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  Bob Woolmer murdered pathologist insists - Telegraph
The pathologist who performed the autopsy on Bob Woolmer stuck by his opinion yesterday when he insisted he was poisoned and then strangled.
Dr Ere Shesiah, chief consultant pathologist of the Jamaican government, told an inquest in Kingston that Woolmer "died of asphyxia due to manual strangulation associated with cypermethrinide poisoning".
Woolmer, who was 58, was found unconscious in his Kingston hotel room on March 18, and police started a murder investigation days later after it was revealed that the autopsy, which investigators said was inconclusive at first, found that he had died of manual strangulation.
www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/10/26/scwool126.xml   (458 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Bob Woolmer's death stuns cricket world
Bob has passed away and it is very shocking news to all of the team and the team management.
"Bob's family and wife were informed by the management about his condition when he was brought to hospital", Mir said, adding that Woolmer's wife was on her way from South Africa.
Woolmer, a diabetic, was found unconscious on his hotel-room floor at around 10.45am after team officials grew concerned that they had not seen him since the previous evening.
content-usa.cricinfo.com /wc2007/content/current/story/285953.html   (672 words)

  
 Cricket coach Bob Woolmer favours inclusion of Mushtaq Ahmed
Bob Woolmer said that Pakistan can use the home advantage by having a strong 25,000 crowd with good vocal support and that players should use their local pitches to their own advantage.
Bob Woolmer said the local team was more used to their conditions and that gave them a slight advantage but it depended on how you exploit them.
Bob Woolmer admitted that initially an English made Duke ball was used in the match but that later bowlers used Kookaburra balls.
www.girlstalksports.com /Other-Team-Sports/Cricket/Cricket-coach-Bob-Woolmer-favours-inclusion-of-Mushtaq-Ahmed-20051020165   (592 words)

  
 Cricket World Cup 2007
Pakistan team is under great stress and pressure, not only they have been thrown out of the tournament but also their coach Bob Woolmer has died 2 days earlier and now the Jamaican police has said that it will treat the Woolmer’s death case as ‘suspicious’, which only worsens the situation for Pakistan cricket team.
Mr P J Mir, Media Manager Pakistan Cricket Team told that Bob Woolmer was discovered unconscious in his hotel room in the morning and was rushed to the University Hospital, Kingston – Jamaica.
Initially, it was stated that doctors tried to save Bob’s life but he couldn’t survive however, later it was told by the doctors that Woolmer had expired before he was brought to the hospital.
worldcup.cricpoint.com /expert_main.php   (1256 words)

  
 MSN INDIA - Bob Woolmer passes away   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Bob Woolmer has passed away and it is very shocking news to all of the team and the team mamangement.
Woolmer, who took charge of the Pakistan team in 2004, was seen late on Saturday night, but officials raised the alarm after not seeing him early on Sunday.
Woolmer was last seen in public when he addressed the post-match media conference after his team's defeat to Ireland at Sabina Park.
content.msn.co.in /Sports/Cricket/Stories/CricketNDTV_180307_1204   (349 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Bob Woolmer's death stuns cricket world
The news of Woolmer's death was announced by Pervez Mir, Pakistan's media manager, a couple of hours after it first became known that he had been taken ill. "Bob Woolmer has passed away.
"Bob's family and wife were informed by the management about his condition when he was brought to hospital", Mir said, adding that Woolmer's wife was on her way from South Africa.
Woolmer, a diabetic, was found unconscious on his hotel-room floor at around 10.45am after team officials grew concerned that they had not seen him since the previous evening.
content-www.cricinfo.com /ci/content/story/285953.html?CMP=OTC-RSS   (646 words)

  
 Jamaica Gleaner News - Woolmer wants law changed - Saturday | September 2, 2006
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer wants the cricket laws changed so that players can use their fingernails to alter the state of the ball.
Woolmer said reverse swing is critical in maintaining cricket's balance between bat and ball.
Woolmer said the International Cricket Council had to look at its laws and alter the description of ball-tampering and how umpires adjudicate on it.
www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20060902/sports/sports8.html   (221 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Woolmer: a creative and adventurous coach
Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, has died in a Kingston hospital after being found unconscious in his hotel room hours after his side's elimination from the World Cup.
Although Woolmer played 19 Tests for England, it was as an international coach that he really made his mark, first with South Africa and then, after a spell as the ICC's High Performance Manager, with Pakistan.
Born in India, Woolmer made his mark in a strong Kent side in the 1970s as an allrounder, a pugnacious middle-order batsman and medium-paced seamer.
content-www.cricinfo.com /wc2007/content/current/story/285940.html   (776 words)

  
 Hotlist Feature - The real Mr Cricket - a tribute to Bob Woolmer - Live Search
Bob Woolmer was born in India in 1948 in a Kanpur hospital just across the road from a cricket ground.
The experience Woolmer gained in South Africa enabled him to land a job as the coach on Kent’s second XI in 1987.
Woolmer stepped down as coach after this game and, despite insisting he wanted a break from the game, is said to have come extremely close to taking over as England coach.
www.msn.co.uk /msnhotlist/features/therealmrcricket_bobwoolmer/default.asp?MSPSA=1   (951 words)

  
 SI.com - Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer dies during World Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Posted: Sunday Mar 18, 2007 5:13 PM KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer died in hospital on Sunday soon after he was found unconscious in his hotel room.
Woolmer was survived by his wife, Gill, and two sons.
Woolmer, who played 19 test matches for England, worked as a coach on three continents, including a stint for the ICC helping developing cricket nations.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2007/cricket/wires/03/18/2080.ap.cb.spt.crk.woolmer.dies.8th.ld.writethru/index.html   (638 words)

  
 Donald backs Bob Woolmer for England job
Woolmer, who played 19 Tests for England between 1975-8, was tipped for the England job in 1999 and will be out of contract at the end of the World Cup.
Woolmer and Donald were together for three successful years at Warwickshire, winning the One-day NatWest Trophy in 1993 and three trophies in 1994, including the first-class County Championship.
Woolmer worked for the International Cricket Council as its high-performance manager before taking charge of Pakistan in 2004, where such has been his impact that officials at the Pakistan Cricket Board have indicated a willingness to offer him another contract when the World Cup ends.
thatscricket.oneindia.in /news/2007/01/23/2301donald-woolmer-england-coach.html   (603 words)

  
 Vale Bob Woolmer | Fox Sports Cricket Blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
BOB Woolmer’s death in the Caribbean has taken the focus off the cricket on the field and shocked us all, no doubt.
Woolmer was known for making the game enjoyable for those he coached, and after spells in county cricket in England, he embarked on the international road, first with the ICC, then South Africa and, in 2004, Pakistan.
Bob Woolmer was a legend and a coaching pioneer.
blogs.foxsports.com.au /cricket/index.php/foxsports/comments/vale_bob_woolmer   (4048 words)

  
 Bob Woolmer was writing two books before death
Bob, who died aged 58 years and 308 days in Kingston, had met Delhi Police Commissioner K.K. Paul during Pakistan's tour of India in 2005 for one of his books that would have touched upon the 2001 Cronje case.
Bob met Paul April 18 in connection with 'Discovering Cricket', in which he was to touch upon the match-fixing controversy that badly hit the game in 2001 when he was coach of the South African team touring India.
Bob learnt of the change at PCB helm after reaching New Delhi, and he was apparently a bit sad that Khan, with whom he had established a special bond, was not there to support him.
story.indiagazette.com /index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/235267/cs/1   (696 words)

  
 Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer dies - London News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer has died at the age of 58 after being found unconscious in his hotel room in Jamaica.
Woolmer, whose Pakistan side were knocked out of the cricket World Cup yesterday, was found on the floor of his room in the Pegasus hotel with signs of vomiting.
Bob has passed away and it is very shocking news to all of the team and the team management.
www.viewlondon.co.uk /Pakistan_coach_Bob_Woolmer_dies_18092387.html   (294 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Americas | Coach Woolmer 'was not murdered'
Scotland Yard detectives have told Jamaican police that former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was not murdered, the BBC understands.
Bob Woolmer's widow Gill said she had heard nothing new from the Jamaican police about her husband's death.
Mr Woolmer was found dead in his hotel in Jamaica on 18 March after Pakistan's first-round exit from the World Cup.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/6714545.stm   (502 words)

  
 Woolmer advocates nails - Cricket - Sport - theage.com.au
PAKISTAN coach Bob Woolmer wants cricket's laws changed so that players can use their fingernails to alter the state of the ball.
Woolmer said reverse swing was critical in maintaining cricket's balance between bat and ball.
Woolmer said the International Cricket Council had to look at its laws and alter the description of ball-tampering and how umpires adjudicated on the issue.
www.theage.com.au /news/cricket/woolmer-advocates-nails/2006/09/02/1156817151017.html   (497 words)

  
 Bob Woolmer glad at variety... Keralanext.com, Cricket News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer on Tuesday put a brave face on the absence of two key fast bowlers, saying his team had the resources to do well in the World Cup.
Woolmer did not believe that the duo's absence would affect the team's chances in the World Cup, which opens in Jamaica on March 13 with a match between his team and the West Indies.
Woolmer said the mood in the camp was upbeat and the team were looking forward to making an impressive start in the tournament.
www.keralanext.com /news/?id=980244   (578 words)

  
 Tags - Bob Woolmer - Instablogs Community
If Geoff Lawson is to be believed, the former Australian pacer has landed the job of Pakistan’s new cricket coach, a post lying vacant since Englishman Bob Woolmer was murdered in his Kingston hotel room during in the World Cup in the West Indies.
A unanimous agreement among the individual boards of the 10 full members of the cricketing world that the World Cup, matches should not exceed, five weeks is quiet, significant and appears to be a good move.
Former Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer’s death mystery instead of getting solved is continuing to deepen with time.
www.instablogs.com /tags/bob-woolmer   (693 words)

  
 Coaching   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Bob Woolmer presents the path leading to the winning cycle of a team
Does Woolmer get bored at times with the repetitions that is involved in the process of coaching a side.
On Challenges: Bob Woolmer has his views on how cricket coaches should be valued, the challenges that lie ahead.
www.cricinfo.com /link_to_database/INTERACTIVE/COACHING/COACHING/BOB_WOOLMER.html   (443 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Blogs - Pak Spin - The tragedy of Bob Woolmer
Bob's services not only included coaching the pakistan team in the field of cricket but also it seems that he put up with a lot of the unruly behaviour of the uneducated and uncivilised players silently.
Bob Woolmer was indeed a great man and a coach and he did go on Mission Impossible when he decided to be associated with Pakistan Cricket.
Bob Woolmer was one of the most innovative thinkers in modern cricket, and is largely responsible for several advances in the way the game is coached at the international level.
blogs.cricinfo.com /pakspin/archives/2007/03/the_tragedy_of_bob_woolmer.php   (12734 words)

  
 Woolmer dead, Inzy quits - Cricket World Cup - Fox Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Woolmer was last seen in public when he addressed the post-match media conference at the Sabina Park ground.
Woolmer's son Russell said the stress of coaching a cricket-ccrazy country was perhaps a factor.
Woolmer, a former England player who took charge of the Pakistan team in 2004, was seen late on Saturday night, but officials raised the alarm after not seeing him early on Sunday.
www.foxsports.com.au /story/0,,21405541-5012554,00.html   (883 words)

  
 Bob Woolmer manages to stay calm in the face of controversy - News - ICC Champions Trophy,2006 - Cricket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Bob Woolmer has often been called the Teflon coach, totally involved, yet seemingly unscathed.
Who else but Woolmer would have the temerity to admit, when his own two players have just been caught cheating, that "this thing is good for the game, cricket had to wake up to this menace, anyhow everything is good for the game"?
Bob Woolmer is again in the wrong place at the right time, only this time he knows it.
cricket.indiatimes.com /championstrophyshow/2180934.cms   (649 words)

  
 Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer dies | Cricket World Cup 2007 | Guardian Unlimited Sport
Woolmer, who has also coached South Africa and Warwickshire, was contracted to the Pakistan Cricket Board until the end of the tournament.
Woolmer was last in the news when Pakistan toured England last summer.
Woolmer admitted that the incident, which eventually saw Hair banned from umpiring by the International Cricket Council after offering to resign in exchange for a pay-off, forced him seriously to consider his future as coach of the national side.
sport.guardian.co.uk /cricketworldcup2007/story/0,,2036960,00.html   (461 words)

  
 Digital Journal - Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer has died
Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was taken to hospital after he was found unconscious on the floor of his hotel room, an official said on Sunday.
Woolmer had no excuses to make about his side's performance in the competition as Pakistan were knocked out of the World Cup on Saturday after a shock three-wicket defeat to Ireland.
Woolmer had last been seen in public yesterday when he addressed the post-match media conference after his team's shock defeat to Ireland.
www.digitaljournal.com /article/142828/Pakistan_cricket_coach_Bob_Woolmer_has_died   (265 words)

  
 Former South African cricket coach Bob Woolmer to support sacked captain Hansie
JOHANNESBURG, JUNE 6: Former South African cricket coach Bob Woolmer has come out in support of sacked captain Hansie Cronje, saying he should be allowed to play international cricket again, reports said on Tuesday.
Woolmer said he believed Cronje, who was fired on April 11 for taking money from an Indian bookmaker for information and forecasts on matches, should not be treated more harshly than Australian cricketers who had done the same.
Woolmer has indicated that he will testify about an offer to the South African team to "throw" a match in Mumbai, India, in December 1996.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20000607/isp07047.html   (459 words)

  
 Welcome to rediff.com: The Bob Woolmer murder story
Woolmer's body to be flown to South Africa
Woolmer was strangled with a towel - Report
Woolmer's body to stay in Jamaica until inquest
www.rediff.com /wc2007/woolmer.html   (160 words)

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