Bob the builder

The temperamental speedster had a disappointing time against the Indians at home. Instead of criticising Shoaib like former coaches and cricketers, Woolmer called him a 8216;matchwinner8217; and worked on his run-up shortening it. Though Shoaib hasn8217;t fired much of late, he appears keener.

REDEFINING AFRIDI

Afridi8217;s effectiveness at the top of the order was wearing off, so much so that he was dropped and reduced to leading the Pak A side. Woolmer has used Afridi8217;s slogging powers at the lower middle-order, and worked on him as a bowler. The result: match-winning bowling efforts at Amstelveen and against Kenya here.

MOULDING MALIK

The star of the side had become India8217;s bogeyman during the Indian tour of Pakistan, but was still not a regular. But the Asia Cup 8212; where Malik was established at number three 8212; is where Woolmer played his masterstroke. Now, Malik8217;s off-spin bowling is just an add-on8230;

BETTER GROUND WORK

Pakistan is still not quite Australia on the field, but they have certainly come up from the bottom of the pile. Having perfected the processes with Jonty Rhodes as the Saf coach, for Woolmer it8217;s now just a matter of bringing the Wanderers to Gaddafi.