Pressure is on Sri Lanka - Caddick

England's Andrew Caddick is preparing himself for another tour of frustration on Sri Lanka's slow wickets in the forthcoming Test series.  

The Somerset bowler was perhaps the most disappointing of all England's seamers during the victory in Pakistan, claiming only three wickets in the three-Test series.

He is expecting more of the same when they face Sri Lanka in the first Test on February 22, confident in the knowledge that England can out-bowl their opponents should they take the unusual step of providing fast and bouncy surfaces.

But although the first half of the winter was not the most productive for him personally, he believes the seamer's efforts in ripping through West Indies last summer following by the batting line-up's unexpected success against Pakistan's spinners before Christmas will put Sri Lanka in a quandary.

"I would expect them to produce a good wicket," he explained. "I don't think they will forget what our spin did to Pakistan and I don't think they can allow our batsmen to dominate theirs.

"Pakistan were scared of our attack and they thought we'd be scared of their spin attack and that didn't work - we've got a good pace attack now and we're just developing a good spin attack.

"Sri Lanka would be silly not to be scared of our attack. We have got pace, bounce and movement and I think it will be an interesting series and the pressure is on them as the home side just like it was for Pakistan.

"We've got nothing to lose, we're on a confident winning streak and if we can continue that in the first class matches leading up to the Test and demonstrate the development we've made during the last 18 months then I'm sure we'll do well."