Woolmer hails his gentlemen from Pakistan

Bob Woolmer enters the Champions Trophy in remarkably buoyant mood. He will tell anyone who listens that his Pakistan players are "absolute gentlemen" and the day that he can utter the phrase without any sniggering at the back is the day that he will have turned them into the finest team in the world.

The Champions Trophy might have come a little too early for a youthful and still inexperienced side but half an hour listening to Woolmer's enthusiastic assessment of "the most talented pool of players I've ever had to deal with" briefly makes you want to rush out and put the house on them winning the 2007 World Cup…