Pakistan is known for its unpredictable nature and you always guess which Pakistan team will turn up. Does that add pressure or relax you that you can beat them?
Yes, Pakistan is an unpredictable team, but I think we also come into this game, I think we have a bit of confidence so we will be trying to give our best shot, you know. We are not over-confident as well. And we are trying to do our best.
The win that came against Afghanistan was your team wanted. What has it done to your team?
We just need a win for — it always gives us the confidence if you get a win, any team, with any team, that is what we want. Finally, we got that. After that, we did really good things in that particular match, but I think — and also we have some parts to learn more, many things about the batting.
If the pitch still going to be a green top, is there a chance that you may want to strengthen your struggling middle order by leaving out a fast bowler?
It’s a pretty good wicket if you take a bit of grass. It’s a fact that we got that rather than the Cardiff wicket so we were trying to go the same team, we are trying to go the same team, but I think we thought we need another batsman, so we might make one change, but not many, you know. We will be trying to play the same batting line-up for this game.
How were the strong comments given by Malinga in the last game received in the dressing room?
Everybody has a job they have to do. If you are a batsman, you have to score. If you are a bowler, you have to take wickets. When we are losing, everyone else, everyone call everyone lots of things, and we get outsiders, they come in with lots of things so those are the bad things when we are not doing well.
Challenges of playing Pakistan.
If you can do that particular day well, you can be the winning side. Pakistan did well against England. They put score on the board, big scores, so after that, they keep taking wickets, so those are the key areas. If you are playing any big team, you have to do the same thing, you have to put some runs on the board and give a chance for the bowlers to take wickets. If you are not doing that, you can't do that. I think Pakistan, or whatever the team, you have to do the basic things if you want to win it.