Cricket WC: Pakistan to meet lowly Canada today

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COLOMBO: John Davison, the veteran Canadian batsman, hoped on Wednesday that his under-achieving team will find Pakistan napping in their World Cup game here at the R Premadasa Stadium on Thursday (today).

"There is no point in playing a match without having any hopes of winning it," said the 40-year-old, who shined for Canada in 2003 and 2007 World Cups but has begun this tournament with back-to-back ducks against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.

"Pakistan are a great side but we will go into tomorrow's match hoping that we do well and they have a poor day. They've had poor days in the past."

Davison, Canada's most experienced player, said that the biggest challenge for his team will be to read Pakistan's spinners. "The biggest challenge is to read their spinners because of the conditions here," he said.

Davison hoped that he will regain his form against the Pakistanis. "It's probably a mental thing," said Davison referring to his poor form. "I got a very good ball against Sri lanka while against Zimbabwe. I should have waited for a while before going for my shots," said Davison, who has scored 766 runs from 29 One-day Internationals including a stunning 76-ball 111 in the 2003 World Cup against the West Indies at Centurion.