Bob Woolmer-A cricket man 24 -7

Yesterday a great cricket man died.He was 24-7 cricket man.According to him he was never a great player. But He was among the best to make the transition from being a player to a great coach. That's probably what he'll be remembered for the most.Always great player makes a good coach is not true.prime example is Kapil Dev .
Bob Woolmer was also a good player.His array of gloriously timed off-side strokes made him look a better batsman than he was, he had a disappointing Test career -especially for a man who, in only his second Test, saved England as they followed on against Australia by holding out for 499 minutes against Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson to score 149. Although he added two more hundreds, also against Australia, he first interrupted his Test career by signing for World Series Cricket in 1977, then ended it forever by joining the rebel South African tour of 1981-82.
His coaching career started at Warwickshire, and he immediately made an impact as the county won a string of trophies in the early 1990s. That led to him being appointed by South Africa in 1994. In his final season with Warwickshire he witnessed Brian Lara make 501 not out for Durham - as a schoolboy at Lahore he had
been present when Hanif Mohammad set the previous record highest score for 499.He has glorious coaching stint with South Africa. He turned the bunch of inexperienced young side into fighting,fearful and all conquering side except Australia .He was instrumental in shaping of careers of Allan Donald ,Jonty Rhodes and Jaques
Kallis.He turned these South Africans to modern Greats.He was very close to Hansie Cronje and that was well documented.After a spell as the ICC's high-performance manager, he was announced as Pakistan's new coach in June 2004, and signed a contract to remain in charge until the 2007 World Cup. But the tournament was, tragically, to be his last; after Pakistan were sent home from the World Cup by Ireland, And he didn't get any chance to brighten his portfolio as a coach because life didn't give him another chance.

As a coach, his pioneering use of computers to show, for example, where opposing batsmen scored their runs may have stemmed from an experience of his own, batting against Mike Brearley's Middlesex. "Knowing I liked he cover-drive, he had Mike Selvey bowling at me wide of off stump, with two slips and two gulley's. In 45 minutes, I scored 12. Then I chased another wide one from Selvey and was caught at second slip."
Woolmer was creative and adventurous. But his coaching was based on a simple premise: the more enjoyable he could make the game, the better his players would respond. No two fielding practices were alike when Woolmer was in charge.He understood players, what worked and didn't work with them.Coaching is man management skill.Most famous example is Shoaib Akhtar which was his biggest challenge.To which I think he
was successful.by seeing his performances against England at home.But Shoaib madness and his injury problem robbed pakistan chances.And black spot has put on Woolmer coaching career
He was Best coach of our generation along with Dave Whatmore,John Buchhanan.He stood there at the top in coaching.Due to this men basic man can understood the importance of coaching in cricket field.Anyway in cricket before that no one knows about coaching methods and startergies. Now a days coach is important part in team due to those men. Thank you Bob for that.And we cricket lovers salute you for your preciously cricket contribution.