Re: Inzi-Woolmer clash / Shaharyar Khan pays tribute to Bob Woolmer
Shahrayar Khan was a career diplomat....but in his column published on Cricinfo - he appears to be anything but that. He comes across as your regular Pak official/player bad-mouthing other Pak officials/players.
Those joint prayers and spirituality reading is not the reason we lost and performed so badly. This is not the reason why our batsmen played poor shots.
Well, may not be that straight-forward cause-and-effect....but in the larger scheme of things, I believe, it does matter.
Osman Saimuddin quoted Woolmer (on Cricinfo) as saying that he had to work with a Pak team that had a very hierarchical culture...where the power distance between the Captain (Inzi) and a new player was substantial.
That, coupled with the fact that Inzi has come to be some kind of a spiritual leader of the team...means that any player who did not tow a certain line of thinking would feel very uneasy in the team.
Of course, I am just guessing.