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| Was Pak match-fixing mafia behind Bob's death? | | | PORT OF SPAIN, March 21
A new twist was added on Wednesday to the tale of the 'suspicious' death of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer with former Pakistani paceman Sarfraz Nawaz suggesting that the betting mafia operational in the sub-continent could be behind his death.
Sarfraz said he had little doubt that the "death" of Woolmer has been a conspiracy hatched by the underbelly of cricket and he urged cricket nations to stop taking part in the ICC-held events. "They are havens for match-fixers. ICC is actively promoting it", he said.
Sarfraz dragged everyone in the net: From Pakistan Cricket Board to captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, fellow Pakistani cricketers and even International Cricket Council (ICC) whom he described as the fountainhead of betting mafia.
However, what Sarfraz had to say on Woolmer's death probably overshadowed everything else
Sarfraz openly claimed that captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, along with Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Mushtaq Ahmed, Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Malik were involved in betting.
Sarfraz said, so powerful were the bookmakers that they were actually helping appoint coaches, managers, selectors and even board officials in different countries.
Earlier in the day, the Jamaican police said after autopsy that it was "suspicious" while Pakistani team sources said police feel it could be murder.
"The autopsy report was inconclusive on the cause of the death. Having met with the pathologists and other medical personnel, there is sufficient information to continue a full investigation into the circumstances of Woolmer's death which is now being treated as suspicious," Deputy Commissioner of Police, Jamaica, Mark Shields said in a statement on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, a team source said the Jamaican police suspected Woolmer's death to be a murder
In the final posting on his website, late Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer said that he was "disappointed" over reports in Pakistani media that tried to "disrupt team spirit" during the World Cup.
"We are also very disappointed by the articles trying to disrupt team spirit appearing in our press in Pakistan, and would ask those who read this to ignore the drivel!" wrote Woolmer in his final 'Diary' item on Friday.
Woolmer, 58, was found unconscious in the bathroom of his hotel room Sunday morning, a day after Pakistan shockingly lost to minnows Ireland in Group D and crashed out of the cricket World Cup. The former England player was declared dead upon reaching a local hospital.
Pakistan are scheduled to play their final, inconsequential, Group D match against Zimbabwe on Wednesday.
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