11.  Inzamamul Haq was the stalwart of the Pakistani batsmen, sweeping and cutting with elan against a bowling attack that looked inept.

12.  Once these two wickets fell, the rest of the batsmen lost their nerves and fell to the Pakistani bowling attack one after the other.

13.  Paceman Chaminda Vaas and Pramodaya Wickremasinghe, who bagged six wickets in the test against Pakistan are expected to open the bowling attack.

14.  South Africa opted to add a spinner to their bowling attack.

15.  Sri Lanka has found a useful bowling attack with Chaminda Vaas and Ravindra Pushpakumara, who have used both swing and pace to deceive batsmen.

16.  Srinath had to leave with an injury and was replaced in the bowling attack by part-timer Saurav Ganguly.

17.  The Australians also have a formidable bowling attack in Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie, Brett Lee and Shane Warne.

18.  The batsmen completely subdued a very ordinary bowling attack, and the bowlers thoroughly intimidated the South African batsmen.

19.  The bowling attack is low quality with only Derbyshire fast-medium bowler Dominic Cork showing any consistency.

20.  The bowling attack put South Africa at bat through seven overs at lunch for the third successive match of the series.