Woolmer Death Probe Team Under Fire For Creating Misconceptions

The investigating team that concluded former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was murdered came under fire on Thursday.Pakistan's World Cup media manager P.J. Mir said the handling of the case had been ‘deplorable’.Reneto Adams, a senior police superintendent, told local television station CVM: “A hasty decision was arrived at in declaring this a murder.”Sky Sports News in Britain had earlier quoted Jamaican police sources as saying Woolmer had died of natural causes.Mir, who was the third person from the Pakistan team management to see Woolmer's body on the floor of his hotel room in Kingston in March, told Sky Sports News: “What amazes me is, where on earth did the hint of murder come in?“We saw Bob lying on the floor there. There was no sign of violence. All of a sudden, the strangulation theory, the poison theory – all kinds of theories... It all started within a day.”He added: “I want to know, where did all these theories come from, particularly the theory of murder? I think it's deplorable how it's all been handled.”British media have been reporting that the Jamaica police will soon announce that Woolmer was not murdered, a suggestion that has not been denied by Jamaica police commissioner Lucius Thomas.He told journalists on Wednesday that a news conference would be held soon.Meanwhile, Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has urged Jamaican authorities to reveal the cause of Woolmer's death as soon as possible and finally clear the team of involvement.“Time will prove our innocence in the case and we want it to be over sooner rather than later,” Inzamam told a local newspaper.“Besides all the trauma, I was alleged to be, God forbid, involved in Bob's murder,” Inzamam said.“Now the true facts are coming out and I am thankful to the Almighty and pray that Pakistani cricket never sees such days again.”The Pakistan team were finger-printed and provided DNA samples, with Inzamam among three members of the entourage who were questioned twice over the affair.Speculation swirled about the possible involvement of a ‘match-fixing mafia’.Inzamam said the team was still shaken by the days between March 17, when minnows Ireland sent Pakistan out of the World Cup, and March 28, when they returned home with police saying they were still in the frame.“Those were the most traumatic days of our lives. We were thrown out of the WorldCup, Bob died and no one contacted us from Pakistan to give us any consolation,” said Inzamam.“I pray no Pakistani ever has to go through such circumstances,” said Inzamam, who quit one-day cricket and relinquished the captaincy after the World Cup.The Pakistan Cricket Board said it has yet to receive any information from the Jamaican police and would not comment until a formal announcement comes from the Caribbean.