Pakistan pace bowlers have been told to work out their problems with no balls, coach Intikhab Alam said on Monday.
Pakistan aim to end their group engagements in the Champions Trophy with an unbeaten record.
"We are concerned about the extra runs we have conceded through no balls and wides and we have told the bowlers to work hard on ironing out this problem before the game against Australia," Intikhab said, referring to free hits his bowlers conceded because of no balls in the match against India.
"There is still a long way to go in the tournament. It is good we are sitting pretty after winning two matches, one of them against India. But we need to win our next three games as well to win the tournament and for that a lot of hard work is required," Intikhab said from Johannesburg.
He said Pakistan are a balanced side and have potential to win Champions Trophy for first time but it needed to remain consistent and firm under pressure in remaining matches.
"What is good is that we won a high pressure game against India and that has boosted the morale of the boys. I think they will be under less pressure against Australia but they can be complacent at all," he said.
"We aim to maintain our winning streak"
Pakistan have won just three of their last 12 one-day internationals against Australia but Intikhab said he felt they can beat the Aussies this time.
"We aim to maintain our winning streak. We are working on a different strategy for the game against Australia than what we did against India," Intikhab said.
He said due to the good bench strength the team has been having it had become a difficult selection decision on when to play Mohammad Asif.
"The thing is that the other bowlers are bowling so well it is a tight decision on when to play Asif. If India lose to Australia then we might consider giving him a game before the knock-out stage. But otherwise we can't just drop someone who is performing well," he said.
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