A pall of gloom fell over the World Cup following the death of Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, in hospital in Jamaica on Sunday, hours after he was found unconscious on the floor of his hotel room. He was 58.
The news of Woolmer’s death was announced by Pervez Mir, Pakistan’s media manager, a couple of hours after it first became known that he had been taken ill. "Bob Woolmer has passed away. I am speaking from the hospital and all the team management is also at the hospital. Doctors have pronounced him dead. Bob has passed away and it is very shocking news to all of the team and the team management.
On Saturday night after watching two of the World Cup cricket’s most disappointing matches – India’s loss against Bangladesh and Pakistan going down to Ireland, I would say World Cup 2007 no more holds any interests for me.
While abusing the Men who made us feel and look “Blueâ€, my brother remarked – “Surely these idiots must be feeling a lot better knowing that Pakistan did much worse than them. And the Pakistani team should be prepared to face the firing squad back home, they are so jackedâ€.
We all laughed at his words then but now these very words sound so freaking scary.
Abusing players, burning effigies, vandalism – when did we start taking a sport in an un-sporting manner?
Hopefully Bob Woolmer’s death would stick with us as a constant reminder that Cricket ain’t something worth dieing for. May his soul rest in Peace.
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Mayank
Mar 19th, 2007 at 5:51 pm | #
Well, I’m sure everyone must be feeling sad after hearing this. I’m sure cricket is not a thing for which one can die. Huge loss to the cricket and now I doubt that the motto which World cup 2007 has, is justified in anyway???