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Former Irish Cricket Union president Robert Kerr died of a suspected heart attack on Wednesday (21st March), the second fatality in four days at the World Cup. Bob Woolmer died in hospital on Sunday (18th March) after being found unconscious in his hotel room in Kingston. In the meanwhile, there are reports that Soctland Yard will investigate the death of Bob Woolmer. The Daily Telegraph (AUS) report goes on to say: Woolmer, 58, had been found in a pool of blood with vomit and faeces in his bathroom in room 375 on the 12th floor of the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. First pictures of the deceased coach appear to show cuts to his ear and eyebrow. Cricketworldcuplatest.com reports: With Jamaican police terming Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer’s death as suspicious, several Pakistani bookies who have gone to the West Indies for the World Cup are likely to come under investigators’ scrutiny. The bookies have been involved in match-fixing in the past. According to cricket circles in Pakistan, the mo...

Jamaican Police on Wednesday confirmed that poison traces have been found in Woolmer’s hotel room. The information lends credence to the apprehensions that the Pakistan coach was murdered. Woolmer`s preliminary post-mortem report on Tuesday had proved inconclusive. Toxicology and other forensic tests were carried out by the medial and police teams. ...[ more ]

Bob Woolmer was the coach of South Africa when Hansie fixer Cronje gambled and shamed the game we love so much. I have always wondered how much did Woolmer know about it all. Now Zee News reports: Fixing angle under scanner, Pak team to stay back for investigation New Delhi, March 20: Speculation is rife about foul play being involved in Bob Woolmer`s death. Reports indicate that some current senior Pakistan team members might have fixed both matches, against West Indies and Ireland. It is being debated in cricketing circles that he could have been killed to cover up match-fixing by the Pakistani team. The Pakistan team would not be allowed to fly back home till the investigations are over. The Pakistan Cricket Board, however, insists that team coach Robert Woolmer died of a massive heart attack. A report in a leading daily quotes former Pakistani fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz saying that certain top players in the team we...

Unbelievable - Bangladesh beat India. Unthinkable - Ireland knocked out Pakistan. 17 March 2007 was a bad a day for Indian cricket, a horror day for Pakistan. Even a military intervention would not have stopped Pakistan from losing the game to Ireland; they played poor cricket. Maybe this is some sort of a justice; Pakistan should have been fined/banned for not taking action against two of their players - drug cheats. That Pakistan considered playing the cheats at the World Cup, only to pull 'em out in the last minute (thanks to some miraculous injuries), is a good enough reason why they have been knocked out of the world cup. Cheating has no place in cricket. India's pathetic performance against Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) must have cheered up the Pakistani fans. If India can manufacture a loss against Bermuda or Sri Lanka - this will be a new chapter in cricket diplomacy between the two nuke nations in the Sub-Continent. That no one (other than Aussies) want Ponting...

Pakistan board blasts ICC's Speed CricInfo reports: Pakistan board blasts Speed's remarks The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has taken strong objection to the recent remarks of Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief executive, about Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif with regards to the doping issue, calling them "unwarranted" and "irresponsible". The board has sent an official letter of protest to the ICC. Speed, while talking about the ICC's policy of targeted dope tests in the forthcoming World Cup, had called the whole affair of Shoaib and Asif continuing to play cricket after having tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid an "embarrassment" for the game. Nasim Ashraf, the PCB chairman, told Cricinfo, that Speed's comments were uncalled for and inflammatory. "The board takes strong objection to the irresponsible remarks by Malcolm Speed to a case that is subjudice," said Ashraf, referring to the fact that the overturning of the bans on...