The tourists forfeit of the fourth Test at The Oval after they had been penalised five runs for ball-tampering, and subsequently failed to take the field in protest, was an unprecedented event in 129 years of Test cricket.
They then threatened to scrap the one-day leg of their tour if charges against captain Inzamam-ul-Haq of ball-tampering and bringing cricket into disrepute were not dimissed.
But although the case against Inzamam remains outstanding, Pakistan who have called for controversial Oval umpire Darrell Hair to be barred from standing in all of their future matches, eventually decided to carry on with the tour.
Now they head into the second of a five-match one-day campaign at Lord's here Saturday on the back of a five-wicket Twenty20 win against England on Monday and the better of Wednesday's washed-out series opener at Cardiff.
“I'm very encouraged by our performances,” Woolmer told reporters at Lord's on Friday. “What has happened in last 10 days has made us more determined in trying to win the series.
“Off the field we've always had a really good team spirit. On the field there's a real determination, it's really noticeable in the way we've fielded.
“The team are playing some really good cricket which is an interesting psychological motivating factor for them.
“It's an interesting period in Pakistan's cricket history.”
Meanwhile Woolmer reiterated his call for Cricket's Law 42.3, the rule governing ball tampering, to be relaxed.
At present the on-field umpires alone are empowered to impose a five-run penalty for ball-tampering and there is no requirement on them to give the fielding side a warning in advance.
“If anyone's prepared to listen I'm prepared to chat,” said Woolmer in the shadow of the pavilion at Lord's.
“Certainly Law 42.3, it's a bit autocratic. It needs to be looked at in terms of how you approach the fact that you feel the ball is being tampered with,” the former England batsman added.
“If it had been treated the way they (the umpires) treat no balls — 'just come back a bit, you're getting close' — that type of thing, a bit more at ease with the players I think that would help.
“So I think that law needs to be revisited.
“I think the ball should swing and it doesn't really matter how as long as you are not using external implements like razor blades or bottle tops. But if you've got your fingers and sweat and then the ball should swing. Otherwise it becomes totally a batsman's game.”
“Nails are part of the body,” added Woolmer when asked if he was in favour of players being allowed to scratch at the ball. “But we need to get this into a proper perspective and discuss this at length.
“If you can encourage the ball to swing, that, I think, is good for the game of cricket.”Pakistan now have a fully fit squad to chose from having had to play all the Test series without pace bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Rana Naved, as well as opening batsman Shoaib Malik.
And impressive quick Mohammad Asif, who took three wickets in Cardiff, only returned from an elbow problem at The Oval.
“The two crucial injuries were Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Asif. They happened to us the day before the first Test. We knew we didn't have Shoaib Akhtar,” Woolmer explained.
“It's an exciting team. It's nice to have people with experience, people with tremendous talent and people who can win games.
“Michael Atherton said to me we had seven match-winners but I hope all our XI can be.”
England, on the other hand, will be aiming to bounce back from a poor run of one-day form. After losing 5-0 to Sri Lanka, they were beaten in Monday's Twenty20 match and also struggled at Sophia Gardens. There are unlikely to be many changes, although England must again choose between Rikki Clarke and Michael Yardy.
Veteran seamer Darren Gough, who is back in the England squad after a year's absence says he has noticed a distinct shortage of confidence in the team.
"England have lacked belief in the ability of some of the players," he told BBC Sport. "That's down to not knowing whether they're going to be part of the squad because they're not winning and there are always going to be changes.
"It would have been nice if we'd got all the players who are going to play in the Champions Trophy or the World Cup and had a good run together. But since last year we've been split up through injuries and different players coming in — everyone's been playing for places."
Batsmen Kevin Pietersen says having a lot of new, young players has been a factor in their struggles. "In a Test if you lose a session — or even two — you can still win a match, whereas in a one-day game with the inexperience if you lose 10 overs you lose the game," the batsman explained.
"It's a case of knowing when to turn it on, when to be ruthless and when to be clinical.
"We've got that approach in the Test matches but we're struggling to find it in the one-dayers."
Meanwhile, both the teams will be hoping the weather holds for the second match of their five-match one-day series on Saturday. The opener in Cardiff was abandoned on Wednesday and more rain is forecast at Lord's.
England (from): Andrew Strauss (capt), Marcus Trescothick, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Jamie Dalrymple, Rikki Clarke, Chris Read (wkt), Sajid Mahmood, Darren Gough, Stuart Broad, Jon Lewis, Ed Joyce, Alastair Cook, Michael Yardy.
Pakistan (from): Inzamam-ul-Haq (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Kamran Akmal (wkt), Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif, Imran Farhat, Danish Kaneria, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Umar Gul, Shahid Yousuf.—Agencies