Woolmer says ENG need not panic....says BBC

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Re: Woolmer says ENG need not panic....says BBC

@Antumul alona

Also, no matter what people say, I am so glad that ENGLAND did not hire Woolmer in 1999 as their coach... If that would have happened , we might not have had the benefit of Woolmer for Pakistan. Everybody has shortcomings, however, Woolmer has had a hugely positive impact on the Pakistan team. And PCB need to get their act together and keep this guy for a long time. I think if after the WC we change captains, it will be even more required to atleast keep the coaching head unchanged.

I personally think that Australia would go for Moody (Hussey openly voiced his support for him recently) who's presently SLA coach after WC 2007 which would mean Greg Chappell staying as the Indian coach. That would leave Woolmer having to decide b/w PCB and ECB. From some of his statements re. pay rise etc. in the past he seems quite materialistic. He could easily fetch more ((than the £80K (+ perks) that the PCB pay him annually)) as an English coach but then no other cricket board would allow him to make so many 'holiday' trips to SA.

This plus Pakistan's performance in WC 2007 will be the key.

I think there is too much hype re. the importance of WC. Even if (a very big if) we somehow win it, it would n't make us the best team in the world. Pakistan won the WC in 1992 but that did n't make us the best team in the world. Infact in the very next one-day series in England we got thrashed 1-4. That said there was no clearly dominant or overwhelmingly favourite team then (like the Windies 1975-1990 and Aussies 1999-2007). The same holds true for India in 1983 and SLA in 1996. Only the Windies sides who won the WC in 1975 and 1979 and the Australian teams who won the WC in 1999 and 2003 could rightfully claim to be the best side in the world.