Cricket: Woolmer explains form

Pakistan's English coach Bob Woolmer has sought to explain away Pakistan's poor performance in the opening test loss to Sri Lanka.

The Pakistani team went through "an extraordinary schedule of 16 one-day matches in a row with no domestic four-day cricket for the players and that didn't help", said Woolmer, whose first test as coach has been disappointing.

Woolmer, 56, took charge in June after Pakistan great Javed Miandad was replaced following home defeats against arch rivals India in April.