Bob Woolmer Quotations

Now that's too much cricket but I can't help it.

Obviously, it's frustrating when you get weather like this. And the (weather) forecast is not good for the next two days, so I think it will be a drawn match.

Obviously, he has got a great record over the years and will take wickets on any pitch.

But as he walks away he can be proud that many people all around the world are sad to see him go - cricket will be poorer without him.

He scored heavily against England in the matches he played against India. You always can't score that heavily.

He has been rested as we have four more games after this one.

He is in great mental stress and he has to decide about the third test.

What we are trying to do is to ... try and improve our bench strength.

It is all about how you perform on the field. It is a mental game and how well you display your talent depends on one's confidence.

It is obviously frustrating to have weather like this. But you can't blame it on anyone. Neither would I blame anyone for this pitch.

Pakistan has played terrifically well in the last 12 months but we definitely need to find a method to beat India in the one-day game to restore our confidence.

Our fielding was shocking and everything went wrong for us. We played badly and they played well. We got badly thrashed.

Overall, it has been a brilliant performance and the bowlers excelled in tandem.

We had dropped catches and our fielding was terrible. We need to do a lot on this. But Indian outplayed us in all three aspects, batting, bowling and fielding. I can't put my hand and say this was the reason why we lost.

We had a bad day basically while India played very good cricket and I have to give credit to them for batting and bowling well. We were thrashed.

This series is very important for both sides in terms of the Champions Trophy.

Under the letter of law, it would seem that he was out and we should just leave it at that.

We had three very good pitches for the series against England (last month) and I believe good pitches produce good cricket.

You have to hope for some mistakes because good batsmen will always cash in on pitches like this.

We went there for little practices and we were told that a soft ball match was being played, which no one seemed to know.

Bowlers did a great job and I am pleasantly surprised at the capitulation of India's strong batting line-up.

Asif is one of those McGrath-like bowlers who bowl really tight line and lengths and just get the ball to go in and out a little.

Everything went wrong today. We played very badly and India played very well. And, as it turned out, India thrashed us.

Practically we have one goal in mind and that is a year away and every series is part of our preparation to that goal.

The one-day defeats against India were disappointing but our final goal is the 2007 World Cup. We have identified what went wrong and I am sure the boys have learned from them.

There were no problems of security and the crowd was simply the best in Karachi.

It was an amazing day yesterday 20 wickets fell. Very difficult to explain why.

It is very exciting for Pakistan that he has bowled as well as he has done here.

It's one of those horrible things that can flare up at any time and we have to try and manage it now.

The batsmen were the mood to chase even a big total like 380 but poor visibility restricted them to do so.

They both look good and I can't see them missing the final game.

I observed the pitch and it was excellent but yet I am not sure how it would behave on the day.

His batting is one of the positives we had from the match. He batted superbly.

I don't want to knock my side. They did the best they could, but nothing went right for them.

The light was getting bad for quite some time and fortunately we were ahead of D/L Method when they (umpires) finally called off the match.

The local media are questioning his technique and he is not as prolific as he has been. He is susceptible to the ball nipping back off the seam and does not move his feet as well as he used to. I do not want to tempt providence but, for all his class, he is not as destructive as he was and he can be contained.