Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Bob Woolmer was murdered: Why pressure of ICC on police?

Tags: Bob Gill Woolmer Book ICC Match Fixing Mafia Pakistan Cricket Board Team Coach Jogi Jamaica Police Sarfaraz Nawaz Inzmam Mustq PCB World Cup Asif Iqball Asad Mustafa Indian Pervez Miir Mustaq Ahmed;

Traces of poison found in the blood. Match fixing mafia might be behind the murder. Possibly Bob wanted to disclose this in his book. Wife of Bob totally rule out the theory of suicide by her husband.

Bob was killed before he could do this. Former Pak Cricket Coach blamed ICC for encouraging match fixing. He accused that ICC might be provided lakhs dollars to the investigating police of Jamaica to manipulating in post mortom report and other investigations. He warned for sending the notice to ICC on this regard.

Pak coach Bob Woolmer was murdered
Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, found dead a day after Pakistan’s shock defeat at the hands of Ireland, was murdered, police have confirmed. Although the Pakistan Cricket Board has been claiming that the autopsy conducted on Woolmer was inconclusive, sources, according to Times Now, have confirmed that investigators have indeed said the coach was murdered.

Cricket is Gentleman’s game
But the question is — where are the gentlemen? Medical Profession and Legal Practice were also called as the noble professions. But now days both are in the grip of malpractices and corruption. For example takes the news of March 20. Former CM of Chhattisgarh loyalist of Sonia Gandhi was arrested two days back in the political murder case of Ramawatar Jaggi in Raipur. Public prosecutor Gupta advocate who was not deputed officially for representing the bail case of Jogi. But public prosecutor Gupta presented the case as he was pleading on behalf tof Jogi and thus Jogi got bail from the court which was otherwise not be obtained.

Jamaica Police Questions Pakistan Players
In fact, the Jamaican Police is said to be already ascertaining the whereabouts of some of the Pakistan players at the time the murder could have taken place. Sources confirmed to Times Now that further questioning of Pakistan players is on the cards as well.

Match-fixing mafia behind the murder
Former Pakistan Cricket Coach Sarfaraz Nawaz suspects match fixing might be reason behind the murder of Bob. He called Inzmam and Mustaq gamblers (Juari).

The confirmation comes soon after allegations by Sarfaraz Nawaz that Woolmer was murdered by the match fixing mafia. The outspoken Nawaz has said that almost everybody in control of the game is involved in betting and Woolmer was perhaps about to reveal all in a book. He said, "Woolmer may have been killed by those who wanted to silence him on the issue of match fixing." a. Sarfaraz Nawaz's claim is being viewed with a degree of seriousness. Firstly, PCB insiders have told Nawaz that at least 5 bookies from Pakistan had reached West Indies in the first week of March 2007.
b. The bookies had been in touch with Pakistani players.
c. Woolmer was writing a book called 'Discovering Cricket' in which he allegedly was going to expose the cricketer-bookie nexus in Pakistan. Has Woolmer carried with him to the grave dark secrets that could have brought ruin upon Pakistan's players? Did he pay for being the unwitting receptacle of information that was never to be shared? If this is true, Woolmer's frequent run-ins with Pakistani players and his earlier admittance of stress dealing with the team acquire a different meaning and no doubt come under the police scanner.

Book on cricket written by Bob will come soon
Gill also mentioned that Bob was writing a book on cricket in general and that the manuscript of that book was already completed and that it was ready to be dispatched to the publisher for further editing.

Interfearance in Pak Cricket
Pakistan’s cricket has always been racked by divisive politics: the Karachi lobby and the Lahore group, both of which have tried to prevail. The Army, which runs every aspect of life, has tried to intervene by placing key officials to manage the administration. Coaches were appointed and sacked on a regular basis. Doping scandals, betting rackets, ball tampering allegations; every evil of modern cricket surfaced in Pakistan’s cricket world. In this witches’ brew came Bob Woolmer, fresh from South Africa.

Religion in Pakistani Cricket
Former Pakistani captain, Asif Iqbal, has given a more perceptive reason for the downfall of the team: over emphasis on religion. Today, the Pakistani team looks like a band of religious zealots. There is nothing wrong with flaunting one’s religious identity, but not if it overwhelms every other aspect of a person. In the process, somewhere, the Pakistani team, which has no dearth of talented players, has lost its way.

Asad Mustafa said death of Bob was “suspicious” from the start
Pakistan team’s manager Asad Mustafa, who commented that the circumstances in which Woolmer was discovered were “suspicious” from the start – not only was there vomit found, there were also indications that the coach had suffered from diarrhea, his blood sugar testing machine was found on the floor in the bathroom and there was blood on his cheek and eyes.

Pakistan aiming for victory tribute to Woolmer
Pakistan team’s manager Asad Mustafa said there was no ban on movement of Pakistan players outside hotel and that the team will play their final match against Zimbabwe. PAKISTAN are eager to pay a fitting tribute to their late coach Bob Woolmer by beating Zimbabwe in their final World Cup Group D match at Sabina Park today.

Pervez Mir Suspects Coach Bob Woolmer May Have Been Murdered
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman Pervez Mir has informed news agency AFP that the Jamaican police investigating into the mysterious death of Coach Bob Woolmer suspect he may have been murdered. Meanwhile, Mir said the intention was that the body would be returned to Woolmer's family in Cape Town via London.

Pakistan’s stand-in coach Mushtaq Ahmed
“Life is more important than sports. And when somebody passes away, especially a guy we look upon as a father, we can't explain that feeling in words,” says Pakistan’s stand-in coach Mushtaq Ahmed.

"The Major Investigation Task Force (MIT) has been asked to probe prescription drug and alcohol overdose theory. The Police is treating sudden death as a homicide. Woolmer had received death threats from Pakistani fans, we are taking reports of death threats very seriously. The police is questioning persons who met with Woolmer before his death."

Wife of Bob Rules Out Overdose of Drugs or Alcohol as the Cause of Death
Gill Woolmer totally ruled out the theory of suicide by her husband.
Gill Woolmer, the wife of late Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer has ruled out the possibility that her husband died of any overdose of prescription drugs or alcohol. Speaking to an Indian T V Channel on Wednesday, Gill refuted media reports as “ridiculous” and “rubbish” when asked whether there was any possibility of Bob having succumbed to overdose of prescription drugs or alcohol.

She continued to affirm that Bob would never resort to drinking alcohol when under stress and had written an e-mail to her after the shock defeat to Ireland, saying he was very "disappointed" by the loss.

However, an excerpt of the e-mail written by Bob on March 18, the day he passed away under mysterious circumstances, points out that he felt more disturbed when South Africa tied their match against Australia in the semi-finals of the 1999 World Cup in Edgbaton and had to crash out of the Cup following that result. Bob was then coaching the Proteas under late Hansie Cronje’s captaincy.

Bob in his mail rated the Edgbaston exit as more disturbing than the loss Pakistan suffered against Ireland.

Gill continued to assert that Bob had never mentioned to her that he felt stressed although there were pressures of coaching a team like Pakistan. She said never did he mention of having any animosity either with the Pakistan establishment or the players.

Bob had no enemies as such, Gill said while speaking to the channel.

Contrary to media reports appearing in Pakistan, which reported that Bob was complaining of chest pain before the World Cup, Gill said her husband neverspoken about any such problems and all she knew about Bob was he always kept a good health and was fit to do his coaching job.

She also ruled out the possibilities of “match-fixing” being related to Bob’s death as claimed by certain media reports. “Bob never spoke to me about match fixing during any conversations we’ve had in the past,” claimed Gill.

Imran Khan offers his services to Pakistan Cricket Board
In the meanwhile Cricket great Imran Khan has offered his services to help restore Pakistan’s status after its shocking exit from the World Cup.


By Premendra Agrawal
www.newsanalysisindia.com/

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