England swing bowler James Anderson says the wicket on which his team have suffered with the bat is much harder to bat on than the practice strips.
England are 39-6 in their second innings in Rawalpindi and are in severe danger of losing their first warm-up match on their tour of Pakistan.
But Anderson insisted: "The guys look in top nick in the nets and I won't read too much into what's happened.
"The conditions in the middle are totally different to the nets."
Anderson, who is fighting for a vacant bowling spot in the Test side after Simon Jones was ruled out of the tour, was one of three England bowlers to take three wickets on Tuesday.
But it is with the bat that England have struggled at the Pindi Stadium.
On Monday they were 60-6 at one stage before a late recovery and are currently just 84 runs ahead of the Patron's XI, a team without any bowlers - and just one batsman - in the squad for the first Test.
 |  They have not been able to adjust to the pace and bounce of the pitch |
Anderson said: "It's the early part of the tour - we had five or six weeks off so it's a matter of switching on.
"Obviously losing wickets is a disappointment, but the ball is nipping back through the gates.
"The guys want to move on [from the Ashes success] and try win in the subcontinent. That's the big challenge and we are up to it."
Pakistan all-rounder Yasir Arafat, who has match figures of 6-47, said: "We went out under pressure because these guys have come fresh from beating Australia.
"But I think they have not been able to adjust to the pace and bounce of the pitch.
"This track is a good one but the ball is seaming around a bit all the time."
England assistant coach Matthew Maynard did not dispute Arafat's assessment.
| Everyone on this tour has a possibility of playing in the first Test match |
He told BBC Sport: "To be fair, it swings late on here as the clouds come in and as it gets murkier, it swings a little bit more. We saw that a little bit last night as well.
"Yasir Arafat, in particular, bowled very well and got the ball in some good areas.
"Obviously there's some rustiness within the camp and with only having two practice nets here, we haven't been doing as many throw-downs and as much technical work as we'd like to.
"The most important thing is that the guys are getting ready to play and switched on mentally for about 10 days' time when the first Test match starts."
Maynard insisted there was no significance in the decision to drop Ian Bell down the order to number eight - he will start day three on nought not out, with partner Paul Collingwood on one.
"If Ian Bell goes and gets a hundred he obviously puts his name right forward (for Test selection). Everyone on this tour has a possibility of playing in the first Test match.
"Obviously Fletch and Vaughany have an idea of the 12 or 13 for that first Test, but it doesn't mean someone outside of that can't come back into it."
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