Re: Sri Lanka VS Pakistan 26th March @ Colombo
Perhaps the very first of the signs that now read: Woolmer vs. Waqar - Battle of coaches:
*- Pakistan’s cricket authorities have asked national team manager Zaheer Abbas to to help out Pakistan batsmen on SL tour and act as a sort of a batting trainer, a move that might further curtail the role of coach Bob Woolmer. Shaharyar Khan told reporters here on Thursday that Zaheer has been asked to help out the batsmen after a series of “irresponsible outings” from them during the ongoing tour of Sri Lanka.
- With another former star Waqar Younis recently inducted in the team management as the bowling coach, the move to give Zaheer added responsibilities in the batting department could be a sign of the beginning of the end of Bob Woolmer’s stint as the Pakistan coach. There is already a whispering campaign going on within the national cricket set-up that the Englishman is not very happy over the appointment of Waqar as the bowling coach.