 Woolmer remembered by Pakistanis
19th Mar 2008 14:00 IST
Agencies
Pakistan's former coach Bob Woolmer may have been remembered by many former and current players with fond words on his first death anniversary but his predecessor Javed Miandad preferred to remind that the South African made little contribution to the country's cricket.
Miandad, who was replaced by Woolmer after a home series defeat to India in mid 2004, said while one always must try to remember a departed soul with good words, the facts must also not be hidden.
"Woolmer might have been a good human being and I have no doubt about that. But when you talk about his contribution to Pakistan cricket than the bottom line is he didn't leave a very big imprint behind," Miandad said.
"If you look at his tenure he didn't achieve much with our players and the way we went out of the World Cup it was very disappointing. It was sad the way he died. But the fact is his contribution as a coach to Pakistan were not much," he said.
Miandad said it was strange that other local players had done more for Pakistan cricket but the Board did not acknowledge their contribution while talking about how much Woolmer had done for the game in the country.
Woolmer died under mysterious circumstances in a hotel room in Jamaica, just a few hours after the Pakistan team's unexpected elimination at the hands of Ireland in the World Cup.
Another former captain Rashid Latif said Woolmer's death had come as a shock to him.
"I knew him little but he appeared to be a good man. But unfortunately he couldn't translate his reputation as a super coach into good results for the team."
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