Pakistan, Oct. 12 -- Pakistan red-ball captain Shan Masood has said that it was vital to exploit the home-condition advantage and win in order to do well in the new world test championship cycle.

In the pre-match press conference ahead of the two-test series at the Gaddafi stadium here on Saturday, he said every host country fashions pitches to their advantage and we must extract that opportunity to our advantage.

"It is very important to do well in all home test series and one odd win in an away series in order to be better placed in the world test championship table, the captain responded, however, Shan Masood admitted that it was difficult to predict on how the newly laid Gaddafi stadium pitch will behave in a five-day game.

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