Woolmer Bob made history in cricket by his life and death
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No one coach faced death in history due to the defeat of his team in a match. Bob gave his life to cricket and paid for it- Donald. About to Bob, Get to know, his quotes: Death or Suicide? Eklavya?
Woolmer didn't enjoy a great World Cup - Pakistan were eliminated after the first two games, including a shocking loss to minnows Ireland - but the real shock followed the next day. He was found unconscious in his hotel room in Jamaica and pronounced dead a few hours later.
August 28: On the eve of Pakistan’s Twenty20 international against England in Bristol Robert Andrew Woolmer said: “We are looking forward to the cricket and getting everything else that’s happened over the past week out of the way. “What’s happened in the past week has not been good for cricket. We just want to leave that alone now and get on with the rest of the tour.” Woolmer remains optimistic that wish will prove achievable. “All the players want to do is forget what has happened. We think that is possible,”
Woolmer had stated in 2006 that he believed that ball-tampering should be allowed in cricket and that a modification to existing laws shoud be made
This is such shocking news for all cricket fans. Also this shows the over emotions of people of Pakistan and India toward Cricket, which lead not only to a great cricketerbut also to a great coach to invite death due to the reaction and behave showed by the related elements after a cricket match loss.
I think that we have given cricket too much publicity. Players are millionaires but they as filmy big guns and great political leaders want to billionaires by making fools to the public. Multinational sponsors and sheep crowd like people encourage this crime against the other games. Child to elder, poor to rich, both genders and genderless all kill their valuable times and this should be declared a crime against the nation. Because of this nation suffered heavy economic loss. Ways and process should be found to recover that loss by them. White paper should be published of their contribution to the benefit of the common poor people.
His personal web site starts with the words:
Yesterday is a history
Tomorrow is a mystery
Today is the present-
a gift to make the most of
Woolmer was last in the news when Pakistan toured England last summer. His side became the first in Test history to forfeit a match after they initially refused to take the field following an incident involving Australian umpire Darrell Hair. Hair awarded England five penalty runs after deeming Pakistan guilty of ball tampering during the match at the Oval.
Inzamam-ul-Haq's side continued the game at first but later refused to carry on. Pakistan did offer to take the field eventually but Hair, along with fellow umpire Billy Doctrove, had decided to award the game to England.
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. Pakistan had a troubled build-up to the World Cup with pace bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif both testing positive for banned substances. Both players won appeals against the bans they received from the PCB but the World Anti-Doping Agency were unhappy with that decision and lodged a case with the Court of Arbitration for Sport before both pacemen were ruled out of the World Cup due to injury
Bob Woolmer, was a professional cricket coach known for having coached the South African cricket team and Warwickshire. He was only the second non-Pakistani to coach the Pakistani cricket team, the first being Englishman Richard Pybus (1999-2000).
Woolmer was also a regular in England ODI cricket from 1972 to 1976. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1976. 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 and 1981, was found unconscious at the Pegasus Hotel at 1045 local time.
Pakistan team manager Pervez Mir said "We saw him last night but having not seen him early today two of our officers went to his room and with the help of hotel staff entered. He was found unconscious there.
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer, 58, has died in a Kingston hospital after being found unconscious in his hotel room on Sunday morning.
The former England batsman was made coach of Pakistan in June 2004. The job of coaching the national team of the cricket-crazy country is considered one of the most pressurized in the sport. Woolmer, who has a distinguished career as a coach, appeared to take the three-wicket defeat to debutants Ireland in his stride following the match. His contract with the Pakistan Cricket Board was due to expire on June 30 but it was widely expected he would part company with them after the World Cup which is scheduled to finish on April 28.
Full Name: Robert Andrew Woolmer
Nickname: Bob
DOB: 14 May 1948
Place of birth: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium
Teams: England, Kent, Natal, Western Province
ODI Debut: Against Australia at Old Trafford on 24-08-1972
Test Debut: Against Australia at Lord's on 31-07-1975
1948: Born in Kanpur, India
1951: My debut in the back garden, aged 3. There was never a doubt: my father put a bat and ball in my cot.
1959: As an 11-year-old I watch Hanif Mohammed score 499 for Karachi.
1963: Stylish middle-order batsman and right-arm tormentor for the Skinners School 1 st XI.
1968: My debut for Kent. The score book says 50 not out.
1970/71: My first experience playing and coaching in South Africa.
1972: One-day international debut for England – against the old foe.
1975: An unlucky break: I'm selected for England's first World Cup squad, and manage to break my hand the day before the tournament starts. I do 12 th man duties and gnash my teeth…
1976: Selected as one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year
1977: The Centenary Test in Melbourne, and we go on to take the Ashes 3-0. I sign for Kerry Packer, and the establishment is not amused.
1980: Return to the England side to take on the West Indies. I learn the true meaning of “fast bowling”.
1981: A pair at Trent Bridge against Australia, which effectively ends my international career. But as one door closes another one opens, and by the end of the year I am coaching in Langa and Avendale townships in Cape Town, South Africa.
1984: I retire from First Class cricket, and emigrate to South Africa the next year, teaching at high schools and coaching cricket and hockey in disadvantaged areas.
1991 Appointed Director of Coaching at Warwickshire CCC.
1993: Warwickshire wins the NatWest trophy, and Dermott Reeve perfects the reverse sweep.
1994: Warwickshire win 3 out of 4 trophies and are runners up in the NatWest series. I am appointed coach of South Africa.
1995: I am in the dressing room when Brian Lara scores 501* to break Hanif's record. I suppose that makes me one of very few people to have seen both innings live .
1994-1999: South Africa wins 73% of its one-day internationals, and 10 out of 15 Test series.
1999: I leave the job after South Africa fails to make the World Cup final by 0.1 of run
2001: Joined the ICC as High Performance Manager, working with Namibia among others.
2005: Appointed coach of Pakistan – and I'm still standing
Eklavya
Players of defeated Indian and Pakistani teams should learn some lesson from the Eklavya.
Eklavya knew from his mother that Dronacharya might not be a guru of him to teach ‘Dhanurvidhya’. Even then Eklavya was not be put off, his determination knew no bounds. Near his house, under a tree Eklavya installed a clay idol of Dronacharya that he worshiped as his Guru! Daily, morning and evening, this devotee put flower and natural perfumes in front of this image and took Self-Lessons in the art of bow and arrow. The talented young Eklavya soon acquired high knowledge in archery. He attributed his success to his Guru Dronacharya.
One day, a dog barks while he is focused upon practice, and without looking, the prince fires arrows that seal up the dog's mouth. The Pandava princes see this dog running, and wonder who could have done such a feat. They see Ekalavya, who announces himself as a pupil of Drona.
Arjuna is worried that his position as the best warrior in the world might by usurped. Drona sees his worry, and visits Ekalavya and said, "O young man, who has taught you such wonderful skills in archery! Who is your Guru?"Seeing the Guru in front of him, the boy Eklavya was more that overjoyed and said, "Why, O Gurudev, this all is your grace! I worship you as my Guru. Look you are there in that image!"Dronacharya was pleased with the dedication of Eklavya, and said, "I bless you my son. But as is customary, won't you give me my fees - Guru-Dakshina!"
Guru Drona said, "O Eklavya, I am pleased with your respect for Guru. I want the thumb of your right hand as my fees – Guru-Dakshina."The trees and atmosphere around stood still for a minute! Even Arjuna was stunned on listening to the unusual and almost cruel demand of his Guru. To ask for the thumb of an archer was equivalent to almost kill him! How could Dronacharya demand such a heavy prize from one disciple to protect the honor of the other!But Eklavya had no such remorse. Unruffled and with due humility, cheerfully and without protest, he cut his right thumb and placed at the feet of Dronacharya. Gods in the heaven silently praised the greatness of Eklavya's sacrifice.
By Premendra Agrawal
www.newsanalysisindia.com/
No one coach faced death in history due to the defeat of his team in a match. Bob gave his life to cricket and paid for it- Donald. About to Bob, Get to know, his quotes: Death or Suicide? Eklavya?
Woolmer didn't enjoy a great World Cup - Pakistan were eliminated after the first two games, including a shocking loss to minnows Ireland - but the real shock followed the next day. He was found unconscious in his hotel room in Jamaica and pronounced dead a few hours later.
August 28: On the eve of Pakistan’s Twenty20 international against England in Bristol Robert Andrew Woolmer said: “We are looking forward to the cricket and getting everything else that’s happened over the past week out of the way. “What’s happened in the past week has not been good for cricket. We just want to leave that alone now and get on with the rest of the tour.” Woolmer remains optimistic that wish will prove achievable. “All the players want to do is forget what has happened. We think that is possible,”
Woolmer had stated in 2006 that he believed that ball-tampering should be allowed in cricket and that a modification to existing laws shoud be made
This is such shocking news for all cricket fans. Also this shows the over emotions of people of Pakistan and India toward Cricket, which lead not only to a great cricketerbut also to a great coach to invite death due to the reaction and behave showed by the related elements after a cricket match loss.
I think that we have given cricket too much publicity. Players are millionaires but they as filmy big guns and great political leaders want to billionaires by making fools to the public. Multinational sponsors and sheep crowd like people encourage this crime against the other games. Child to elder, poor to rich, both genders and genderless all kill their valuable times and this should be declared a crime against the nation. Because of this nation suffered heavy economic loss. Ways and process should be found to recover that loss by them. White paper should be published of their contribution to the benefit of the common poor people.
His personal web site starts with the words:
Yesterday is a history
Tomorrow is a mystery
Today is the present-
a gift to make the most of
Woolmer was last in the news when Pakistan toured England last summer. His side became the first in Test history to forfeit a match after they initially refused to take the field following an incident involving Australian umpire Darrell Hair. Hair awarded England five penalty runs after deeming Pakistan guilty of ball tampering during the match at the Oval.
Inzamam-ul-Haq's side continued the game at first but later refused to carry on. Pakistan did offer to take the field eventually but Hair, along with fellow umpire Billy Doctrove, had decided to award the game to England.
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. Pakistan had a troubled build-up to the World Cup with pace bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif both testing positive for banned substances. Both players won appeals against the bans they received from the PCB but the World Anti-Doping Agency were unhappy with that decision and lodged a case with the Court of Arbitration for Sport before both pacemen were ruled out of the World Cup due to injury
Bob Woolmer, was a professional cricket coach known for having coached the South African cricket team and Warwickshire. He was only the second non-Pakistani to coach the Pakistani cricket team, the first being Englishman Richard Pybus (1999-2000).
Woolmer was also a regular in England ODI cricket from 1972 to 1976. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1976. 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 and 1981, was found unconscious at the Pegasus Hotel at 1045 local time.
Pakistan team manager Pervez Mir said "We saw him last night but having not seen him early today two of our officers went to his room and with the help of hotel staff entered. He was found unconscious there.
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer, 58, has died in a Kingston hospital after being found unconscious in his hotel room on Sunday morning.
The former England batsman was made coach of Pakistan in June 2004. The job of coaching the national team of the cricket-crazy country is considered one of the most pressurized in the sport. Woolmer, who has a distinguished career as a coach, appeared to take the three-wicket defeat to debutants Ireland in his stride following the match. His contract with the Pakistan Cricket Board was due to expire on June 30 but it was widely expected he would part company with them after the World Cup which is scheduled to finish on April 28.
Full Name: Robert Andrew Woolmer
Nickname: Bob
DOB: 14 May 1948
Place of birth: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium
Teams: England, Kent, Natal, Western Province
ODI Debut: Against Australia at Old Trafford on 24-08-1972
Test Debut: Against Australia at Lord's on 31-07-1975
1948: Born in Kanpur, India
1951: My debut in the back garden, aged 3. There was never a doubt: my father put a bat and ball in my cot.
1959: As an 11-year-old I watch Hanif Mohammed score 499 for Karachi.
1963: Stylish middle-order batsman and right-arm tormentor for the Skinners School 1 st XI.
1968: My debut for Kent. The score book says 50 not out.
1970/71: My first experience playing and coaching in South Africa.
1972: One-day international debut for England – against the old foe.
1975: An unlucky break: I'm selected for England's first World Cup squad, and manage to break my hand the day before the tournament starts. I do 12 th man duties and gnash my teeth…
1976: Selected as one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year
1977: The Centenary Test in Melbourne, and we go on to take the Ashes 3-0. I sign for Kerry Packer, and the establishment is not amused.
1980: Return to the England side to take on the West Indies. I learn the true meaning of “fast bowling”.
1981: A pair at Trent Bridge against Australia, which effectively ends my international career. But as one door closes another one opens, and by the end of the year I am coaching in Langa and Avendale townships in Cape Town, South Africa.
1984: I retire from First Class cricket, and emigrate to South Africa the next year, teaching at high schools and coaching cricket and hockey in disadvantaged areas.
1991 Appointed Director of Coaching at Warwickshire CCC.
1993: Warwickshire wins the NatWest trophy, and Dermott Reeve perfects the reverse sweep.
1994: Warwickshire win 3 out of 4 trophies and are runners up in the NatWest series. I am appointed coach of South Africa.
1995: I am in the dressing room when Brian Lara scores 501* to break Hanif's record. I suppose that makes me one of very few people to have seen both innings live .
1994-1999: South Africa wins 73% of its one-day internationals, and 10 out of 15 Test series.
1999: I leave the job after South Africa fails to make the World Cup final by 0.1 of run
2001: Joined the ICC as High Performance Manager, working with Namibia among others.
2005: Appointed coach of Pakistan – and I'm still standing
Eklavya
Players of defeated Indian and Pakistani teams should learn some lesson from the Eklavya.
Eklavya knew from his mother that Dronacharya might not be a guru of him to teach ‘Dhanurvidhya’. Even then Eklavya was not be put off, his determination knew no bounds. Near his house, under a tree Eklavya installed a clay idol of Dronacharya that he worshiped as his Guru! Daily, morning and evening, this devotee put flower and natural perfumes in front of this image and took Self-Lessons in the art of bow and arrow. The talented young Eklavya soon acquired high knowledge in archery. He attributed his success to his Guru Dronacharya.
One day, a dog barks while he is focused upon practice, and without looking, the prince fires arrows that seal up the dog's mouth. The Pandava princes see this dog running, and wonder who could have done such a feat. They see Ekalavya, who announces himself as a pupil of Drona.
Arjuna is worried that his position as the best warrior in the world might by usurped. Drona sees his worry, and visits Ekalavya and said, "O young man, who has taught you such wonderful skills in archery! Who is your Guru?"Seeing the Guru in front of him, the boy Eklavya was more that overjoyed and said, "Why, O Gurudev, this all is your grace! I worship you as my Guru. Look you are there in that image!"Dronacharya was pleased with the dedication of Eklavya, and said, "I bless you my son. But as is customary, won't you give me my fees - Guru-Dakshina!"
Guru Drona said, "O Eklavya, I am pleased with your respect for Guru. I want the thumb of your right hand as my fees – Guru-Dakshina."The trees and atmosphere around stood still for a minute! Even Arjuna was stunned on listening to the unusual and almost cruel demand of his Guru. To ask for the thumb of an archer was equivalent to almost kill him! How could Dronacharya demand such a heavy prize from one disciple to protect the honor of the other!But Eklavya had no such remorse. Unruffled and with due humility, cheerfully and without protest, he cut his right thumb and placed at the feet of Dronacharya. Gods in the heaven silently praised the greatness of Eklavya's sacrifice.
By Premendra Agrawal
www.newsanalysisindia.com/
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