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Poison found in Woolmer's room
TIMES NEWS NETWORK / Chandresh Narayan
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PORT OF SPAIN, March 21 : Cricket's worst nightmare could just be beginning. After the shame of match-fixing and betting controversies, there is a growing possibility of murder - that of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer.
Already the Jamaica police have said his death was ''suspicious'' and are launching a full investigation into the sinister developments.
Police have reportedly found traces of poison on the floor of Woolmer's hotel room. There was blood on his cheek and eyes and scratches on his neck.
''There is now sufficient information to continue a full investigation of the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Woolmer, which we are now treating as suspicious,'' said Jamaica deputy commissioner of police Mark Shields.
The postmortem report, expected to solve the riddle of Woolmer's death, was inconclusive and further investigations are being carried out by a toxicologist and a histologist, who will examine the body tissue.
Several persons close to the coach, including the Pakistan physio, were interrogated by homicide detectives but police said none were seen as serious suspects.
The police isn't as yet calling it a murder, but the air is thick with talk of this possibility.
In fact, former Pakistan cricketer Sarfaraz Nawaz has not only called it a murder but has accused an international betting mafia - also involving ICC and Pakistan board officials, match referees and umpires - of doing in Woolmer.
He said that Woolmer was about to spill the beans on this syndicate in a forthcoming book.
There is also another conspiracy theory about Pakistan's startling and unexpected defeat against Ireland.
According to it, the match might have been fixed and Woolmer possibly got to know about it. No doubt those who put their money on Ireland made a killing, but it must be stressed that this theory has no basis so far.
The British tabloid, Daily Mail , said: \"Police are questioning the Pakistan team who have been asked to stay in Kingston for two days after their final group match (on Wednesday) so that investigations can continue.\"
Communications director for the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Karl Angell, however, denied that the Pakistanis were being heavily interrogated by detectives and being isolated.
Woolmer's widow, Gill, rubbished reports that match-fixing may have anything to do with the tragedy. \"No, I don't see any conspiracy in his death. I am aware that his death is being viewed as a suspicious death. He had nothing to do with the match-fixing controversy and any such person being involved is highly unlikely,\" she said.
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Former Irish chief dies at World Cup
KINGSTON, March 21: Former Irish Cricket Union president Bob Kerr died of a suspected heart attack at the World Cup. Irish assistant coach Matt Dwyer said on Wednesday that Kerr died during the night \"from what we believe was a heart attack.\"
\"He was with his wife on holidays and spent time with the fans,\" Dwyer said. \"We last spoke to him after the Pakistan match and he was in good spirits. He wasn't in ill-health.\"
Dwyer said Kerr's wife called hotel staff in the middle of the night and he died on the way to the hospital. Kerr was an executive board member of the Irish Cricket Union and chairman of the North West Cricket Union. Kerr was in his mid-60s, Dwyer said.
It is the second death involving people associated with the Ireland vs. Pakistan World Cup match on Saturday in Jamaica. Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer died on Sunday, hours after Ireland's upset victory. Jamaica police said they were treating 58-year-old Woolmer's death as \"suspicious.\"
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Speech by Thomas Friedman of The New York Times....
"When we were young kids growing up in America, we were told to eat our
vegetables at dinner and not leave them. Mothers said, 'think of the
starving children in India and finish the dinner.' And now I tell my
children: 'Finish your maths homework. Think of the children in India
who would make you starve, if you don't.'"
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Posted on: 22-03-07 14:59:43
Scotland Yard probes Woolmer's death.
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Trinity
They're now saying he was murdered! Shocking stuff! Poor guy!
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