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Subhanallah. As soon as I heard of the death, I kn...

2007-03-23T02:26:00.000Z

Subhanallah. As soon as I heard of the death, I knew deep down that he'd been murdered.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6482981.stm

I didn't want to look the idiot at the time but it's unbelievable how obvious it seemed that some criminal freak had killed Woolmer. Would anyone expect anything less from being involved with Pakistan??!

:-(

I'm sorry to have been the bringer of this sad new...

2007-03-22T23:01:00.000Z

I'm sorry to have been the bringer of this sad news. I knew he's been taken into hospital and I just switched on the radio to get an update of England's progress. Between every delivery they were talking very somberly about Bob Woolmer. It didn't take too long to figure out what had happened, but I just had to listen for another 10mins just to make sure I'd understood correctly.

As the police are now investigating, and if he is indeed found to have been murdered, then the murderer is not a cricket fan, least of all a human being.

Bob was not just Pakistan's coach. In fact I always associate him with South African cricket and the team he was with as they returned to the international arena. He was a brilliant person who contributed so much to the game and had the respect of everybody.

His loss is firstly a loss to his friends and family. But his loss is also a loss to the game. It is not possible to imagine a cricketing world without Bob Woolmer.

Apparently they're treating the death as suspiciou...

2007-03-21T10:33:00.000Z

Apparently they're treating the death as suspicious.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6473645.stm

I always thought cricket was a game introduced by ...

2007-03-19T13:47:00.000Z

I always thought cricket was a game introduced by the British colonisers (like my dad and grandad)to waste and divert the time and energies of the natives into something totally useless. This is probably a type of cricket kufr. However this eloquent and informative article nearly converted me. Nearly. It certainly is the closest anyone has got me to show a vague interest in the game.