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Woolmer felt Pakistan press tried to disrupt team spirit

Kingston : Days before his death, Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer had expressed his unhappiness with the print media from the country as they were trying to ``disrupt team spirit.''

A day prior to the humiliating loss to Ireland, Woolmer, in his tour diary, had noted that the game was very important for Pakistan but the write-ups in the press were affecting the team's morale.

``We are aware of the importance not just of this game (against Ireland) but both and we are very determined to do well.

``We are also very disappointed by the articles trying to disrupt team spirit appearing in our press in Pakistan and would ask those who read this to ignore them,'' Woolmer wrote in his last tour diary on March 16.

He also gave a brief account of the team's preparations for the match.

``Our final practice we netted at Kensington Oval and then went over to Sabina park for a fielding practice. Our final preparations for tomorrow's game and then I had lunch with Danish (Kaneria) next to the pool and then went back to the room to catch up with the diary and a couple of articles and our final preparations for the team meeting this evening,'' he wrote.

A look at his previous day's diary (March 15) tells that the coach was not under any pressure and tried to enjoy his stay in the West Indies and dined at Caribbean great Courtney Walsh's restaurant— PTI

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