Re: Woolmer Knows it all.... still doesnt use them..
All batsmen have some weakness, or least strong point. Woolmer has just pointed that out, and I think he is spot on in his observations.
This doesn't mean that every time Tendulkar gets a ball that nips back he will get out. Really fast ball nipping back was always his problem (remember Allan Donald). Though with injuries this seems to have aggravated, and we could clearly see that he was working on it.
Re: Woolmer Knows it all.... still doesnt use them..
Lets assume the ODI's yet to start and you came accross this article after the 3rd test. I am sure you would have agreed to Woolmer like you were saying Pak will win ODI 5-0 or 4-1 :D
Good point teaser. Woolmer's performance was flawless until the start of the ODI's. Even the thread opener F&B acknowledged that as he said that couple of weeks ago
You must be kidding. They are kicking our ass right from that Lahore ODI in 2004. And you are simplifying it here. Rana doesnt look good to you because you see him alongside Shoib and Asif. If you see him bowling alongside Zaheer and Pathan then He will look Curtly Ambrose to you. Now coming to batting.... Afridi and Younis ne Itni performance di hai ki I cant even sit properly and you are saying it is only Inzi. Yes...Inzi has hit the purpule patch but If you look at batting line up in ODI they have Younis,Yousuf, Shoib and Devastating Afridi. Salman has now scored 2 consecutive 100 against India. what more you want bhai...
Fuuny that after saying all that and praising the Pakistan team, now he has said this about the coach of the same team
In his article for Wisden Woolmer metions different way of dismissing Indian bastmen. I am just wondering why didnot he use them....
F&B bhai, with all due respect to you and the Indian team, what do you think about the Indian team? woh baycharay bhee haath mein gaind aur bala lay kar khailnay aatay hain. Kabhee tu woh bhee jeetain gay na bhai. Abb hur bar tu Woolmer aur Pakistani team nahin jeeti gee:D
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Inzamam rejects idea of separate Test, ODI teams
By Mohammad Yaqoob
LAHORE, Feb 23: Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq has rejected the idea of separate Test and one-day teams with different skippers. He was speaking in a Meet-the-Press programme organized by the Sports Journalists Association of Lahore (SJAL) on Thursday.
“We do not have an adequate pool of players to form two separate teams,” Inzamam said.
He said he was fit to play cricket till the next World Cup. “Yes, I have been facing back problems but now I am quite fit,”.
Inzamam had a back problem which forced him to play important matches only.
Asked if his decision of not playing in the second Twenty20 tournament indicated his fitness problem, he said, “Since I have to play in international matches, I will not be available for Twenty20 cricket.”
He declined that there was any grouping among the players which led to team’s defeat in the home ODI series against India.
“There is no grouping and the team is united. Such kinds of news are always surfaced when the team suffers defeat. We have lost the ODI series but won the Test series. No body is talking about that,” he said.
Inzamam said he had no pressure of criticism but public pressure was always there which helped players to boost their performance.
The skipper pointed out that injuries to Shoaib Akhtar and Shahid Afridi had made a difference in the ODI series.
Talking about the second ODI in Rawalpindi, he said the turning point in the match were four Pakistani run outs. “That raised the morale of the Indians and they bounced back after losing the first game in Peshawar,” Inzamam said.
About the coming tour of Sri Lanka, he said Pakistan was capable of winning it.
Asked if the Sri Lankans had become stronger after touring Australia, Inzamam said it was not like that and it depended on a team how it played on the match day.
He said the Indian wicket-keeper Mahendra Dhoni was the main force in snatching victory from Pakistan in Lahore and Karachi.
The skipper said fielding was a main difference between the two countries and Pakistan at the moment needed a fielding coach.
About bowling coach, Inzamam said that Wasim Akram or Waqar Younis were the best choice.
He said the coaches should be appointed on long-term basis as the coach required time to improve players’ performance.
Asked about fate of highly paid coach Bob Woolmer in presence of bowling and fielding coaches, Inzamam said the work load had been increasing and more staff would help to do quality work.
He advised the PCB to have vigilant eyes over under-19 players who won the World Cup in Sri Lanka.
“The board should help them in getting jobs in various departments and give them maximum chances to play first-class cricket,” he said.
Well, here is my concern:
- “About bowling coach, Inzamam said that Wasim Akram or Waqar Younis were the best choice.”
Were…? As in, they don’t stand as qualified candidates anymore? What has been Mushtaq Ahmed doing all this time in the team?
Also note:
- “Asked about fate of highly paid coach Bob Woolmer in presence of bowling and fielding coaches, Inzamam said the work load had been increasing and more staff would help to do quality work.”
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Ofcourse, Inzi won't want too separate teams, he'll certainly lose his captaincy that way. J/k. I agree with Inzi, 2 separate teams just will cause more problems as chemistry problems will happen and also if 1 sure captain is there, the "boyz" will start to perform better due to respect for him.
Wasim Akram is definetely the way to go for bowling coach as he was the best left hand bowler ever in my opinion (that's right for all you Paki's saying we never acknowledge Paki players, he you go) I mean, look at the job he has done with Irfan Pathan and Shoaib Akthar (i'm sure he trained him.)
Also, Pakistan definetely need another good bowler (besides Shoaib) as the other bowlers are way too inconsistent. Sami and Rana are ridiculous bowlers and I don't know why you guys are still supporting them. They give up around 50 + runs everytime (although they may take wickets here and there) and they also bowl too many wides and noballs. Maybe they need to bring in Anwar Ali as he showed tremondous pace and swing.
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^^ the "treeeeeemondous pace and swing" you talk about is only around in early 80 (79-82) nothing more and FYI he does bowl loads of no-balls.
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LOL...acrobi...it looked pretty fast when I was watching the U-19 match.
Re: Woolmer Knows it all.... still doesnt use them..
Only if Inzamam knew what to do in field sigh