Jamaican police say cricket coach murdered

Published Thursday, March 22nd

Authorities said Thursday that Pakistan’s cricket coach was strangled in his hotel room the day after his team suffered a humiliating World Cup loss — a murder that has shocked the proper world of cricket.

Authorities said Thursday that Pakistan’s cricket coach was strangled in his hotel room the day after his team suffered a humiliating World Cup loss — a murder that has shocked the proper world of cricket.

Bob Woolmer, 58, was found unconscious in his blood- and vomit-splattered hotel room in Jamaica on Sunday after his team’s defeat to Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day sealed Pakistan’s ouster from the tournament. He was later declared dead at a hospital.

Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas said in a statement that the pathologist report found Woolmer’s death was due to “asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation.” Police said they were reviewing security cameras at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel and urging witnesses to come forward.