Younis Khan: “I have no doubt that if Woolmer had remained head coach, Pakistan cricket would have been very different today, and he would have taken it to great heights”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Younis Khan believes the national team would have reached “great heights” had Bob Woolmer continued on as head coach.
Mohammad Yousuf: “Bob Woolmer will remain the No.1 coach in the world…He was great guy, a great coach and a great motivator and I think, he was great for me as well. My balance and my batting improved considerably under him”
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Iconic Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf has revealed that his batting improved tremendously when the late Bob Woolmer was the national team’s head coach.
Inzamam-ul-Haq: “Bob Woolmer was our coach at that time and a full-fledged investigation was done against us”
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Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq recalled how a full investigation was done against the team following the death of Bob Woolmer.
Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif: “I was always confident about my abilities and working with the Late Bob Woolmer further instilled an attitude in me where I didn’t fear any opponent”
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Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif has revealed that under the late Bob Woolmer, who was the national team’s head coach, he feared no one.
Younis Khan: “I have learnt from Bob Woolmer that a coach should be a best friend of [the] players”
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Pakistan batting coach Younis Khan has revealed that the late Bob Woolmer taught him something so important during his tenure as the national team’s head coach.
Shahid Afridi: “He won’t do politics … He knew the strengths of each player, he knew about the weaknesses so when a player wouldn’t perform, he won’t call him names but support him, he would back him”
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Iconic Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has admitted that not focusing on politics and caring about all the players in the team is what made the late Bob Woolmer a successful and special head coach.
Younis Khan: “One of the main things that I learnt from Bob Woolmer was how he dealt with different personalities and characters in the team. This is something I am looking to do in my coaching role with the current Pakistan team”
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Pakistan batting coach Younis Khan has revealed that one of the great things he learned from former head coach Bob Woolmer “was how he dealt with different personalities and characters in the team”.
Faisal Iqbal: “One of the best foreign coaches I [had] the pleasure to work with as a player and a gem of a person”
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Former Pakistan batsman Faisal Iqbal wrote an emotional and heartwarming tribute to late head coach Bob Woolmer.
Imran Nazir: “Bob Woolmer was very close to the heart of every Pakistan cricket fan. He would have been 72 today. RIP Bob”
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Former Pakistan batsman Imran Nazir wrote an emotional tribute to late head coach Bob Woolmer on Friday.
Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal: “It becomes really difficult to give fitness tests after every two or three months during the season”
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Veteran Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal has lashed out at the national team’s regular fitness tests, saying it can “cause injury to bowlers and also results in loss of stamina for batsmen”.
