Bob Woolmer Dies

[DeeGame]

I understand what you are saying about match fixing, but I thought the Indian Police made some breakthroughs and had caught the main players involved.

No doubt there was an era when it was rife - Azharadin, Cronje, Salim Malik and probably a load more who got away with it.

Indian Police never made major breakthroughs as they was deliberately mislead.

Whether we like it or not match fixing is probably still going on

[Ritchi3]

I'm sure it's a total coincidence, but another tradegy has happened and I don't think it has been mentioned.

Former Irish cricket chief dies in Jamaica
Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:23 AM GMT138

By Richard Sydenham

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - Former Irish Cricket Union chairman Bob Kerr died on Wednesday while in Jamaica with Ireland closing in on World Cup Super Eights qualification. He was 68.

Kerr was one of the most prominent officials in Irish cricket and has died while Ireland entered the most exciting period in their history, during their first World Cup.

They helped eliminate former champions Pakistan on Saturday with a three-wicket win and, with Pakistan heading for victory over Zimbabwe, heading for the second-stage Super Eights of the event.

"The details are a bit vague at the moment because he was staying with supporters in Ocho Rios," Ireland team manager Roy Torrens told Reuters.

"We have reason to believe that he had a heart attack at 4am. We believe he died on the scene at the hotel." He was staying with his wife, Hope.

Kerr, from County Fermanagh, was chairman of the Irish Cricket Union, president of the ICU in 2004 and current chairman of Northwest Cricket Union since 2001.

[Mumsafan]

The Irish Cricket Board chairman (or whatever it's called) had also died.


Oh! As it says above!

[DeeGame]

[tsb]

Woolmer's death 'to be treated as murder'


David Batty and agencies
Thursday March 22, 2007
Guardian Unlimited


Cricket fans in Multan light candles during a prayer ceremony for the late Pakistan cricket coach, Bob Woolmer. Photograph: Khalid Tanveer/AP

Jamaican police are to launch a murder investigation into the death of the Pakistan cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, it was reported today.
Police sources told Channel 4 News that Mr Woolmer was "murdered and had a broken neck".

The news programme quoted a senior officer in the Jamaican police force as saying: "We're having to be very careful to avoid looking silly, but we will soon announce that there is to be a murder investigation and there will be an appeal for witnesses."

Commenting on the rumours that Mr Woolmer's death was more violent than first thought, the police source said: "A fracture in his neck created suspicions."
In advance of the expected results of further pathologists' tests, Scotland Yard said it was ready to help Jamaican police investigate the former England cricketer's death.

Several Caribbean newspapers have reported that some of Mr Woolmer's bones had been broken and that his throat had been bruised.

The Jamaica Observer reported that his "body had marks on the throat and that bones in the lower part of his face were broken".

The Jamaica Gleaner quoted an unnamed "high-ranking" police officer as saying: "A bone in the neck, near the glands, was broken, and this suggests that somebody might have put some pressure on it. We are now treating this as a homicide."

The claims follow allegations from the former Pakistani fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz that Mr Woolmer was murdered to stop him blowing the whistle on matchfixing.

He said: "Woolmer's death has some connection with the matchfixing mafia. I've been saying this for the last four days, that Woolmer's death is not natural ... it's a murder."

Gill Woolmer, the cricketer's widow, said today she thought it a "possibility" that her husband had been murdered.

She told Sky News: "Some of the cricketing fraternity - fans - are extremely volatile and passionate about the game and what happens in the game ... so I suppose there is always the possibility it could be that."

"It fills me with horror, I just can't believe people could behave like that or that anyone would want to harm someone who has done such a great service to international cricket."

She said Mr Woolmer was not taking any illegal drugs before his death and rejected the possibility that he had committed suicide.

Mrs Woolmer said she had been given "some indication" of why police thought her husband's death was suspicious but did not reveal what it was.

"The second pathologist's test should be available, and as soon as we get that the investigation will be winding down and they will be able to send his body back to South Africa," she said.

Mr Woolmer, 58, was found dead on the floor of his hotel room in New Kingston on Sunday morning and died in hospital later that day.

The former Kent and England all-rounder's death followed the shock defeat of Pakistan by the debutants Ireland in the Cricket World Cup - one of the biggest upsets in the history of the 32-year tournament.

Jamaican police have previously described Mr Woolmer's death as "suspicious" but have made no official statement to confirm or deny the rumours of strangulation. They have said that initial findings of a postmortem examination were inconclusive.

[Tee]

Omg

[Shaggy]

**** me.

[animal magic]

if true that is terrible

[Red Chilli]

Could he not have broken his neck when he fell? i.e. Could have dies from another cause and fallen awkwardly breaking his neck?

I don't know, but this seems very very bizarre. How can this happen, surely there is security?

[Shaggy]

Who'd want to murder Bob Woolmer? Must be connected to some dodgy betting syndicate or something. Must be.

[animal magic]

Who'd want to murder Bob Woolmer? Must be connected to some dodgy betting syndicate or something. Must be.

i think you are right

[Red Chilli]

Who'd want to murder Bob Woolmer? Must be connected to some dodgy betting syndicate or something. Must be.

Could even be something as stupid as a crazed fan.

[Shaggy]

Just seen on SSN that the Pakistan team were due to fly out to Montego Bay for a 2 day break, but the Jamaican police intercepted them, cancelled the flight, and have them all in for fingerprinting.

****ing hell.

[anfieldanfield]

****ing hell.

[Red_Al_77]

Standard procedure if the incident is being treated as suspicious.