JAMAICA: CRICKET - Police now treating Woolmer death as suspicious

Pakistan's team spokesperson said on Tuesday (March 20) that the pathologist's investigations into the death of coach Bob Woolmer have been inconclusive. Jamaican police are now said to be treating Woolmer's death as "suspicious." "The pathologist findings were inconclusive and he is awaiting results of toxicology and histology from the government national laboratory and the government forensic laboratory," said Pervez Mir, the Pakistan team spokesperson. Woolmer, 58, was found unconscious in his Kingston hotel room on Sunday less than 24 hours after their World Cup defeat by Ireland and pronounced dead in hospital later that day. Woolmer's body arrived by hearse at the Kingston Public Hospital Morgue Tuesday morning where an autopsy was performed. Mark Shields, deputy commissioner of the Jamaican police constabulary (crime division), said that the body could not be released until the pathologist had completed his examination. Jamaican police have said that that Woolmer died in hospital at 1214 (1714 GMT) on Sunday. "It's indeed a very difficult time, I mean all we can do is try, we are trying but as I said earlier on, when you lose a part of your body only then you realise that we have made an effort," said Mir. The Pakistan Team continued to train on Tuesday under interrim coach, Mushtaq Ahmed. In an attempt to recover their spirits, training included a game of football. Pakistan plays their final match against Zimbabwe on Wednesday before departing. Zimbabwe must win for any chance to progress in the tournament. "We are a professional side we will give our best shot in the game tomorrow, but indeed these are difficult times for us," added Mir.

ITN Source | March 22, 2007

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