My Question to Bob Woolmer

Affan

Most bowlers that Pakistan has/had are Inswing bowlers who have a difficult time in getting the batsmen out in Tests specially when a batsmen is well set (e.g Jaysuria Oct 2004, Sehwag March 2004, all Aussies on the last tour, Mark Taylor :)). Shoaib, Sami and AbdurRazzaq are same type of bowlers while the Aussie trio is all about variety and adapt well to conditions. Pakistan has always relied on taking wickets through lbw's and bowling them out using (in/reverse)swing out while SA/Aus usually go for genuine outswing/line-length. Is it time that we start looking at practising other plans of attack? Is there any plan of making better/faster wickets in Pakistan; specially after seeing the result of the 3rd India vs Aus Test? Also are there any steps being taken in order to raise the players' mental strength which has been talked about so much?

Thanks and Best Regards.

PS. You ROCK and so does Pakistan!

[Update]

His reply:

Hi masterBlaster,
Yes we are taking steps to improve the Mental strength witness Sri Lanka in Karachi and Kolkat on Saturday evening, Our bowlers can swing it both ways and are competent enough to adapt to all conditions.
Bob