London, May 15 :  Pakistan coach Richard Pybus has told England not to rely on home advantage in their Test series, arguing many of his players feel perfectly comfortable on 'enemy territory'.

Pybus, with his squad at Lord's before the start of the first Test on Thursday, said on Tuesday: "All our main bowlers have experience of playing in England so the conditions should not be a problem."

Skipper Waqar Younis (Surrey and Glamorgan) and fellow strike bowler Wasim Akram (Lancashire) have had long and successful associations with county sides in England, he said.

Spinners Saqlain Mushtaq (Surrey) and Mushtaq Ahmed (Somerset) have also played several seasons in the English county championship.

The 24-year-old Saqlain was named one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year in 2000 after taking 66 wickets for Surrey at 15.39 apiece.

Pakistan's batsmen, however, are less well versed in the local conditions, with damp pitches and cloudy skies favoring seam and swing bowling at the start of summer.

Inzamam-ul-Haq, in fine form for the past two years, has scored 31 in two innings while Yousuf Youhana, the team's most classical batsman, has made scores of five and four to follow a golden duck in his first visit to the crease.

But Pybus was not concerned, arguing that his players would perform when it mattered and highlighting Saeed Anwar's rapid acclimatisation since the start of the tour two weeks ago.

The left-handed opener, a veteran of 52 tests and 223 one-dayers, has had two innings to date, scoring 89 against British Universities and 201 against Kent.