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Well what happened to Pakistani team today wasnt a big surpise to me, i knew this was going to happen.Lack of everything.....

Where as i wanted some small team to go far this time,(Bangladesh,Ireland,Zimbabwe,...)

Good job :- Bangladesh lots of talent and have really positive future.

wow....we beat india?

i love cricket journalism


9.00am Hello everyone and welcome to Cricinfo's coverage of this Group C match between England and Canada.

Firstly, some dramatic news from the England camp. Andrew Flintoff has been omitted from the starting XI after a breach of team discipline. The news comes amid reports he fell off a pedalo and got into difficulties in the water, hours after England lost their World Cup opener to New Zealand - at 4am, specifically.

England have refused to comment on the claim but four other players were fined for breaching team discipline after they were seen out drinking. Flintoff was warned several times in Australia - a touch of a drinking culture is apparently creeping back in to the England team. All of the Sky team are applauding the England management for clamping down - apart from Ian Botham, who thinks it's a bit of fun and "an overreaction".



typical beefy there

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Originally posted by Ian i love cricket journalism 9.00am Hello everyone and welcome to Cricinfo's coverage of this Group C match between England and Canada. Firstly, some dramatic news from the England camp. Andrew Flintoff has been omitted from the starting XI after a breach of team discipline. The news comes amid reports he fell off a pedalo and got into difficulties in the water, hours after England lost their World Cup opener to New Zealand - at 4am, specifically. England have refused to comment on the claim but four other players were fined for breaching team discipline after they were seen out drinking. Flintoff was warned several times in Australia - a touch of a drinking culture is apparently creeping back in to the England team. All of the Sky team are applauding the England management for clamping down - apart from Ian Botham, who thinks it's a bit of fun and "an overreaction". typical beefy there

Banning Freddy what the fuck are they on? His always pissed anyway. Just have a harsh word with him.

I can see us lot doing a Pakistan against Canada.

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Originally posted by Minhaj wow....we beat india?

Dood you guys have great potential,if you guys keep playing like you did with india.Fo sizzle you guys are gona be one big team for sure.

Really happy with the way your boys performed (Good Luck for the rest of your games ).

World Cup, 2007

Woolmer Dies at 58..... Sad new for Cricket world.

Cricinfo staff

March 18, 2007



Woolmer has been Pakistan's coach since June 2004 � Getty Images




Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, has been taken to University Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica, after being found unconscious in his hotel room earlier this morning.

Woolmer, 58, was discovered lying on the floor of his room, with vomit around him, at 10.45am and was taken by ambulance to hospital at 11.50am. Police also attended his room. "We have taken Bob Woolmer to the hospital and he is in the emergency ward," Pakistan team media manager Pervez Mir told AFP.

Pakistan team manager Talat Ali, their trainer Murray Stevenson and assistant manager Asad Mustafa went with Woolmer to the hospital where he was given medical attention. "We have contacted Bob Woolmer's wife in South Africa and have told her about the situation," added Mir.

Woolmer was last seen in public when he addressed the post-match media conference after his team's defeat to Ireland at Sabina Park.

At 14.30 local time, Woolmer was still unconscious.

More to follow.....

i was just about to post that, i'm in shock.

I have to wonder if there was more to it than a natural cause though, there's some nasty fans out there, and on the night pakistan are humiliated... you do have to wonder I'm afraid.

....

so shockingly sad.
great great cricketing mind

absolute pathetic timing too

r.i.p.
and my thoughts with his family tonight.

some very good & fitting tributes to bob are on this url

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/c...ory/285952.html


Still in shock, he was hotly tipped to come coach England after the world cup.

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Originally posted by Ian India were simply outplayed by a very impressive bunch of Bangladeshis. Maybe they thought they'd win too easily, either way this is going to be a kick in the teeth for them.

Well I just hope they don't lose to Bermuda on Monday. The Indian team is so fucking unpredictable. Some of the world's classiest batsman in there. But they don't work as a team.

The man who put South Africa firmly on the cricket map is dead. R.I.P. Bob Woolmer. The timing of his death does raise suspicions of foul play. An autopsy should determine whether that was indeed the case.

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Originally posted by Ian some very good & fitting tributes to bob are on this url http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/c...ory/285952.html Still in shock, he was hotly tipped to come coach England after the world cup.

I think the Pakistani cricket team got into too many issues when he was their coach. Stressful job to say the least. I read somewhere that Shohaib Akthar had slapped him once ? What a prick, if that is true.

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Originally posted by Omega_M I think the Pakistani cricket team got into too many issues when he was their coach. Stressful job to say the least. I read somewhere that Shohaib Akthar had slapped him once ? What a prick, if that is true.

Well i heard about some war of words going on between the two.

Not sure if its true or just rumours but they had a legal fight going on because on field Bob called Shoaib Akhtar " Blackie " hahaha

No need for him to get pissed off or upset beacuse i think he is kind of weird looking anyways LOL.

Heheheh im sucha nerd i found the link :-



Click here

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Shoaib had slapped Woolmer A liaison officer with the Pakistan team during the recent ICC Champions Trophy on Wednesday made sensational allegations that Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar had slapped coach Bob Woolmer after they had a fight over what music should be played in the team bus in Jaipur. Retired Army Colonel Anil Kaul, who was with the Pakistani team right through the tournament, also alleged that Shoaib had misbehaved with some girls at a discotheque which led to a brawl. Questioning the timing of the dope charge on Shoaib, the army officer said he is coming out with this account since he wanted the world to know that there is "more to it [doping scandal] than what meets the eye". During the journey in the bus there was an impasse over whether to listen to Indian or Western music. Woolmer tried to crack a joke on Shoaib who then slapped him on the neck," Kaul told television channels. "Shoaib also misbehaved with some girls in a disco which led to a brawl," he alleged. Kaul also claimed that Woolmer wanted Pakistan Cricket Board to take stringent disciplinary action against the fast bowler following these incidents. Kaul said barely hours after the incident, the Pakistan team announced that Shoaib and Mohammed Asif were being sent back home after a failed dope test. The army officer also alleged that Shoaib created a ruckus at the team hotel where the Indian team was also putting up. "Shoaib went to the floor where the Indian team was staying and started banging on the doors. He accidentally banged on the door of Indian coach Greg Chappell and his wife came out, dressed in her night clothes," he said. "Shoaib made some comments about her. The next morning, I was having breakfast with the Pakistan team manager when Woolmer stormed in. He said even Chappell has complained about Shoaib and strict action must be taken." Woolmer, however, denied these incidents, although he did admit that there were disciplinary issues with Akhtar. "The issue is being blown out of proportion. I don't know who is spreading these rumours. There was a disciplinary issue when Shoaib was up in the evening, so we had a little bit of a problem," he said. Pakistan team manager Talat Ali denied that any such incidents took place. Shoaib's career is hanging in balance after a dope tribunal banned him for two years for testing positive for a banned steroid nandrolone.

source

Coming from an Indian source, this allegation may sound dubious to the Pakistanis.

OMG murder on da field !!!

Bermuda got hammered by India today.

Uber Pwnage.

i heard someone died... a coach or whatever. what happened?

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Originally posted by Aristronica i heard someone died... a coach or whatever. what happened?

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More Drama!!!!!!

Woolmer's death 'suspicious' - police

Cricinfo staff

March 21, 2007



Mystery surrounds the death of Bob Woolmer � Getty Images



Police are now treating Bob Woolmer's death as suspicious, Mark Shields, the deputy commissioner of police, told a news conference in Jamaica.

"We have already informed the Woolmer family of these developments," Shields said. "Having met with the pathologists, our medical personnel and investigators, there is now sufficient information to continue a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Woolmer, which we are now treating as suspicious."

Pervez Mir, the Pakistan Cricket Board spokesman, told AFP: "The police suspect that Woolmer may have been murdered. They have started an investigation." Unconfirmed reports suggested there had been signs of strangulation.

Shields said the police had been in close contact with the Pakistan team management, the Cricket World Cup committee and the ICC, but he would not speculate on the cause of Woolmer's death. "It would be inappropriate for me to make any comment at this stage as we have still not got the final official report from the pathologists," he said.

Talat Ali, the Pakistan team manager, told Geo TV they had not been given full details by the police. "They have not made any reference to poisoning or anything yet, as some reports are suggesting," Ali said. "There is no information at all that this poison could be involved. Investigations will carry on so we cannot come to any conclusions right now."

Ali denied Pakistan were not allowed to travel. "There are no police restrictions on the team," he said. "As planned for now, we are flying back on Saturday."

Woolmer, 58, was found unconscious in his hotel room on Sunday and pronounced dead shortly after at a Jamaica hospital. Woolmer's family said after speaking to doctors they expected his death came from a stress-related heart attack. An autopsy completed on Tuesday was inconclusive, but investigators were waiting for the results of toxicology tests to see if they helped determine the cause

Man, if this turns out to be a murder, things will get pretty nasty for the team. Already, Javed Miandad is Dawood Ibrahim's close relative...dunno how much interest Dawood takes in the current team. (no offense...just wondering)

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Originally posted by Omega_M Man, if this turns out to be a murder, things will get pretty nasty for the team.

I was suspiscious from the start. The timing of it, the way it happened, and the nation involved, who have a fanaticism for the game that sometimes gets out of hand (invading pitches in england was for a long time a given in ODIs, often before it'd ended) And blood & Vomit from a heart attack? Maybe i've seen too much american tv but I suspect, and not a player, but a fan or something. I wish I didn't have those thoughts but it was just too perfect in the timing sense.

shiiiiiiiit

I'm no cricket fan, but i've been taking in some of the games during the world cup while I lie ill in my bed. As soon as I heard the news of woolmers death I immediatley suspected foul play, especially after being humiliated by the mighty irish.

I reckon he's been poisoned.

lol sore losers.

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Originally posted by Ian I was suspiscious from the start. The timing of it, the way it happened, and the nation involved, who have a fanaticism for the game that sometimes gets out of hand (invading pitches in england was for a long time a given in ODIs, often before it'd ended) And blood & Vomit from a heart attack? Maybe i've seen too much american tv but I suspect, and not a player, but a fan or something. I wish I didn't have those thoughts but it was just too perfect in the timing sense.

The criminalization of cricket has been a serious issue with teams in the indian subcontinent. India, Pakistan and Sri lanka have all been affected in the past. Nobody has been able to prove anything though. The most glaringly connection to me is that between Javed Miandad and Dawoon Ibrahim. No where does it get as close to an obvious connection, as it does here. Miandad is the father-in-law of Dawood's daughter. The extent to which Dawood directly or indirectly interferes with the team may never be known, but I won't be surprised if he controls behind-the-scene politics

OMG, speculations and more speculations...

Bob Woolmer 'murdered by match-fixing mafia'

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