World Cup Diary - Kiwi bites

FLOWER NOT IN BLOOM
While the Pakistani players enjoyed the adulation, it was getting a little difficult for batting coach Grant Flower. He had a long morning where he worked with the boys and had just a couple of hours to get ready for the occasion. Flower stood at the back, thoroughly disinterested and waiting for the show to get over. Nobody recognized him either and there were no autograph hunters around him.The moment the show was over, Flower was off, back in the team bus, waiting to go back and take a nap.
PAK STILL SORE
There was a serious postmortem session between a PCB official and some Pakistani journalists about the reasons for Pakistan's defeat to India.The frenzy around the match was listed as a factor, which the Pakistan team apparently failed to handle. "First you have the match right in the beginning of the tournament, and then there is such a rush in the hotel that the players didn't have food an hour after they were back," the official said. One hopes things will get a little quieter and Pakistan will notch up a couple of wins to get back on track.