Mickey Arthur has inside knowledge of ‘dangerous’ Sri Lanka

Former champions Pakistan and Sri Lanka will lock horns at the World Cup in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

“Yeah, I know their strengths and weaknesses so we will have plans put in place for all of them,” Arthur told reporters.

“They are a dangerous side so we will have to be at our best to beat them.”

Pakistan beat the Netherlands by 81 runs in Hyderabad on Friday to kick start their World Cup campaign.

Pakistan recovered from 38-3 before posting a challenging 286 with fifties from Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan. They then bowled out the Netherlands for 205 in 41 overs.

“I enjoyed the first win even though it wasn´t a great performance,” admitted Arthur.

“But we did enough to win and when the game was on the line we had players standing up.”

Pakistan are likely to keep the same line-up for Tuesday´s World Cup match, giving another chance to out of form opener Fakhar Zaman who scored just 12 against the Netherlands.

“I am not worried about his form, he is a good player and is just one innings away from a big score,” said Arthur of the only Pakistan batsman to have made a double century in ODI cricket.