News of Robert Woolmer's death after being found unconscious in his room shocked the entire cricketing fraternity. He had been under immense pressure lately, starting with the Oval fiasco, the doping scandal to hit his team, the internal fighting of PCB and finally his team's pathetic performance that lead to their premature exit from the world cup.
It is said that Woolmer might have suffered from a heart attack. He was found unconscious in his room with vomit on the walls and floor, and blood on the bathroom tiles. This gives me the impression that he was poisoned, either he took it himself or some deranged individual gave it to him after Pakistan's exit from the world cup. Hopefully, I am wrong in my surmise.
We, the people of the sub-continent are to blame for this. Cricket is just a sport, not a matter of life and death. It's high time we stop letting cricket rule our lives and stop deifying/criticizing our cricketers everyday. There are bigger things around us that demand our attention. It's awful if someone has to lose a life cos of the game.
Woolmer was a fine man and a revolutionary coach who changed the way cricket coaching is done. He brought new ideas into coaching and was very highly regarded by his contemporaries. He is credited with putting SA on the cricketing map and making them the world beaters they currently are. Credit also to him for being courageous enough to agree to coach Pak and help them achieve good success. May his soul rest in peace.
It is said that Woolmer might have suffered from a heart attack. He was found unconscious in his room with vomit on the walls and floor, and blood on the bathroom tiles. This gives me the impression that he was poisoned, either he took it himself or some deranged individual gave it to him after Pakistan's exit from the world cup. Hopefully, I am wrong in my surmise.
We, the people of the sub-continent are to blame for this. Cricket is just a sport, not a matter of life and death. It's high time we stop letting cricket rule our lives and stop deifying/criticizing our cricketers everyday. There are bigger things around us that demand our attention. It's awful if someone has to lose a life cos of the game.
Woolmer was a fine man and a revolutionary coach who changed the way cricket coaching is done. He brought new ideas into coaching and was very highly regarded by his contemporaries. He is credited with putting SA on the cricketing map and making them the world beaters they currently are. Credit also to him for being courageous enough to agree to coach Pak and help them achieve good success. May his soul rest in peace.
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