Zimbabwe's veteran batter Sean Williams said that he and his side is not sweating too much over Bangladesh's pace sensation Nahid Rana ahead of the two-Test series, saying they are prepared to face the speedster.

Rana burst onto the scenes last year, impressing all with his raw pace with both red and white ball.

The young 22-year-old, who can breach the 150 kmph mark, is part of the 15-man Bangladesh squad for the first Test and is likely to be brought in against the Zimbabweans, who have not yet faced him.

But when asked about Rana in Sylhet today, Williamson downplayed the threat posed by the pacer and said, "There's a lot of people who can bowl fast nowadays. Not just one person. We are prepared for that. We have bowling machines that bowl faster than human beings."

However, the 38-year-old also praised the Bangladesh pace brigade and hoped that the Zimbabwean pace attack could follow its foot steps and develop into a similarly potent attack.

"I think they are excellent. I have watched the Bangladesh pace attack grow and grow through the years. The amount of players they get to select from, is incredible. I have really enjoyed the growth within Bangladesh.

"Hopefully we will be starting to do the same in our country. We have a new guy Newman coming through. Brad Evans is another, but unfortunately, he is not here now. We have got guys with high-level of skills."

The first of the two Tests will begin in Sylhet on April 20.

'We have machines that bowl faster': Williams on Nahid Rana

Star Sports Report

Zimbabwe's veteran batter Sean Williams said that he and his side is not sweating too much over Bangladesh's pace sensation Nahid Rana ahead of the two-Test series, saying they are prepared to face the speedster.

Rana burst onto the scenes last year, impressing all with his raw pace with both red and white ball.

The young 22-year-old, who can breach the 150 kmph mark, is part of the 15-man Bangladesh squad for the first Test and is likely to be brought in against the Zimbabweans, who have not yet faced him.

But when asked about Rana in Sylhet today, Williamson downplayed the threat posed by the pacer and said, "There's a lot of people who can bowl fast nowadays. Not just one person. We are prepared for that. We have bowling machines that bowl faster than human beings."

However, the 38-year-old also praised the Bangladesh pace brigade and hoped that the Zimbabwean pace attack could follow its foot steps and develop into a similarly potent attack.

"I think they are excellent. I have watched the Bangladesh pace attack grow and grow through the years. The amount of players they get to select from, is incredible. I have really enjoyed the growth within Bangladesh.

"Hopefully we will be starting to do the same in our country. We have a new guy Newman coming through. Brad Evans is another, but unfortunately, he is not here now. We have got guys with high-level of skills."

The first of the two Tests will begin in Sylhet on April 20.