2007-03-25 03:31:31 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Cricket
Sorry meant coach not couch whoops.!
2007-03-25 04:03:54 · update #1
just yesterday i saw a murdered couch, just left on the side of the road....... terrible.
i dont know how anyone could murder their couch, after all your couch has done for you.
2007-03-25 03:42:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I watched the Pakistan vs Ireland game live and the it finished it didn't really enter my mind that the result had been fixed. I thought Ireland just deserved to win as they played the better cricket.
When I heard the next day that Bob Woolmer that been found in his hotel room unconcious and then a couple of hours later he'd died, I was shocked. But at the same time i thought there was something very strange, that it was a bit of a coincidence that Pakistan lose to Ireland and the next day the coach is dead.
There were rumoiurs that Woolmer had committed suicide because of the pressure he was under and what the reaction would be of the Press and those die hard Pakistan fans of losing to Ireland. I don't think this was very likely.
I dont think there is any doubt that match fixing is rearing its ugly head up again, only this time the coach of the team which has in past years been at the centre of corruption in the sport is dead.
Bob was planning to write a book after the World Cup about his time as Pakistan coach so was he was planning to let the cat out of the bag about what he knew about match fixing and the names of those involved?
Bob was well respected throughout cricket and was a great coach. He will always be remembered.
2007-03-27 08:12:23 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's tragedy both for the family of bob's and for cricket world, he was a great man .Robert Andrew Woolmer (14 May 1948 – 18 March 2007) was an international cricketer, professional cricket coach and also a professional commentator. He played in 19 Test matches and 6 One-day Internationals for England and later coached South Africa, Warwickshire and Pakistan
Woolmer died in Jamaica while participating in the 2007 Cricket World Cup as the coach of Pakistan. On 22 March 2007, Jamaican police announced that his death was being treated as murder after the official post-mortem report stated that Woolmer died from asphyxia due to manual strangulation. Bob Woolmer was appointed as Pakistan Cricket Team coach in the year 2005. After his death, he has posthumously been awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence), a high ranking civilian award as a result of his contribution to cricket in Pakistan.
2007-03-26 04:29:56 · answer #3 · answered by Jay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is an absolute travesty that in this day and age something like this could happen, especially to a man who lived a breathed cricket every step of the way. i was lucky enough to meet bob woolmer a few years back when he was the coach of South Africa when they toured england and he struck me as a man who lived for cricket, who wanted to be a part of the developemnt of the game globally. for someone to have done something like this is inexcusable, he was an honorable man with extremely high values. i do believe that once again the pakistani team were involved in a match fixing scandal and bob maybe found out about it and in order to silence him, killed him. the pakistani team are known to have been involved in such allegations before...watch this space, as they say it will eventually come ot in the wash
RIP bob woolmer, hopefully justice wil prevail
2007-03-25 13:15:49 · answer #4 · answered by spanks_bum 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it is terrible - I gather he was very popular, a genuine bloke and a good coach - it must be devastating for his family. It has put a damper on the cricket World Cup, but he would have wanted the tournament to carry on, as he lived (and probably died) for the sport, and it will carry on as a memorial to him.
I hope his killer or killers are found and brought to justice.
2007-03-25 10:43:14 · answer #5 · answered by Sammy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Awful. Bad day in Cricket history and during the 2007 Cricket World Cup....
2007-03-27 11:36:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's quite bad, they think it may be mafia involved, who knows, it's quite sad though, never immagined something like that in cricket of all sports. He was British and not killed in Pakistan.
2007-03-25 10:36:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was very very saddening to hear it. He was a good coach, one of the finest.
Rest in peace Bob!
2007-03-25 10:37:39 · answer #8 · answered by (^_^) 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its not good if it was a gambling thing it was enough to kill him but if they found no forced entry into his room then either he knew the person enough to let him in or the killer had a key to his room which implies a inside job
2007-03-25 11:30:53 · answer #9 · answered by reapersorb 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poor couch... but what about that coach though?!
2007-03-25 10:47:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋