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Please find below the names of the Sri Lanka ‘A’ Team squad selected by the Natioanal Selectors.The Players listed below are requested to contact Mr. Hemantha Devapriya, the Natioanl Coach of the BCCSL with regard to practices on Mobile No. 0777-4188421. Tilan Samaraweera
2. Michael Van Dort
3. Naveen Nawaz
4. Jeevan Mendis
5. Prasanna Jayawardane
6. Charitha Sylvester
7. Avishka Gunawardena
8. Kaushal Lokuarachchi
9. Nisitha Rupasinghe
10. Tharanga Lakshitha
11. Sujeewa de Silva
12. Thilina Thushara
13. Chamila Gamage
14. Malinda Warnapura
15. Anushka Polonowita
16. Dilruwan Perera
17. Ian Daniel
18. N. Ranjith
19. Dilhara Lokuhettige
20. Kaushal Weeraratne
21. Charitha Buddhika

We meet again: After India’s premature exit at last year’s WorldCup, few would have thought Glenn McGrath and Sachin Tendulkar wouldmeet again on a cricket field. But at the Feroz Shah Kotla, it happened, andTendulkar said hello in the best possible fashion. A bit of width outsideoff stump, a small step forward and just a gentle push through the coversfor four. Almost perfect.One for the album: No matter how long or distinguished a career YoMahesh has, he’ll always remember this Saturday night. A delivery slanting intothe batsman’s pad, an awkward stroke across the line, and the leg stumpknocked back. Not an especially unusual dismissal, but when the batsman’sname is Tendulkar, no 20-year-old bowler is going to forget it.Sputnik Sweetheart: When Amit Mishra flighted one a little, SanathJayasuriya launched himself at it so violently that the ball went in toorbit, eventually landing on an elevated stage which had a DelhiDaredevils billboard behind it. Talk about hitting someone where it hurts.Oriental Shuffle: Is a Django Reinhardt classic, but not reallyrecommended when facing a bowler who knows your game better than most.Facing Ashish Nehra, a team-mate in the Indian and Delhi Ranji Trophyteams, Virender Sehwag went too far across in an attempt to play the cutshot down to fine leg. Leg stump out of the ground, fans silent andMumbai’s hideously dressed cheerleaders on their feet.Welcome to the IPL: When Gautam Gambhir cut him for four and sixover point, Andre Nel looked like he might burst a blood vessel. Evenbefore the second stroke had sailed over the rope, Nel was ineffing-and-blinding mode, and the adrenaline levels soared even higherthree balls later when he had Gambhir caught in the deep. At this rate, yogic deep breathing may be needed.Spoke too soon, son?: On Saturday, Robin Uthappa offered somepearls of wisdom on what it takes to succeed in one-day cricket. “Franklyspeaking, fielding plays a very integral part in ODIs these days,” he wasquoted as saying. “The younger legs make a huge difference.” After he madean embarrassing mess of a simple stop at cover off Jayasuriya, soon to be39, you could only hope that his team-mate hadn’t read it.

BRISBANE, Nov 16 AAP – Defending champion Queensland flexed its Pura Cup muscle today while Test paceman Andy Bichel showed off his bowling brawn as the Bulls scored a five wicket win over Tasmania at the Gabba.Bichel, who is vying with NSW speedster Brett Lee for a starting spot in the second Ashes Test against England starting in Adelaide on Thursday, finished with match figures of 9-92, including a second innings haul of 5-46.The Bulls, who reached 5-116 chasing a modest 113, took less than three days to repeat last year’s Pura Cup final win over the Tigers, giving long-serving bowler Michael Kasprowicz a memorable victory in his first game as captain.Queensland was missing five regulars for the match – captain Jimmy Maher, specialist No.3 bat Martin Love and bowlers Ashley Noffke and Nathan Hauritz, who played for Australia A in Hobart.Opening batsman Matthew Hayden was rested with a foot injury.The Bulls had a few anxious moments when they stumbled to 4-67 today, chasing 113 in humid and showery conditions which favoured the bowlers in every session.But allrounder Andrew Symonds steadied the ship with 38 not out to see Queensland home.Earlier the home side knocked over Tasmania for 159, the visitors again suffering a post lunch collapse by losing five wickets for 28.It was a similar scenario on the first day when the Tigers coasted to 0-98 before losing 6-57 in the session between lunch and tea.Allrounder Shane Watson (57) and the versatile Scott Kremerskothen (39) provided some resistance to Bichel and Kasprowicz after the Tigers had collapsed to be 4-9 yesterday afternoon.But when Kremerskothen provided Bulls keeper Wade Seccombe with his 400th first class catch with the total at 126, the fightback petered out with Sean Clingeleffer (1) and Damien Wright (0) both following in quick succession.Kasprowicz joined Jeff Thomson as Queensland’s second most successful domestic bowler behind Carl Rackemann (383 wickets) when he had Clingeleffer caught behind and then moved past the former Bulls captain when Wright became his 329th victim.Kasprowicz rated the win highly, given Queensland’s missing personnel.”I think the fact that we had five of our full strength players not playing was very pleasing,” he said.”We are always backing ourselves and that is one of the strengths of our side.”National one day captain Ricky Ponting, who was dismissed cheaply in both innings for the Tigers, said his side would have to lift significantly in the batting department to register its first win of the competition this season.The Bulls’ win lifted then to third on the Pura Cup ladder.

Aftab Habib has received a reprimand under the ECB’s new discipline codefollowing an incident during Essex’s Frizzell County Championship DivisionTwo fixture with Glamorgan at Swansea on 5th July.Habib was reported by the umpires Mervyn Kitchen and Vanburn Holder for aLevel One breach of the new code (abuse of cricket ground, equipment orfixtures/fittings).The penalty remains in force for a period of 12 months. Any further Level 1breach will result in an automatic imposition of three penalty points.The ECB’s new discipline code came into force at the start of this season.

Any hopes that Lymington had of making a positive start to their Southern Electric Premier League Division 2 campaign was shattered by an 86-run defeat at Hungerford.Relegated from the ECB-accredited Division 1 last summer, Hungerford have recruited heavily, with Hampshire’s Jason Laney, former Sussex wicketkeeper Nick Wilson and Steve Wyatt all returning to play under new skipper Owen Dawkins.It was all too much for Lymington, who found themselves looking down the barrell of a 250-run mauling from Hungerford, before being dismissed for 164 themselves.Laney (67) and Danny Williams (29) laid the foundations towards a big total with an opening stand of 80, which the middle-order gradually enhanced.Wyatt, with a lively 48, Wilson (25) and Dawkins (25) all profited, with Western Australian youngster Aaron Heal (3-50) removing three of the top six.But Lymington’s resourceful batting failed after left-arm spinner Andy Ford (2-26) had made two important early breakthroughs. Martin Hunt (43), Daniel Peacock (35) and Neil Trestrail (25) guided Lymington to 164 all out, with Laney (3-6) removing the lower-order.Newly promoted Winchester KS also endured a miserable start, losing by a massive 145-run margin against United Services at Burnaby Road.There was little joy for the cathedral city club as US built a sizeable 257-7 around Gary Hounsome (44), John Robson (40), John Mann (29), Mark Toogood (28) and Matt McKeever (28).Martin Taylor (4-35) made inroads for WKS, whose batting fell away badly with only Jimmy Taylor (26) making a worthwhile contribution in a disappointing 112 all out (Damian Carson 3-25).Andy Birch found himself demoted to eighth spot in the order, but turned out to be Easton & Martyr Worthy’s trump card in the three-wicket win at Trojans.Easton, chasing Trojans’ 181-7, were in trouble at 71-5, but Shaun Green (45) and Birch, with an undefeated 43, got the tractor boys home with an over to spare.Mark Stone took 3-33 but Trojans, through James Donaldson (35), Mike Goodall (30), Mario Mohammed (32) and Nigel le Bas (29) got to 181-7.Max Smith, with 58 not out, and Nick Wood, who took 4-38, were match winners in Old Tauntonians & Romsey’s 18-run victory over newly promoted Rowledge. Smith, Ian Tulk (45) and Mike Trodd (25) took the batting credits as OTs reached 196-6 (Ricky Yates 4-35).The Rowledge reply centred around Queenslander Jeff Annings (76), who was eventually eighth man out at 157.Cardiff UCCE’s Chris Yates (34) played well earlier on, but it was Wood’s flight and guile, supported by a handy 2-50 return by Smith, that left Rowledge 18 runs short on 178 all out.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Thursday named virtually unknownDaryl Foster as the national team’s bowling coachcum consultant fortour to England another mind boggling decision which will be debatedfor days to come.An official of the PCB revealed that Foster would also work asconsultant of the team but his contract was only for the two Tests”which is extendable upto the tri-nation one-day series”.The first Test at Lord’s begins May 17 while the second Test at OldTrafford concludes June 4. The 18-day one-day series, also involvingAustralia and the hosts, will kick off at Edgbaston June 7.The PCB spokesman added that a full-time coach to replace sacked JavedMiandad would be named `soon’ but confirmed that Foster would join theteam in England where it is due to arrive May 2.Although no details about the financial package offered to the formerKent county coach were released, but was anybody’s guess that ifGeoffrey Boycott can claim 30,000 pounds for a 15-day coaching stint,Foster would be getting the same if not more.The free-spending PCB sustained the criticizm of wasting money onBoycott saying the Yorkshireman was sponsored by a food chain. But itwill have to come up with a sound explanation to justify theinvestment on Foster.It means all the current expenses to run the establishment are beingmet from previous earnings whether they be the 1996 World Cup profits$6 million from PILCOM or television rights of the recent home series.It may not be out of context to mention here that the PCB has notconducted any audit of expenses for the last 18 months. And ifanything has been done, the official document has not seen thedaylight.On the face of it, it appears that Foster has been hired specificallyfor controversial pacer Shoaib Akhtar, who underwent remodelling ofhis bowling action in the University of Western Australia in Perth.The PCB has been emphasising for the last two days that it has proofthat Shoaib’s action was clean a claim based on the report submittedby Foster’s university.The PCB admitted that Foster’s appointment did have an influence ofhim working with Shoaib. Which means that in Foster, the PCB has hireda “lawyer” for Shoaib to counter the hostile British media which iscertainly not going to make the pacer’s life easy.Foster’s job description as bowling coach is nothing but a belatedattempt to give a legal cover because it is anybody’s guess that inthe presence of Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram, if selected, who couldbe better persons to guide the young pacers.Wasim and Waqar together have around 20 years of experience of playingin England while the second Test is at Wasim’s home countryLancashire.Besides, if Wasim and Waqar are so deadly, it is not because they gotthe guidance of a bowling coach. They were nurtured by Imran Khan whotutored them and passed on valuable tips on the field rather than onthe drawing board.It is the second time that a specific person to handle and look afterShoaib has been appointed. Earlier Dr Tauseef Razzak toured NewZealand with the Pakistan cricket team specially to look after Shoaibwho has become a regular “tourist” than a playing member.Shoaib, on whom the PCB has already spent millions, has failed tosustain a series in his previous three tours. The same is likely tohappen again no matter whom the PCB appoints considering Shoaib’s pastrecord.

Going into the third and final National Bank Series Test, England fast-medium bowler Andy Caddick could hardly have dreamt that his four wickets to reach 200 Test wickets would come so quickly.But he went to lunch having just trapped New Zealand batsman Craig McMillan leg before wicket to secure his fourth and to become the ninth English bowler to take 200 Test wickets.He is in esteemed company. The list reads: Ian Botham (383), Bob Willis (325), Fred Trueman (307), Derek Underwood (297), Brian Statham (252), Alec Bedser (236), Darren Gough (228) and John Snow (202).Caddick thought he may have picked up one or two on the first morning.When he came back for the last over before lunch he felt it was because England captain Nasser Hussain felt he needed a change of variation. It worked and also got his 200th out of the way so he could get on with the business England were here for.Caddick said it had been a highlight in his career but not the most satisfying moment. There were games he had played in that had been more satisfying.He said there had been times when he felt he could have been playing, which would have allowed him to achieve the goal earlier, none moreso than when he was not selected for the last Ashes tour.Despite having been told by the selectors that all he had to do to be selected was keep taking wickets obviously the 105 he took during the English summer had not been enough to convince them.Injuries and different selectors did come along and all players went through bad patches but he had been fit for the last five years and felt there was more left to chase other milestones along the way.”The body is getting tired and weary but I will keep going as long as I enjoy it,” he said.Having Hussain as his captain was an advantage as he was a captain who backed his bowlers, and who understood what they were trying to do.”There are a few dos and don’ts as far as bowling is concerned but I have a good relationship with Nasser and with Duncan [Fletcher] as well,” he said.Caddick said the absence of Gough had placed him in a position he enjoyed of having to shoulder more responsibility.Achieving the feat against New Zealand had not made the occasion any more special as he treats every opponent in every Test as just another Test.The pitch was one where players didn’t hang around in going for their shots, he said, and they had to play their shots as there was no guarantee how long they would last if they pottered around.Chris Harris had shown that in his innings “for the second time today,” he said, a reference to a let-off Harris was given after being caught off his gloves from Matthew Hoggard’s bowling by short leg fieldsman Mark Ramprakash.But Harris and Adam Parore had established a good partnership and there was a lot of work to be done by England tomorrow, Caddick said.

England pulled off a convincing win over Sri Lanka in the NatWest Series opener at Trent Bridge. After losing four wickets in the first 19 overs, a blitzed fifty from Andrew Flintoff and an innings of 83 from Alec Stewart took them to a total that was beyond Sri Lanka’s reach. England eventually won by 44 runs, with the assistance of some brilliant catching.Marcus Trescothick and Nick Knight started the innings brightly enough after what is becoming a habit for Nasser Hussain – winning the toss. They took the scoring rate above six an over. They were not alone, however, in getting set and then getting out.Knight was first to go, falling lbw to Nuwan Zoysa after an enterprising innings of 20 from just 18 balls. It was a good ball that undid him, whereas Trescothick’s shot was one that should only be seen in this form of the game, and then only when there are 300 on the board. Trying to drive straight, he did not hit straight through the line and the leading edge sent the ball over the covers where Kumar Sangakkara ran backwards to take a superb catch coming down over his head as he ran towards the boundary.Hussain and Graham Thorpe shared and enterprising half-century partnership, Thorpe greeting Dilhara Fernando into the attack with some rasping off-side strokes. They appeared untroubled until Hussain was beaten by some movement away from the bat as he stretched forward for the ball to just clip the top of off stump and, three balls later, Thorpe dragged a very wide ball down onto his wicket.It was left to Stewart and Ronnie Irani to try to rebuild the innings against, at this stage, a keen attack that was backed by some exciting fielding. The batsmen set about their task with some sensible batting that involved a minimum of risks but keeping the score ticking along. It is the essence of one-day cricket after the fall of early wickets.Stewart reached his fifty from 67 balls with five fours, while Ronnie Irani, perhaps conscious of the criticism surrounding his selection, played with extreme caution in that he only reached the boundary once in his innings. He was a little unfortunate in that, having restrained his natural tendencies for so long, he eventually allowed himself to have a go at the bowling of Russel Arnold. He lifted a ball out towards deep mid-wicket where Mahela Jayawardene was able to take the catch and balance within the boundary. The batsman was visibly annoyed with himself for falling in that manner after such hard work.The arrival of Flintoff galvanised Stewart into playing more expansive strokes while Flintoff himself was at his bullying best. He simply savaged the bowling as he brought up his fifty from 28 balls with five fours and two enormous sixes. It was hitting of the highest calibre and exactly what was required in the circumstances.It was impossible not to feel sympathy for the bowlers whose job, it seemed, was merely to deliver up the balls for him to hit. Length and direction made no difference, apart from the sector of the ground – or crowd – into which the ball was clubbed.Stewart made room to be bowled in the final over after an innings of immense value to his side. Paul Collingwood came in to strike what looks like a football formation – four, two, four from the three balls he faced and England should have been very satisfied with the eventual total of 293 for six.The Sri Lankan reply was just beginning to take shape when the first wicket fell. Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana were sizing up the opening attack of Matthew Hoggard and James Kirtley when Hoggard bowled something recognisable as a half-volley to the Sri Lankan captain who rarely looks twice at such offerings before hammering them away. This time he hit it slightly uppishly but with great power through the covers for Hussain to take off and hold a quite stunning catch at full length.Kaluwitharana was joined by Marvan Atapattu and this pair were going along nicely, unperturbed by the asking rate that they knew was well within the range of this batting line-up. However, when the total was nine runs short of the hundred, Atapattu drove Flintoff towards mid-off where Irani went low to his left to hold a very good two-handed catch.England were ringing the changes with their attack in an effort to prevent the batsmen settling against a particular bowler. But Kaluwitharana went serenely to his fifty from 61 balls with a six and five fours, and found a willing partner in Jayawardene so that, by the halfway point in their innings, Sri Lanka had 134 for two whereas England’s total at the same stage was 129 for four.It was at this point that Collingwood came into the attack with immediate effect. Kaluwitharana flicked him towards mid-wicket where Thorpe dived to his right to hold yet another outstanding catch. In his next over, Collingwood uprooted Jayawardene’s middle stump to claim the remarkable figures of two for four from his two overs.Arnold was as sound as ever, providing stability for the stroke makers around him, until he was run out in the most unfortunate of circumstances. Sangakkara drove Hoggard sweetly back down the pitch. Hoggard deflected it onto the stumps with his finger tips and Arnold was unable to re-make his ground.Flintoff came back into the attack to have Upul Chandana caught at mid-off and Naveed Nawaz taken off a mis-pull at mid-wicket and, with the required rate reaching a thoroughly unlikely figure, it was a question of going through the motions to the finish.Kirtley took a closer interest than most by bowling Vaas and Zoysa in consecutive balls, and then saw Fernando drag the next ball from outside off stump past leg. Even in these times of ultra-professionalism, when it was still just mathematically possible for Sri Lanka to win, it should have been possible to spare a few close-catchers for the hat-trick ball.There had been some doubt earlier whether the lights could be raised to their full height in a gusting wind, but it fell below the safety limit of 25 mph and so the lights could illuminate Sri Lanka denying Flintoff another wicket in the final over. They could not deny him the man-of-the-match award.

Pesky showers had an early influence, on what was effectively the first day of play in the Northern Districts-Canterbury Shell Trophy match, but in the end they could not deny a batsman and a bowler a very good day at the office. Grant Bradburn and Gary Stead stood out as their respective colleagues found wickets and runs hard to come by.After a delayed start, the players came and went at regular intervals during the first two sessions, keeping the ground staff and various helpers occupied with the delivery and removal of the plastic covers.However, at the weather’s convenience, 84 overs – 41 of them in the two-and-a-half hours between tea and stumps – were bowled after Northern Districts won the toss and put Canterbury in on a pitch that offered an interesting contrast of green grass and dark earth. Simon Doull gave that decision early support with the wicket of Robbie Frew in his first over before a run had been scored.But then it was Doull who raised questions about Northern’s policy of preferring two spinners over the medium pace of Graeme Aldridge with a helpful pitch and heavy cloud cover. In his second over, Doull pulled up with a groin strain and although he continued through the morning session, albeit at a lower pace, he was not sighted at the bowling crease in the afternoon.As it turned out, the two-spin tactic benefited Northern, Bruce Martin and Bradburn getting the breakthroughs when Joseph Yovich, Alex Tait and a hampered Doull failed to make the best of the conditions. They were helped by some smart reflex catching in close as Michael Parlane, Mark Bailey and James Marshall put their hands in the right place at the right time.Bradburn turned into Northern’s biggest trump card on a pitch that was suppposedly going to help pace. A nagging length, some surprising turn and persistent accuracy brought the reward of four wickets for 56 off 25 overs. Robbie Hart would probably have been happier if his pace attack had placed similar demands on the batsmen.For Canterbury, their captain showed every sign of not allowing the conditions to take control. Without his unbeaten 77, the Canterbury total would have made sorry reading. A solid defence coupled with the occasional bit of judicious hitting ensured his team a degree of stability. With contributions in the 20s from Harley James, Jarrod Englefield and Gareth Hopkins, the southern visitors would not be too unhappy with 175 for six at the end of a day in which the toss was expected to be crucial.It may have been – but it was a spinner who put bowling first to best advantage.Northern will come back tomorrow intent on wrapping up the Canterbury innings quickly to ensure a chance in the last two days of collecting the outright needed to keep them in touch with the top of the table. If Canterbury respond to their captain’s example, Northern will have their work cut out.

Match facts

September 28, 2012
Start time 1530 local (1000 GMT)Imran Nazir was ruthless in Pakistan’s previous game•AFP

Big Picture

What appears to be the tougher of the two Super Eight groups gets underway with a repeat of the 2009 World T20 semi-final, a match that is remembered as one the most thrilling, in a format where almost anything can be labelled so. Historically, these two make good opponents: the unpredictability of Pakistan against the sometimes uber-predictability of South Africa. But things have changed.Pakistan still implode at times but tend to bring some of their best games to major tournaments. They have also tempered their fiery side with reason and both have been on display in equal measure in the group stage and even before that, in series against Australia and Sri Lanka. Combined, those two contrasting styles could result in a Pakistan side that consistently performs as well as they have done of late.They defended a decent total against a determined New Zealand line-up and then turned on the heat when they hunted down Bangladesh’s score ruthlessly. Importantly, their top three all have runs to their name and each of the bowlers, particularly Saeed Ajmal, have seen success.South Africa also take confidence into this round. They have had one all-too-easy encounter (against Zimbabwe) and one severely reduced match (a seven-over-a-side shootout against Sri Lanka) and managed not to get carried away by the former or spooked by the latter. Their philosophy when playing major tournaments appears to have changed. AB de Villiers spoke about not needing to win every game but building to a crescendo but South Africa have so far won and built at the same time.Having been on tour since the beginning of July, Gary Kirsten has stressed the importance of being fresh to his men. They had two days off in Bentota before they resumed training, which was describe as “lengthy and intensive” by the coaching staff. Surprisingly, they do not have a certain starting line-up as they try to keep an aura of mystery about them in their bid for ICC silverware.

Form guide

(completed matches, most recent first)
South Africa WWLWW
Pakistan WWLTW

Watch out for

South Africa will not have fond memories of playing against Shahid Afridi after he was solely responsible for stopping their march at the 2009 event. Afridi was a one-man act as he destroyed a Graeme Smith-led side that had not lost a single match in the lead-up to the semi-finals with both bat and ball. He is a man for a big occasion and even though the contest is not a knockout, to make a statement of intent against one of the favourites may be just the stage for Afridi to perform as he did on that day.Power is the quality that most batsmen want to be able to use to score runs in the shortest format, but Hashim Amla has chosen a different route. Small adaptations to his game have allowed him to keep the class and still become the world’s top-ranked ODI batsman. Flanked by the strength of the Richard Levi and the experience of Jacques Kallis, Amla is the calm in the South African batting line-up, something they will need as the tournament goes on.

Team news

Pakistan played the same XI in both their group matches and with two good results should keep the same team.Pakistan : 1 Mohammad Hafeez (capt), 2 Imran Nazir, 3 Nasir Jamshed, 4 Kamran Akmal (wk), 5 Umar Akmal, 6 Shoaib Malik, 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Yasir Arafat, 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Umar Gul, 11 Saeed AjmalSouth Africa also won both their matches, although they fielded different XIs, with the change being in the batting line-up. Faf du Plessis was given an opportunity to bat at No. 3 against Sri Lanka and scored 13 in a reduced game. He is the likeliest to be left out as South Africa opt for two spinners on a pitch that should take more turn than was on offer in Hambantota.South Africa (probable): 1 Richard Levi, 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Jacques Kallis, 4 AB de Villiers (capt & wk), 5 JP Duminy, 6 Farhaan Behardien, 7 Albie Morkel 8 Johan Botha 9 Robin Peterson 10 Morne Morkel, 11 Dale Steyn

Pitch and conditions

Albie Morkel expects a more typically sub-continental surface in Colombo compared with what he called “home conditions,” in Hambantota. The pitch is said to be much slower, with little in it for the quicks. A 60% chance of rain should lessen as the afternoon grows longer but the chance of another shortened match remains.

Stats and trivia

• Three of the top four wicket-takers in World T20 are all from Pakistan. Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal and Umar Gul are on 29, 27 and 27 wickets respectively.
• South Africa and Pakistan have played against each other in five T20s, twice in World T20s. South Africa have a better head-to-head record, winning three of the five played overall.

Quotes

“The beauty of our batting line-up is that we have a lot of variety and different sets of batting skills in our line-up. Guys can use their feet, guys can sweep, guys can reverse sweep; so we have some very good options in our line-up.”

“We are blessed with some of the greats in T20s, especially Ajmal and Afridi. This is our main strength even though we also rely on our fast bowlers.”