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Pakistan’s cricketers must change their attitude to succeed, coach Bob Woolmer said on Friday after Younis Khan’s “sad” refusal to captain the side.

With the dust barely settled from captain Inzamam-ul-Haq’s ban for bringing the game into disrepute, stand-in skipper Younis caused further chaos on Thursday when he said he did not want to be a “dummy captain”.

“Younis’s decision to turn down the captaincy shows a lack of attitude and we need to change this attitude if we want to be world-beaters,” Woolmer said. “I fought for him (Younis) in the team and helped him fight for his place against all odds, but his decision left me sad and disappointed. It seemed he could not take the pressure of captaincy.”

Woolmer said he was now looking to the future. “I am a firm believer that things happen for the good but we must learn quickly because the people of Pakistan have high expectations of this team and the World Cup is getting nearer,” said Woolmer.

Pakistan must also mature or else they will face tough times in the post-Inzamam era, Woolmer said.

“Pakistan must learn to live without Inzamam, who has been the binding force in recent years. Inzamam will not always be there, so others will have to show maturity,” said Woolmer, who took over as coach in July 2004.

Source:The News

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