kaneria quite well in the first Test, that we are learning how to deal with them. But while we concentrated on Kaneria, we allowed quickie Shabbir Ahmed to come in and take five wickets. So, we cannot relax against any bowler be it spin or pace," added Whatmore.

Captain Khaled Mahmud, however, sounded more optimistic about the second Test.

"I'm positive that we can play much better in Peshawar," said the 33-year-old skipper.

"Definitely it's an important match for us. We have said before coming here that we wanted to do well in Pakistan. And if you look back on the first Test, I think we played according to our expectations.

"It would have been better had we scored fifty to hundred runs more in Karachi," said Mahmud.

When reminded about emerging batsman Yasir Hameed, who scored 170 and 105 in the first Test to become only the second player in history to score hundreds in both innings on Test debut, Mahmud admitted that the 25-year-old right-hander was a real threat.

"We are working on him. But again we should not forget Inzamam Haq and Yousuf Youhana. They are world-class batsmen."

Mahmud did not believe he was under pressure to perform despite having poor figures.

"I am not feeling the pressure of leading the Bangladesh team as we are improving in certain areas," said the Bangladesh captain, who has a batting average of 10.64 and a bowling average of 244.

"But I am a player first and I want to perform and contribute as a player to the team."