Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) A British actor called Richard Burton is playing murdered cricket coach Bob Woolmer in Mahesh Bhatt's movie on cricket and match-fixing called 'Jannat'.
Hardbeatnews, KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thurs. Nov. 29, 2007: More than five weeks and over 50 testimonies later, a Jamaican inquest is no closer to determining the exact cause of the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer.
Hardbeatnews, KINGSTON, Jamaica, Fri. Nov. 16, 2007: Jamaica’s UK-born, Deputy Police Commissioner has slammed the state’s forensic lab as the inquest into the death of Pakistan Coach Bob Woolmer continued yesterday.
Hardbeatnews, KINGSTON Jamaica, Tues. Nov. 13, 2007: What deadly pesticide? The director of the chemistry department at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies has declared there was no trace of a potentially deadly pesticide in the body of late Pakistan Coach, Bob Woolmer.
Hardbeatnews, KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mon. Oct. 22, 2007: The Jamaica inquest into the death of Bob Woolmer is set to resume today, two days after a doctor testified that the Pakistan cricket coach was dead before he reached the hospital.
Hardbeatnews, KINGSTON, Jamaica, Weds. Oct. 17, 2007: Jamaican hotel cleaner, Bernice Robinson, yesterday reminisced for an 11-member jury the day of March 18, 2007, when she found the unconscious body of former Pakistan coach, Bob Woolmer on a bathroom floor.
The PCB have agreed to play a match to aid Woolmer's proposed academy
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has agreed to play a Twenty20 benefit match to raise funds for a proposed cricket academy in the name of former coach Bob Woolmer.Woolmer had planned to open an academy in South Africa and his widow Gill wants to proceed with those plans.The match will be played either in England or India, though the exact date is still to be confirmed.Woolmer died on March 18th in his Kingston hotel room after the team's defeat in the Caribbean to Ireland in the World Cup. Jamaican police initially believed he had been murdered, but after a long inquiry it was found that Woolmer had died of natural causes.In a statement the PCB said: "After his death, his widow Gill Woolmer sent an official request to PCB for playing a Twenty20 Cricket match either in UK or in India, the proceeds of which would be utilised for the development of this academy."The PCB said it was committed to play the mat
THE widow of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer expressed relief today after Jamaican police finally declared that he was not murdered but died of natural causes.
"We are relieved that it has been officially announced that Bob died of natural causes," Gill Woolmer said from her home in Pinelands, Cape Town, adopted by the English-born Woolmer as his hometown.
"It is now over."
She would not say whether she was surprised by the finding by the police.
"I didn't expect anything. It was an official police investigation," she added.
Jamaica Constabulary Force commissioner Lucius Thomas earlier today announced that foreign pathologists "concur with the view that Mr Woolmer died of natural causes" while in further toxicology tests, "no substance was found to indicate that Bob Woolmer was poisoned".
"The JCF accepts these findings and has now closed its investigation into the death of Mr Bob Woolmer," Thomas told a news
London, June 2 (IANS) Detectives of the Scotland Yard involved in the investigation of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer’s death during the recent World Cup have concluded that he was not murdered, reports in the British media Saturday said.
The verdict is reported have been reached following work by a UK Home Office pathologist, who flew to Jamaica to probe the death on March 18 that hit headlines across the world.
According to the Daily Mail, the Jamaican police are expected to soon announce that Woolmer died of natural causes. The newspaper reported that the Kingston police now believe that Woolmer died of natural causes, brought on by chronic ill health and possibly diabetes.
Speaking to the BBC, former Pakistan player Asif Iqbal criticised the Jamaican police investigation and said: “When they said it was suspicious, after that it should have been dealt with in a normal way instead of being a Hollywood, or Bollywood kind of investigation.
“Every day there were
JAMAICAN police are set to announce that Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was not murdered, but died of natural causes, a British newspaper said today, citing a source close to the inquiry.
The Daily Mail
said Jamaican detectives would announce at a press conference next week that they are no longer treating the death as murder and instead believe Woolmer died of heart failure brought on by chronic ill health and possibly diabetes.
Woolmer's death sent shockwaves beyond the world of sport during the cricket World Cup.
Detectives launched a murder investigation after an autopsy indicated that the former England Test player had been strangled.
The 58-year-old Briton was found dead in his Kingston hotel room on March 18, the day after cricketing powers Pakistan crashed out of the World Cup in a shock defeat to Ireland.
A myriad of different possible explanations for his death have appeared in the world's press - including the theory that he died from natural causes.
Woolmer's death is no longer being treated as suspicious
It is believed that Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer, who died on March 18th, was not murdered as first suspected but died of natural causes.
The Daily Mail claims a source close to the investigation has told them that Jamaican police will call a press conference early next week to confirm that murder has now been ruled out.
"Mr Woolmer was not a well man. It is now accepted that he died of natural causes," said the source.
It was initially thought that Woolmer's death could have been linked to match-fixing as he died the morning after Pakistan's shock exit from the World Cup at the hands of Ireland.
Police believed Woolmer had been strangled, though there was no sign of a struggle, so toxicology investigations were carried out to see if the 58-year-old had been drugged as well.
These reports and further investigation seem to suggest that Woolmer was not murdered at all and that police had been hasty in their initia
THE BBC voiced surprise today (AEST) that a Pakistani journalist is seeking substantial damages from the broadcaster for allegedly inferring he was linked to cricket coach Bob Woolmer's death.
Ehsan Qureshi, a correspondent with the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan, said on Tuesday that footage of him talking to Woolmer was used by the BBC in a defamatory manner.
The segment, part of a
Panaroma
program called
Death at the World Cup
, showed Qureshi in conversation with Woolmer at a social event during the two days before the coach died, he said.
Qureshi's lawyers, in a legal notice they said was served to the BBC, said the program "gave an impression as if me and the other gentleman accompanying him were the suspects or had anything to do with the death of Bob Woolmer".
But a BBC spokesman said it was "preposterous to suggest that anything in this
Panorama
program is defamatory of Mr Qureshi or has damaged his reputation in any way at all".
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A PAKISTANI journalist is seeking 50 million rupees ($1.02 million) in damages from the BBC, claiming it inferred he was connected with the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer.
Ehsan Qureshi, a correspondent with the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan, said footage of him talking to Woolmer was used by the British broadcaster in a defamatory manner.
The segment, part of a
Panorama
programme called 'Death at the World Cup', showed Qureshi in conversation with Woolmer at a social event during the two days before the coach died.
In a legal notice served to the BBC, his lawyers said the programme "gave an impression as if me and the other gentleman accompanying him were the suspects or had anything to do with the death of Bob Woolmer"
Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room in Jamaica the morning after Pakistan crashed out of the tournament. Police believe he was murdered.
Qureshi's lawyer claimed the programme "was an attempt to malign my client to
A JAMAICA politican has urged security officials to back up their theory that former Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was murdered, describing media reports to the contrary as a "global embarrassment" for the Caribbean nation.
Derrick Smith, of the Jamaica Labour Party, said the confusion raised by the conflicting accounts is jeopardising the reputation of the country's police, which launched a murder inquiry following Woolmer's death.
"Announcements emerging from police and medical authorities in both Britain and Pakistan indicate that Mr Woolmer's death was from natural causes and not murder as suggested by the Jamaica police authorities," said Smith today (AEST).
"The matter has become a global embarrassment for us."
Woolmer, 58, was found unconscious in his Kingston hotel room on March 18, and later pronounced dead in hospital, a day after Pakistan was eliminated from the World Cup.
A pathologist initially ruled the cause of death was inconclusive, but four da
JAMAICAN police are continuing their attempts to try and identify dozens of people caught on video cameras at the hotel where former Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was murdered.
The Associated Press reported that 80 unidentified people were filmed on Woolmer's floor during the days he and his team stayed at Kingston's upscale Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Deputy Police Commissioner Mark Shields said.
Woolmer was found strangled in his room on March 18, a day after his Pakistan squad was upset by Ireland in the World Cup.
"The (closed-circuit TV) work has been completed and we're now looking at individuals on those tapes whom we've yet to identify," Shields, a former Scotland Yard detective heading the probe into the murder, said.
He did not say how many people police have identified so far.
Shields said he was confident Woolmer's killing will be solved even though police have yet to announce any breakthroughs more than six weeks into the probe.
"We have a very posit
The mortal remains of the murdered Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer will be flown from Kingston to South Africa on Thursday. Nearly after a month of his death, when he was found dead in his hotel room on March 18, the body will be finally handed over to the Woolmer’s family.
His death was a surprise [...]
The former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer may have been drugged with snake venom, according to the police who are investigating his death. A friend of the family said Gill Woolmer has been informed that her husband was probably subdued by a “natural toxin” which left his body by the time [...]
The Jamaican police claims to have made a breakthrough into the enquiry of the sensational murder of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer with a likely suspect being identified through footage from the hotel security camera. A statement issued by the Jamaican Justice Ministry, late on Thursday, admits that a significant advance has been made in [...]
Who killed Woolmer and why is still lingering in everyone’s mind. The Pakistani cricket coach was found dead in his hotel room, the very day his team crashed out of the world cup after being thrashed by minnows Ireland. Initially, it was thought that he died of heart attack, but later on, the foul play [...]
Well well according to news"A second autopsy will be performed on the body of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer to ward off any speculation that the initial examination may have been bungled, British media reported on Wednesday."'More over A news conference was scheduled for later Wednesday.As per police report " Reuters/AFP"We are hoping that when the forensic report is through and we have studied it we will find fingerprints and also DNA of a suspect.Lets see what happens now after all that .
Karachi: Police in Kingston has said that it is “unlikely” that Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer’s killers were Jamaicans.
The police have consistently said that they are confident the killer or killers was known to Woolmer because of the fact there was no sign of unforced entry and nothing was stolen.
Complete coverage: Woolmer’s death and after
“The fact that it is manual strangulation and asphyxiation does not lead to the profile of somebody locally, where you tend to find firearms or knives as the favoured weapons,” Deputy Commissioner of Jamaican Police and former Scotland Yard officer Mark Shields told Sky News.
“You can never dismiss anything, but at the moment it seems highly unlikely a Jamaican has walked off the street, gone up to the 12th floor in a secure lift, gone along to his room, got into his room without any sign of forced entry, murdered him and then not stolen anything at all,” he said.
Shields, however, refused to dismiss the i
since the coach of Pakistan Bob woolmer died i have come across to thrilling news mostly from the indian media as they are taking keen interest in this issue. Time was to pay tribute to Mr Woolmer instead of hot stories.
The stories keep on twisting from death to suicide then murder.
Who is a Murderer?
Bookies, fans or some one else….
Who is this some one else?
It might be the body or person who wanted to take advantage of the scenario.
Now the question comes who would like to take the advantage… definitely the person who dont like Pakistan….
Now the question arises who dont like Pakistan?
The Jamaican authorities should keep in mind this aspect too.
This kind of neat murders can only be done through agensies.
bookies are very good in fixing the match not killing….
I hope the matter will be resolved amicably by the authorities and deepest sympathies to Bob Woolmer family and Pakistan cricket board.
The world have lose a staunch cricket lover.
since the coach of Pakistan Bob woolmer died i have come across to thrilling news mostly from the indian media as they are taking keen interest in this issue. Time was to pay tribute to Mr Woolmer instead of hot stories.
The stories keep on twisting from death to suicide then murder.
Who is a Murderer?
Bookies, fans or some one else….
Who is this some one else?
It might be the body or person who wanted to take advantage of the scenario.
Now the question comes who would like to take the advantage… definitely the person who dont like Pakistan….
Now the question arises who dont like Pakistan?
The Jamaican authorities should keep in mind this aspect too.
This kind of neat murders can only be done through agensies.
bookies are very good in fixing the match not killing….
I hope the matter will be resolved amicably by the authorities and deepest sympathies to Bob Woolmer family and Pakistan cricket board.
The world have lose a staunch cricket lover.
Can someone explain to me why cricket has never caught on as a major sport in the United States? It has everything that we as Americans cherish in our sporting events, from doping scandals to gambling funny-business to rumors of match fixing. You'd think we would love it here.
Was Bob Woolmer murdered to cover up one or more of those problems? Some people think it's practically a given,
Bob Woolmer was murdered last Sunday and died of asphyxia by manual strangulation, Jamaica police have confirmed.
A crushing revelation. The death was shocking enough - but murder? Full coverage of this dreadful news at Cricinfo.
2007 world cup, asphyxia, bob woolmer, murder
inside news are coming out as strange .Latest one says about the killing of him.Imrankhan and other senior guys saying no one would have killed him.anyways cricket continue, no major upset yet after initial ones.Have nice time and cheers
Robert Andrew "Bob" Woolmer (May 14, 1948 – March 18, 2007) was an international cricketer, professional cricket coach and also a professional commentator. He played in 19 Test matches and 6 One Day Internationals for England and later coached South Africa, Warwickshire and Pakistan.Bob Woolmer, who was born in 1948 in the hospital across the road from the cricket ground in Kanpur, India, was the son of Clarence Woolmer, a cricketer who played Ranji Trophy for United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh). Woolmer was educated at first Yardley Court and then Skinners School both in Tonbridge, Kent. At the age of 15, Colin Page the coach and captain of the Kent second XI converted him from an off-spinner to a medium pace bowler. His first job was as a sales representative for ICI and his first senior cricket was with the Tunbridge Wells club and with Kent's second XI. In 1968, at the age of 20, he joined the Kent staff and he made his championship debut against Essex. His ability to move the
KINGSTON: Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer's death at the World Cup on Sunday is now being treated as "suspicious" by Jamaican police, the deputy commissioner Mark Shields told a news conference on Tuesday.
"Having met the pathologist, medical personnel and other investigators, there is now sufficient information to continue a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Woolmer which we are now treating as suspicious," Shields said.
"We have already informed the Woolmer family of this development and we are also in close contact with the Pakistan team management, Cricket World Cup and the ICC to ensure that all the parties are kept informed of the ongoing investigation."
Pakistan team spokesman Pervez Mir said that they were considering whether to play their final World Cup match against Zimbabwe in Kingston on Wednesday. "This is something to be readdressed. We will be discussing it with the players, the team and the ICC," he said. Woolmer, 58, was fou
I was absolutely stunned last night at about 8pm South African time when I was alerted by news24's SMS service of the Bob Woolmer story. At that point I received a simple SMS stating that Bob had been found in his room and was being rushed to hospital. In the time it took me to turn around and ask someone on the room with me to put on Sky news I had received and email alert and someone had chatted to me about it. Then Sky was put on the TV and it was announced that he had been pronounced dead.There has been a fair amount of coverage regarding the story and I am saddened by Bob Woolmer's death. What amazed me was how in touch I felt. I had all the necessary information at my finger tips and was alerted of his death at the same time as his best friend on Sky news. In my mind this illustrates the extent to which our media has progressed.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 License.
Sad news Pak coach dies after a heart attack. may GOD REST HIS SOUL IN PEACE.he was a great man but was not that succesful in worldcup 2007 for PAkistan. Lastest stories are coming.
Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, died in hospital in Jamaica on Sunday after being found unconscious on the floor of his World Cup hotel room earlier in the day. He was 58.
Robert Andrew Woolmer, (born May 14, 1948, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India - died March 18, 2007, Kingston, Jamaica), more commonly known as Bob Woolmer, was a professional cricket coach known for having coached the South African cricket team and Warwickshire. He was only the second non-Pakistani to coach the Pakistani cricket team, the first being Englishman Richard Pybus (1999-2000).He played English county cricket for Kent, initially as an all-rounder. He graduated to Test cricket with England in 1975 again, at first, as an all-rounder, having taken a hat-trick for MCC against the touring Australian cricket team with his fast-medium bowling. But he was dropped after his first Test, only reappearing in the final match of the series at The Oval where he scored 149, batting at number five, the slowest Test century ever for England against Australia. Further batting success followed over the next two seasons, including two further centuries against Australia, one in the Centenary Test.But
