LAHORE, July 28: Intikhab Alam, the former Pakistan captain and coach, said on Wednesday that Bob Woolmer's criticism of the bonus point rules, applied in the Asia Cup, was unfair and illogical.

Talking to Dawn, Intikhab said that the studying rules and planning to get maximum benefits from them, was the coach's job and added it seemed Woolmer was unable to do this properly.

Woolmer, after losing the bonus point during Pakistan's 59-run victory over India, slammed the rule. Intikhab went on to say that Woolmer should have done his homework before the start of the competition and not during it.

"The rule was same for all and it was up to the participating teams to work out their plans," he said. "Pakistan team did not collect even a single bonus point which shows the coach could not prepare any strategy for it," he said.

Intikhab added that it was the coach's job to appriseeach member of the team about the rules and regulations of any tournament and prepare them accordingly.

He said that India got two bonus point in Asia Cup which showed they had worked out some planning for it. Intikhab said that Woolmer should accept the defeat instead of moaning about the rules.