Woolmer Relishing Pakistan Cricket

BOB WOOLMER has always been one of cricket’s greatest enthusiasts and students but he is relishing his present role as coach of Pakistan. Nowhere is there more natural aptitude for cricket than on the sub-continent. The ideas are no different from those being applied in other Test-playing countries by other independent coaches, but in some respects there was more ground to be made up here. A team ethic, continuity in selection, a settled set of fit players at the top, a video data-base of the most promising cricketers below the top level, greater attention to developing the right muscles and the physical stamina of youthful fast bowlers…