LAHORE, May 7: Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq has said that his spin and fast bowlers are quite capable of performing well on the upcoming tour of the West Indies.

Talking to reporters, after attending the first day of the three-day training camp which started at the Qadhafi Stadium on Saturday, Inzamam said that the way leg-spinner Danish Kaneria was performing he hoped that spin bowling would make a difference in the tour.

When asked if he was only relying on his spinners, Inzamam, who had a very successful tour of India, replied in the negative.

“We have quality spinners and they will play a vital role but our fast bowling department has also been strengthened after Shabbir Ahmed staged a comeback and Rana Navedul Hasan is already delivering,” he added.

“Almost the same bowlers had created problems against India which is stronger on this tour of the West Indies so I believe our bowlers can excel more”, he said.

The 17-member Pakistan team is leaving for the West Indies early Tuesday morning to play two Tests and three ODIs.

Inzamam said that the absence of Mohammad Sami would be felt because he had been a regular bowler of the team.

He avoided prediction about victory but added “chances of Pakistan’s win are there since the boys are making collective efforts and doing their best”.

Inzamam said that he would try his best to make history by beating the West Indies for the first time in their homeland.

He said he had witnessed the Test series between South Africa and the West Indies and observed the wickets were batting-friendly but the ball was spinning also.

“But as both teams (West Indies and South Africa) did not have quality spinners they could not get full advantage but the case will be different with Danish in our team,” he said.

Asked what kind of pitches he was expecting and what strategy he had adopted, Inzamam said that it was premature to say anything about the kin d of pitches they would be playing on but added most probably the batsmen’s friendly wickets would be prepared.

He said the tour of the West Indies had always been tough and Pakistan had been performing well in the previous tours.

Last time Pakistan visited the West Indies in 1999-2000 and lost the three Test match series 1-0 by losing the final by one wicket. However, Pakistan won the tri-series final involving Zimbabwe besides the two teams.

He welcomed the induction of Bazid Khan and said if deemed necessary the player would be tested as a middle-order batsman. To a question, Inzamam said that the team needed a fielding and bowling coach but now the time was short and the matter would be decided after the West Indies tour.

“We have young bowlers and they need a coach to hone their skills,” Inzamam said.

Meanwhile, the camp started and the boys remained in practice till 1.30pm under the scorching sun.

All 17 players attended the camp conducted by former manager Haroon Rasheed.

He said that he was assigned the duty by the PCB after Bob Woolmer had decided to join the team in England.

But in a surprising move, the PCB announced in the afternoon that Woolmer would join the camp from Sunday.

“Initially he (Woolmer) was to join the team in London from Namibia where he was with the ‘A’ team but since the departure of the Pakistan team to West Indies was delayed by four days, Woolmer has retuned to Pakistan to join the camp and leave with the team on May 10,” a PCB spokesman said.

Surprisingly, the change in the departure of the team was announced on May 2 and the sudden change in Woolmer’s programme remained a mystery.