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NEW DELHI: Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, found dead a day after Pakistan’s shock defeat at the hands of Ireland, was murdered, police have confirmed. Although the Pakistan Cricket Board has been claiming that the autopsy conducted on Woolmer was inconclusive, sources, according to Times Now, have confirmed that investigators have indeed said the coach was murdered. In fact, the Jamaican Police is said to be already ascertaining the whereabouts of some of the Pakistan players at the time the murder could have taken place. Sources confirmed to Times Now that further questioning of Pakistan players is on the cards as well. The confirmation comes soon after allegations by former Pakistan pacer Sarfaraz Nawaz that Woolmer was murdered by the betting syndicate. The outspoken Nawaz has said that almost everybody in control of the game is involved in betting and Woolmer was perhaps about to reveal all in a book. Source: INDIATIMES NEWS NETWORK

Pakistan coach was found unconscious in hotel room; shocked Chappell says he knows how tough the job is CASTING a shadow on the World Cup, Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woo lmer died in hospital today, less than 24 hours after Inzamam’s side crashed out of the World Cup after a stunning three-wicket loss to Ireland, their second successive defeat. Woolmer, 58, was found unconscious in his hotel room by cleaners at 10.45 am and was rushed to hospital and admitted in intensive care where he later passed away, Pakistan team media manger Pervez Mir told reporters. According to another version, Woolmer was brought dead to hospital. The cause of death was not immediately released. Woolmer’s wife has been informed and she’s expected here from South Africa. At the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain, where Team India’s based, news of Woolmer’s hospitalisation came in just as Greg Chappell was settling down for a press conference the day after his team’s shock defeat against Bangladesh. But minutes...