Pakistan Cricket
What are your thoughts about Pakistan Cricket: the players, their strengths, weaknesses, etc.?
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PAKISTAN WON'T PLAY UNDER HAIR AGAIN KARACHI: Shaharyar Khan, the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), said yesterday the board would not accept Australian umpire Darrell Hair for any matches. Ref. https://www.stuff.co.nz/hlc/1,,93498~3772123a1823~,00.html |
PAKISTAN FILES PROTEST WITH ICC
KARACHI: Pakistan has accused the International Cricket Council (ICC) of trying to influence the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) against bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif.
Ref. https://www.stuff.co.nz/hlc/1,,93498~3979889a1823~,00.html
When I first heard that the coach died the first thing I thought was - the team is losing so they bump him off? Nah, they cannot be that vicious? However, who knows?
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PAKISTAN COACH'S DEATH TREATED AS 'SUSPICIOUS' The death of Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer is being treated as "suspicious" by police in Jamaica. Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/03/21/cricket.death/index.html |
It seems like he was indeed murdered since some bone on his neck was broken which can mean he was strangled:
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Investigators said Thursday they have called in a U.S. pathologist to help determine what killed Pakistan's cricket coach a day after his team lost a crucial World Cup match, while media reports suggested he was strangled in his hotel room. Police have called the death of coach Bob Woolmer "suspicious," but have stopped short of saying it was being investigated as a homicide. Deputy Police Commissioner Mark Shields said the pathologist, whom he did not identify, would be arriving to help Jamaican police investigate the high-profile death. "I realize there is a lot of speculation out there but there is not going to be any more comment until we get a pathologist's report," Shields said. The Jamaica Gleaner newspaper, citing an unidentified high-ranking police officer, reported Thursday that authorities found a bone broken in Woolmer's neck and that investigators were treating the case as a homicide. Woolmer was found half-naked, partially wrapped in a towel, the daily said. "A bone in the neck, near the glands, was broken, and this suggests that somebody might have put some pressure on it," the officer told The Gleaner. "We are now treating this as a homicide." |
Jamaican police just said that he was indeed strangled and so everyone in the team is being questioned and finger printed. One reporter was asking a Pakistani PR if it is true that there is a mafia in Pakistani cricket for which he of course played that down.
It could have been a fan who got very upset after the loss with an unknown team, these people are very passionate about the game. Recently a group of angry Indians attacked the house of one of India's players because of his performance, no joke.