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Post by Busby Boy on Mar 18, 2007 18:20:38 GMT
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer has passed away.
He was found in his hotel room unconscious, with excrement and vomit around his body and taken to a hotel near his hotel.
The reasons or time of his death are not exactly known but it was today.
He is a big personality in the sport of cricket and will be missed by everybody.
Former England player and Pakistan coach. R.I.P.
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Post by Vidic>Superman on Mar 18, 2007 18:26:08 GMT
R.I.P Bob Woolmer
My thoughts are with his family and friends.
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer dies Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer has died after being discovered in his Jamaica hotel room on Sunday morning.
The 58-year-old former South Africa coach, who played for England between 1975-81, was found unconscious at the Pegasus Hotel at 1045 local time.
He was taken to the emergency ward of the nearby University hospital but did not regain consciousness.
Pakistan were eliminated from the World Cup on Saturday after losing by three wickets to minnows Ireland.
Woolmer told BBC Radio Five Live after the Ireland match that he was considering his future in the game.
"My contract runs out on 30 June anyway but I want to sleep on it before I make a decision about my future," he said on Saturday evening.
"I have said I am reluctant to continue in international cricket purely because of all the travelling but I will stay in cricket at a different level.
"But I think the decision has been made for me really. I will talk to the PCB and if they want me to stay until 30 June I will stay, if they want me to go I will go.
"I am not going to break my contract but if the PCB want to get rid of me that is their business."
Pakistan's preparations for the World Cup have been far from ideal, which Woolmer also alluded to.
Following the infamous forfeited Test against England at The Oval last summer, two of their leading fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, were suspended after failing doping tests.
The pair later saw those bans rescinded but missed the World Cup because of injury, something Woolmer admitted had hindered the team.
"There are a number of extenuating circumstances in the last six months that have made coaching Pakistan slightly different to normal sides," he said.
"Those are the things I would have to consider and those things would have to change if I was to continue."
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Post by matkaman on Mar 18, 2007 19:25:31 GMT
Used to visit his sport shop in Tonbridge when i was a kid ,all the best to his family.
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Post by missunited on Mar 19, 2007 0:13:26 GMT
CRICKET: Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer has died after being found unconscious in his hotel room, reports Reuters.  |
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Post by RedArmy20 on Mar 19, 2007 0:27:54 GMT
so sad cant believe it. R.I.P. bob woolmer, i have a pakistani background, and he was a great coach, i am so sad because he couldnt go away with a win so sad. |
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Post by Carlito's Way on Mar 21, 2007 13:52:44 GMT
Jamaican police are treating it as suspicious and waiting on toxicology tests or summat apparently.
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Post by mufc2911 on Mar 21, 2007 21:45:42 GMT
i heard there were finger marks around his neck or summat. Horrible stuff. RIP...and God bless his poor family.
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Post by Tatty on Mar 22, 2007 12:08:45 GMT
He's thrown the Irish game and copped it.
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Post by Busby Boy on Mar 22, 2007 23:44:22 GMT
It's been revealed now on SSN in a press conference that he was strangled and the Jamaican police will launch an investigation into it.
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Police in Jamaica have launched a murder investigation into the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer.
Following the results of a post mortem examination, police said Mr Woolmer had died of asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation.
The chief police commissioner appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
Woolmer, 58, was found in his hotel room on Sunday, the day after his team lost to Ireland in the World Cup.
Source: BBC
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I'm sure we'll hear more of this, such a sad day for his family and friends to hear that he was been killed.
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Post by schmeichelstarjump! on Mar 23, 2007 0:00:30 GMT
r.i.p. bob woolmer. cant believe somebody would murder him for pakistan's failure at the cricket world cup dont the players take any of the blame  all credit to ireland for beating pakistan but thats not just down to the manager its a team sport when they find who has done this i hope they hang him. |
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Post by Busby Boy on Mar 23, 2007 0:02:23 GMT
We don't exactly know if it was because of Pakistan's failure at the World Cup though do we? Of course that is a possibility but I think it's harsh to make those sort of comments.
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Post by mufc2911 on Mar 23, 2007 6:53:59 GMT
my mum told me it was some conspiracy cos he was gonna expose some info about corruption in cricket or something. the stories are really flying.
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Post by matthewy2 on Mar 23, 2007 10:16:17 GMT
RIP Bob Woolmer
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Post by Rais.n.Hell on Mar 23, 2007 15:51:14 GMT
MURRRDDDDEERRRR!!!! This World Cup is gonna suck!!
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Post by BenW_23 on Mar 24, 2007 0:50:02 GMT
my friend said he was about to uncover some match fixing scandal...bullshit.
RIP Bob, great player for england and a great coach
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