A relaxed Pak prefer Urdu

Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer too supported this view by saying: “Urdu happens to be their national language and the players are comfortable in it.” When asked if he himself understood the natural language of his team all he could say was “nahi mangta hai”.

But the thing that Woolmer stressed that more than the comfort-level, it was only in Urdu that the players could “express themselves in the right way”.

Talking about the intense net session the coach stressed that he was delighted by the focused practice session his boys had. Pointing to the two practice pitches he said, “If you walk to the pitch in the middle you see a number of spots at the right areas. The boys were sharp and that makes me happy.”

However, he informed that the late replacements Mohammad Sami and Arafat will not play the game against South Africa tomorrow.

Stressing on the importance of today’s session Woolmer said that since they have just one more nets before their March 13 opening game against the West Indies, it was vital for the boys to sweat it out here.

“Tomorrow we play against South Africa and from there we travel to the opening ceremony. So there is not much time left,” he said.

But today’s development had the non-Asian English press on the edge. Many felt that, maybe this time the real Pakistan view might be lost in translation.