Bob Woolmer
Cricket: Former Australia Test Bowler Geoff Lawson Confirms His Appointment As Pakistan Coach
Former Australia Test bowler claims he has signed two-year deal to succeed late Bob Woolmer.
Cricket: Pakistan Set to Name Australian Lawson As Coach
Pakistan are expected to name Geoff Lawson as the man who will succeed the late Bob Woolmer as their coach.
Cricket: Pcb Unlikely to Sue Jamaican Police Over Aftermath of Bob Woolmer's Death
The Pakistan Cricket Board insist they "fully respect" the Jamaican police verdict that Bob Woolmer died of natural causes, appearing to rule out the possibility of legal action.
The Death of Bob Woolmer
Cricket: Never before have so many theories chased so few hard facts as in the weeks following the sudden death of Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan cricket coach. By Patrick Barkham
Cricket: Jamaican Police Are Set to Confirm That the Former Pakistan Coach Bob Woolmer Was Not Murdered
Jamaican police are this afternoon expected to confirm reports that Bob Woolmer was not murdered.
Woolmer Was Poisoned and Strangled, Panorama Investigation Says
Cricket: Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer was poisoned before being strangled, according to preliminary toxicology tests, it is claimed. By Andrew Culf.
Coroner Releases Bob Woolmer's Remains to Family
Cricket: The coroner in the Bob Woolmer inquest has ordered the murdered Pakistan cricket coach's body be returned to his family in Cape Town, South Africa.
New Leads Delay Woolmer Inquest
Cricket: The inquest into the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer in Jamaica has been postponed owing to "significant developments" in the investigation into his apparent murder.
Inquest Into Bob Woolmer's Death Postponed After 'recent and Significant' Developments
Cricket: The Jamaican Justice ministry revealed there have been "recent and significant developments" in their investigations.
Cricket World Cup: Woolmer's Killer May Have Used Towel
Cricket: Bob Woolmer's killer or killers may have used a length of fabric to strangle the Pakistan cricket coach, police in Jamaica said yesterday.
CCTV Provides Clues to Woolmer Murder
Cricket: Closed-circuit television footage from the hotel where Bob Woolmer was murdered is providing sharp images of potential suspects, police in Jamaica said last night.
Cricket World Cup: Woolmer Murder Hunt Police to Take Dna From All Hotel Guests
A thousand guests and staff of the Pegasus Hotel are to be tested by Jamaican forensic teams as the police step up the hunt for Bob Woolmer's killer.
Cricket World Cup: Pakistan Cricket Official Say Bob Woolmer May Not Have Been Murdered
A senior Pakistan cricket board official suggests Bob Woolmer's autopsy may have had "error counts" and there are "contradictions" in the accounts of his death.
Pakistani Fans Sought in Woolmer Inquiry
Cricket: Jamaican police investigating the murder of the cricket coach Bob Woolmer are appealing for information about three Pakistani fans who have disappeared from the hotel where he died.
Focus: After the Murder of Bob Woolmer, Can Cricket Ever Recover Its Lost Innocence?
Cricket: The inquiry into the murder of Bob Woolmer is spreading. Last night key members of the Pakistan team were quizzed by Jamaican police. Fears that corruption might lie at the heart of the mystery are growing. Can cricket recover its lost innocence?
Pakistan's Captain Quizzed on Woolmer
Cricket: The Pakistan cricket team were flying home last night after police had questioned the captain and two other officials about events on the night that coach Bob Woolmer was murdered.
Gifted, Rebellious, Naive... the Career of a Kind But Complex Man
Cricket: Bob Woolmer learnt the game of cricket in the most genteel of surroundings. By Vic Marks
A Naive Man Caught in Cricket's Dark and Seamy Side
We are all in mourning for Bob Woolmer: a man whose devotion to the sport took him to the strangest places and the most heinous end. By Vic Marks
Inzamam Questioned in Woolmer Death Probe
Cricket: Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq and assistant coach Mushtaq Ahmed were today questioned by police investigating the murder of Bob Woolmer, but the men have not been detained, according to the team's spokesman.
Cricket World Cup: Cricket is Still Corrupt, Says Shell-shocked Vaughan
Michael Vaughan has spoken of his belief that cricket is still blighted by corruption, in the wake of Bob Woolmer's death.
Gangsters Behind Illegal Betting on World Cricket
Cricket: Bob Woolmer's death has cast a spotlight on the murky but lucrative world of sports betting on the sub-continent, with suspicions that a betting syndicate could have been involved in his murder.
Act of a Trained Killer
Soccer: The nature of Bob Woolmer's death suggests his attacker or attackers may have been trained in strangulation holds and had a personal motive for the killing, according to a forensic pathologist who has worked in Jamaica.
Woolmer Detectives Investigate Match Fixing Theory
Cricket: Detectives investigating the murder of Pakistan's cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, say they are actively pursuing the possibility that match-fixing of one or more of the World Cup games may have provided the motive for his killing.
Jamaican Police Seek Dna Samples From Pakistan Team
Cricket: Jamaican police investigating the murder of Bob Woolmer, the coach of the Pakistan cricket team, were today seeking permission to take DNA samples from players to eliminate them from their enquiries.
Manhunt Begins for Bob Woolmer's Killer
Cricket: Police will start by talking to Woolmer's associates - Few signs of struggle in cricket coach's hotel room
Bob Woolmer Was Murdered, Police Say
A huge murder hunt was launched last night after Jamaican police confirmed that Bob Woolmer, the coach of the Pakistan cricket team, was strangled in his hotel room by one or more killers in circumstances which investigators described as "extraordinary and evil".
Woolmer: It Was Murder
Cricket: Jamaican police last night launched a murder investigation into the death of the Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer after announcing that a pathologist's report found that he had died from asphyxiation caused by manual strangulation.
Woolmer's Death 'to Be Treated As Murder'
Cricket: Jamaican police are to launch a murder investigation into the death of the Pakistan cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, it was reported today.
Jamaica Gleaner Newspaper Reports That Pakistan Coach Bob Woolmer Was Strangled
Cricket: Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer may have been murdered, according to reports.
Cricket: Bob Woolmer's Widow Gill Says She Cannot Rule Out the Prospect That Her Husband Was Murdered
'I suppose there's always the possibility that it could be that,' admits Gill Woolmer.
How Woolmer Took on the Impossible Job
Cricket: Bob Woolmer believed he could succeed where others had failed, but he eventually became disillusioned by the task, says Mike Selvey.
A Suspicious Death, Say Police, As the Rumours of Murder or Accident Abound
Cricket: Questions over Woolmer's death at World Cup - Allegation of link with match-fixing mafia Cricket: Radio Jamaica has reported it has been "very reliably" told that the cause of Bob Woolmer's death has been identified as strangulation.
Cricket: Police Treating Bob Woolmer's Death As Suspicious
The death of Pakistan cricket coach and former England Test batsman Bob Woolmer is being treated as suspicious, Jamaican police said today.
Bob Woolmer; and the Fredalo
Black armbands are usually personal things. But as of yesterday, all 16 sides at the World Cup were invited to wear one in memory of Bob Woolmer, cricket's supreme internationalist and a man who did not so much command respect as earn it, gently and infectiously.
Cricket World Cup: Police Reveal Woolmer's Last Moments
Jamaican police have confirmed the circumstances surrounding Bob Woolmer's death.
Bob Woolmer
Cricket: Obituary: England batsman and Pakistan coach who made the laptop and computer analysis fashionable in cricket.
Cricket: Woolmer, a Pioneering Coach With a Gentle Touch
The cricketing world mourns the tragic death of the Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer, one of the game's great innovators, writes David Hopps.
Woolmer Mourned. Cricket in Shock After Death of Coach
Cricket: The death of the Pakistan coach and former England batsman Bob Woolmer in Jamaica last night has left the cricket world in shock.
The Rules and History of Ball-tampering
Cricket: Bob Woolmer was spot on when he dubbed Law 42.3, governing the condition of the ball, an ass, argues Mike Selvey.
Woolmer: Why I Would Scrap the Ball-tampering Law
Cricket: Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer has boldly declared law 42.3, which governs the condition of the ball, to be "an ass."
England v Pakistan: Pakistan May Pull Out of Tour
Cricket: Bob Woolmer has warned that Pakistan may cancel their tour of England if Inzaman-ul-Haq is found guilty of ball-tampering.
Cricket: Dolly Drops Leave Pakistan in a Right State
Bob Woolmer wanted his side to be in the Ideal Performance State for this Lords Test. Right now they are just in a right old state, says David Hopps.
Cricket: Pakistan Examine Their Options
Pakistan coach Bob woolmer is planning a fitness test for Rana Naved-ul-Hasan on Thursday as they prepare for the first Test against England.
Pakistan Prosper As Even Mavericks Buy Into the Wonder of Woolmer
Cricket: Taming Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Akhtar is no mean job, but Bob Woolmer has done more than that. He has shaped a one-team one-goal team that is currently enjoying a high of successive series wins. By Vic Marks
Cricket: Let's End Rules Wrangles, Says Pakistan's Woolmer
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer wants rules regarding fielders clarified before the test series against England in the wake of Michael Vaughan's latest fielding brainwave.
Woolmer Hails His League of Gentlemen From Pakistan
Pakistan are about as volatile as eleven Duncan Ferguson's but Bob Woolmer reckons he's tamed them.
Woolmer Turns Peacemaker
July 9: Only one day into his role as Pakistan's coach and already Bob Woolmer has been forced to utter the traditional and unconvincing cry: "The Pakistan team is united."
The Pakistan Cricket Board insist they "fully respect" the Jamaican police verdict that Bob Woolmer died of natural causes, appearing to rule out the possibility of legal action.
The Death of Bob Woolmer
Cricket: Never before have so many theories chased so few hard facts as in the weeks following the sudden death of Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan cricket coach. By Patrick Barkham
Cricket: Jamaican Police Are Set to Confirm That the Former Pakistan Coach Bob Woolmer Was Not Murdered
Jamaican police are this afternoon expected to confirm reports that Bob Woolmer was not murdered.
Woolmer Was Poisoned and Strangled, Panorama Investigation Says
Cricket: Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer was poisoned before being strangled, according to preliminary toxicology tests, it is claimed. By Andrew Culf.
Coroner Releases Bob Woolmer's Remains to Family
Cricket: The coroner in the Bob Woolmer inquest has ordered the murdered Pakistan cricket coach's body be returned to his family in Cape Town, South Africa.
New Leads Delay Woolmer Inquest
Cricket: The inquest into the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer in Jamaica has been postponed owing to "significant developments" in the investigation into his apparent murder.
Inquest Into Bob Woolmer's Death Postponed After 'recent and Significant' Developments
Cricket: The Jamaican Justice ministry revealed there have been "recent and significant developments" in their investigations.
Cricket World Cup: Woolmer's Killer May Have Used Towel
Cricket: Bob Woolmer's killer or killers may have used a length of fabric to strangle the Pakistan cricket coach, police in Jamaica said yesterday.
CCTV Provides Clues to Woolmer Murder
Cricket: Closed-circuit television footage from the hotel where Bob Woolmer was murdered is providing sharp images of potential suspects, police in Jamaica said last night.
Cricket World Cup: Woolmer Murder Hunt Police to Take Dna From All Hotel Guests
A thousand guests and staff of the Pegasus Hotel are to be tested by Jamaican forensic teams as the police step up the hunt for Bob Woolmer's killer.
Cricket World Cup: Pakistan Cricket Official Say Bob Woolmer May Not Have Been Murdered
A senior Pakistan cricket board official suggests Bob Woolmer's autopsy may have had "error counts" and there are "contradictions" in the accounts of his death.
Pakistani Fans Sought in Woolmer Inquiry
Cricket: Jamaican police investigating the murder of the cricket coach Bob Woolmer are appealing for information about three Pakistani fans who have disappeared from the hotel where he died.
Focus: After the Murder of Bob Woolmer, Can Cricket Ever Recover Its Lost Innocence?
Cricket: The inquiry into the murder of Bob Woolmer is spreading. Last night key members of the Pakistan team were quizzed by Jamaican police. Fears that corruption might lie at the heart of the mystery are growing. Can cricket recover its lost innocence?
Pakistan's Captain Quizzed on Woolmer
Cricket: The Pakistan cricket team were flying home last night after police had questioned the captain and two other officials about events on the night that coach Bob Woolmer was murdered.
Gifted, Rebellious, Naive... the Career of a Kind But Complex Man
Cricket: Bob Woolmer learnt the game of cricket in the most genteel of surroundings. By Vic Marks
A Naive Man Caught in Cricket's Dark and Seamy Side
We are all in mourning for Bob Woolmer: a man whose devotion to the sport took him to the strangest places and the most heinous end. By Vic Marks
Inzamam Questioned in Woolmer Death Probe
Cricket: Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq and assistant coach Mushtaq Ahmed were today questioned by police investigating the murder of Bob Woolmer, but the men have not been detained, according to the team's spokesman.
Cricket World Cup: Cricket is Still Corrupt, Says Shell-shocked Vaughan
Michael Vaughan has spoken of his belief that cricket is still blighted by corruption, in the wake of Bob Woolmer's death.
Gangsters Behind Illegal Betting on World Cricket
Cricket: Bob Woolmer's death has cast a spotlight on the murky but lucrative world of sports betting on the sub-continent, with suspicions that a betting syndicate could have been involved in his murder.
Act of a Trained Killer
Soccer: The nature of Bob Woolmer's death suggests his attacker or attackers may have been trained in strangulation holds and had a personal motive for the killing, according to a forensic pathologist who has worked in Jamaica.
Woolmer Detectives Investigate Match Fixing Theory
Cricket: Detectives investigating the murder of Pakistan's cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, say they are actively pursuing the possibility that match-fixing of one or more of the World Cup games may have provided the motive for his killing.
Jamaican Police Seek Dna Samples From Pakistan Team
Cricket: Jamaican police investigating the murder of Bob Woolmer, the coach of the Pakistan cricket team, were today seeking permission to take DNA samples from players to eliminate them from their enquiries.
Manhunt Begins for Bob Woolmer's Killer
Cricket: Police will start by talking to Woolmer's associates - Few signs of struggle in cricket coach's hotel room
Bob Woolmer Was Murdered, Police Say
A huge murder hunt was launched last night after Jamaican police confirmed that Bob Woolmer, the coach of the Pakistan cricket team, was strangled in his hotel room by one or more killers in circumstances which investigators described as "extraordinary and evil".
Woolmer: It Was Murder
Cricket: Jamaican police last night launched a murder investigation into the death of the Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer after announcing that a pathologist's report found that he had died from asphyxiation caused by manual strangulation.
Woolmer's Death 'to Be Treated As Murder'
Cricket: Jamaican police are to launch a murder investigation into the death of the Pakistan cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, it was reported today.
Jamaica Gleaner Newspaper Reports That Pakistan Coach Bob Woolmer Was Strangled
Cricket: Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer may have been murdered, according to reports.
Cricket: Bob Woolmer's Widow Gill Says She Cannot Rule Out the Prospect That Her Husband Was Murdered
'I suppose there's always the possibility that it could be that,' admits Gill Woolmer.
How Woolmer Took on the Impossible Job
Cricket: Bob Woolmer believed he could succeed where others had failed, but he eventually became disillusioned by the task, says Mike Selvey.
A Suspicious Death, Say Police, As the Rumours of Murder or Accident Abound
Cricket: Questions over Woolmer's death at World Cup - Allegation of link with match-fixing mafia Cricket: Radio Jamaica has reported it has been "very reliably" told that the cause of Bob Woolmer's death has been identified as strangulation.
Cricket: Police Treating Bob Woolmer's Death As Suspicious
The death of Pakistan cricket coach and former England Test batsman Bob Woolmer is being treated as suspicious, Jamaican police said today.
Bob Woolmer; and the Fredalo
Black armbands are usually personal things. But as of yesterday, all 16 sides at the World Cup were invited to wear one in memory of Bob Woolmer, cricket's supreme internationalist and a man who did not so much command respect as earn it, gently and infectiously.
Cricket World Cup: Police Reveal Woolmer's Last Moments
Jamaican police have confirmed the circumstances surrounding Bob Woolmer's death.
Bob Woolmer
Cricket: Obituary: England batsman and Pakistan coach who made the laptop and computer analysis fashionable in cricket.
Cricket: Woolmer, a Pioneering Coach With a Gentle Touch
The cricketing world mourns the tragic death of the Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer, one of the game's great innovators, writes David Hopps.
Woolmer Mourned. Cricket in Shock After Death of Coach
Cricket: The death of the Pakistan coach and former England batsman Bob Woolmer in Jamaica last night has left the cricket world in shock.
The Rules and History of Ball-tampering
Cricket: Bob Woolmer was spot on when he dubbed Law 42.3, governing the condition of the ball, an ass, argues Mike Selvey.
Woolmer: Why I Would Scrap the Ball-tampering Law
Cricket: Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer has boldly declared law 42.3, which governs the condition of the ball, to be "an ass."
England v Pakistan: Pakistan May Pull Out of Tour
Cricket: Bob Woolmer has warned that Pakistan may cancel their tour of England if Inzaman-ul-Haq is found guilty of ball-tampering.
Cricket: Dolly Drops Leave Pakistan in a Right State
Bob Woolmer wanted his side to be in the Ideal Performance State for this Lords Test. Right now they are just in a right old state, says David Hopps.
Cricket: Pakistan Examine Their Options
Pakistan coach Bob woolmer is planning a fitness test for Rana Naved-ul-Hasan on Thursday as they prepare for the first Test against England.
Pakistan Prosper As Even Mavericks Buy Into the Wonder of Woolmer
Cricket: Taming Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Akhtar is no mean job, but Bob Woolmer has done more than that. He has shaped a one-team one-goal team that is currently enjoying a high of successive series wins. By Vic Marks
Cricket: Let's End Rules Wrangles, Says Pakistan's Woolmer
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer wants rules regarding fielders clarified before the test series against England in the wake of Michael Vaughan's latest fielding brainwave.
Woolmer Hails His League of Gentlemen From Pakistan
Pakistan are about as volatile as eleven Duncan Ferguson's but Bob Woolmer reckons he's tamed them.
Woolmer Turns Peacemaker
July 9: Only one day into his role as Pakistan's coach and already Bob Woolmer has been forced to utter the traditional and unconvincing cry: "The Pakistan team is united."