Murali’s 709th wicket

Yuvraj six straight sixes

A tribute to Bob Woolmer

Sourav’s comeback

Sreesanth-Roy head-to-head

Eat Cricket, Drink Cricket, Sleep Cricket
There were loads of good performances that we could applaud here, but when it comes to “making waves” these are the five events that I think qualify best.
The Return of Dada: After the World Cup debacle and the youngsters’ winning performance in T20, everyone was talking about culling the three Indian seniors. Ganguly was on the edge of everyone’s sword and we believed, even hoped, that he’d get the pink slip first. But that was just too much for the man who is worth 17000 runs in world cricket. “Don’t provoke the tiger,” he …read more

The farce that is the investigation in to the death of Bob Woolmer looks set to get even worse today with a press conference that is expected to say that Woolmer actually wasn’t murdered after all and he instead died of natural causes. The news follows an investigation by Scotland Yard in to the findings of the West Indian pathologist who conducted the analysis of the post mortem and pathology tests.
Now, I’m no expert, but it seems fairly obvious to me that saying a death is murder is a pretty serious thing and that you only say it if you’re …read more

Exactly no revealing information has surfaced about the Woolmer case recently, leading me to speculation that those involved simply haven’t got a clue who the perpetrator(s) was. About the most we know is that Jamaican police have just sent some CCTV footage to the UK for analysis. One wonders why it has taken over three weeks to fulfil such an obvious task. In fact, the whole bloody operation is being plagued by delays. Just look at the timeline. I know the West Indies aren’t as developed as other places in the World, but are they really so backwards that it’s …read more

Jamaican police have confirmed that Bob Woolmer died of a strangulation and are therefore treating his death as murder. No arrests have been made, although the Pakistan team and many people connected with the outfit have been questioned. One line of inquiry is that there is no sign of forced entry to his hotel room, which suggests that Woolmer may well have known his killer, and let him in to his room. In addition, there may have been several perpetrators, considering Bob Woolmer’s “stature”.
One question that will remain unanswered for some time, is: Why!? Why would anyone kill a …read more

It has been a long time coming but perhaps it is finally here for Pakistan. Things have been going wrong in the Pakistan camp for some time now and the latest controversies and problems will hopefully be the end of the line for the existing Pakistani set-up.
Recent problems, such as Shahid Afridi’s ban, Shoaib and Asif’s bans / injuries and the failure to get through to the group stages of the World Cup have led to a shambolic state of affairs, which have been finished off by the resignation of captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, not to mention most of the PCB.

Jamaican police have said that the death of Bob Woolmer is “suspicious”, following an inconclusive post-mortem, which presumably means that they couldn’t verify that Woolmer died of a heart attack. As yet, no-one has suggested exactly what “suspicious” might mean, but should their suspicions be correct then it will be one of two things: suicide, or, more likely, that other persons were involved, and so feasibly manslaughter or murder.
It’s an incredible situation, but not in a good way. Further tests on his body will aim to clarify, but to think that Woolmer may have been murdered (or committed suicide) is …read more

There were no prisoners yesterday, as the first weekend of the cricket World Cup 2007 claimed two high profile victims. First up was Pakistan versus Ireland, and on St. Patrick’s day of all days. And although the Irish rugby team narrowly missed out on the Six Nations crown, the Irish cricket team were on top form to embarass one of the teams tipped to win the World Cup. As was the norm for these “giants vs minnows” matches, the giants were batting first, but were humbled by some superb bowling and were bowled out cheaply for just 132. The innings …read more