Raja believes Younis Khan should lead the Pakistan team

Raja believes more control should be given to the team's captain.

"The PCB should take their time and think about not having a coach," said Raja, also a former Pakistan captain.

"There can be confusion about who is in charge with a coach there, so I say give the captain all the authority and make him more responsible."

Woolmer, 58, was found unconscious in his hotel room on 18 March, the day after his team were eliminated from the World Cup following a shock defeat to Ireland.

Coaches can retard the thinking of cricketers, especially of a captain Former Pakistan captain Rameez Raja

He was pronounced dead in hospital later that day and Jamaican police are treating the death as murder.

With Inzamam-ul-Haq relinquishing the Test and one-day captaincy following Pakistan's poor showing, Raja believes that the time is right to made radical decisions.

"We've tried various coaches and though they are important, if they were that important the lesser teams would be able to match the better teams in world cricket," he said. "Coaches can also retard the thinking of cricketers, especially of a captain because he's being fed things from his coach all the time."

Raja believes that vice-captain Younis Khan should be appointed as the new skipper and put in charge of all team matters, aided by a low-profile assistant coach to organise things like nets.

Pakistan under-19 coach Aaqib Javed and cricket academy head Mudassar Nazar have both been suggested as candidates, but Raja did not back them as candidates.

"As far as their cricket abilities go I have no issues, but as far as man-management skills are concerned, I have an issue or two," he said.

"That is why Bob Woolmer was so crucial to this team. He knew man-management and would look to take the positives out of a defeat.

"If they make Younis Khan captain it would improve the team. He may come over as mercurial and temperamental but if they appoint him long term I'm sure he will be able to work out his negativities."