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Robert Andrew Woolmer, (born May 14, 1948, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India - died March 18, 2007, Kingston, Jamaica), more commonly known as Bob Woolmer, was a professional cricket coach known for having coached the South African cricket team and Warwickshire. He was only the second non-Pakistani to coach the Pakistani cricket team, the first being Englishman Richard Pybus (1999-2000).
He played English county cricket for Kent, initially as an all-rounder. He graduated to Test cricket with England in 1975 again, at first, as an all-rounder, having taken a hat-trick for MCC against the touring Australian cricket team with his fast-medium bowling. But he was dropped after his first Test, only reappearing in the final match of the series at The Oval where he scored 149, batting at number five, the slowest Test century ever for England against Australia. Further batting success followed over the next two seasons, including two further centuries against Australia, one in the Centenary Test.
But Woolmer's international career stalled after he joined the World Series Cricket break-away group run by Kerry Packer. Though he appeared intermittently in the Test team up to 1981, he never recaptured the form of the mid 1970s.
Woolmer was also a regular in England ODI cricket from 1972 to 1976.
He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1976.
Woolmer was found unconscious in his Hotel room in Kingston, Jamaica on the 18th March 2007 at the Cricket World Cup; he died in The University Hospital, Kingston later that day.
2006 ball-tampering row
Claims that South Africa players lifted the seam in 1997 were made by former International Cricket Council match referee Barry Jarman who alleged that during a triangular one-day tournament involving South Africa, Zimbabwe and India in early 1997 a match ball confiscated after just 16 overs — still in Jarman’s possession — bears the ravages of tampering by Woolmer’s team.
August 27: Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was forced to defend his reputation when it was claimed South Africa players tampered with the ball when he was in charge of in 1997.
August 28: On the eve of Pakistan’s Twenty20 international against England in Bristol, Woolmer reacted to claims that South Africa players lifted the seam. At a loss to recall anything of the sort, the coach said: “I just cannot and do not understand why Barry Jarman has said this. As far as I’m concerned, it’s fiction. “As far as I know, I don’t ever remember a ball being taken off after the 16th over. I surely would have remembered it. “I wasn’t ball-scratching. I’m the coach. What does he think ... that I teach ball-scratching?” A mystified Woolmer has even taken the step of contacting the officials in the match he believes is in question — and he reports they are unaware of any wrong-doing. “Go and ask the two umpires in the same game that I’m supposed to have done this,” he advised. “They will say that they don’t know anything about it.” Woolmer, echoing the hopes of England captain Andrew Strauss, believes a return to the field of play can help mark a watershed which pushes the ball-tampering crisis of the past week off the front of the agenda. Woolmer is determined to set such thoughts aside. “We want to play cricket, entertain everyone as much as we can and win this series,” he said ahead of the Twenty20 and the five one-dayers.
“We are looking forward to the cricket and getting everything else that’s happened over the past week out of the way. “What’s happened in the past week has not been good for cricket. We just want to leave that alone now and get on with the rest of the tour.” Woolmer remains optimistic that wish will prove achievable. “All the players want to do is forget what has happened. We think that is possible,” he said.
Woolmer had stated in 2006 that he believed that ball-tampering should be allowed in cricket and that a modification to existing laws shoud be made.
2007 World Cup Death
On 18 March 2007 at approximately 17:15 UTC, it was reported that Bob Woolmer had been taken to hospital when he was found unconscious on the floor of his hotel room. There were signs of vomiting and the situation was described as 'not good'. Pakistan team media manager Pervez Mir confirmed: "We have taken him to hospital and he is in an emergency ward." At 14:30 local time (17:30 UTC), he was still unconscious.. It was later confirmed that Bob Woolmer had died of as yet unknown causes .
References
- ^ "Bob Woolmer hits back in new ball-tampering row". Khaleej Times. 2006-08-28.
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- Pakistan coach Woolmer dies Cricinfo
- Reuters
- Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer dies BBC Sport
External links
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