A Cricket coach, a bundle of notes and an Indian man…what can it possibly indicate……elementary, Dr Watson !
Janitor saw Woolmer with bundle of notes
Cricinfo staff
October 30, 2007
A janitorial supervisor in the Pakistan dressing room during the World Cup testified at the inquest into Bob Woolmer’s death that she saw him counting a bundle of notes in the presence of another man she claimed looked Indian. Patricia Baker-Sinclair, who walked into the dressing room a day before the inaugural match of the tournament between Pakistan and West Indies, told the jury she identified the notes as US dollars.
However, she was unable to reveal any details of their conversation as they spoke in a language she did not understand. “I knocked on the door of the Pakistan changing room and was asked to identify myself, which I did,” Baker-Sinclair told the inquest. "I was then told to enter. On entering, I recalled Woolmer checking a thick coil of US currency in front of the Indian man, who was in a jacket suit.
“He was putting it into one of the big blue and black cricket bags that the cricketers carry their bats in.” Woolmer was found unconscious in his hotel room a few days later, after Pakistan were eliminated from the World Cup, although the cause of the death remains uncertain.
The inquest continued on Tuesday with the forensic scientists Michael Best, Cheryl Corbin and Marcia Dunbar giving evidence. Corbin and Best, who conducted tests on DNA samples taken from Woolmer’s body, revealed the presence of the pesticide cypermethrin. Corbin said she cross-checked her findings by comparing it with the pure form of the chemical from the company which manufactures the spray.
Woolmer wanted to fix the match against Ireland. Yes
PCB called him and asked him about these rumors.
Woolmer said he wants to bribe Irish players, for he believes without it Pak team has no chance. Inzi is not even listening to his coach.
PCB asked him not to do it, but Woolmer insisted that next day could be too embarrassing for him. Woolmer, still ended up calling Irish captain and offered him money, in exchange for losing the match. Not to mention, Irish captain could not believe it. He told woolmer that he does not need money, he was here just to take pakistani cricketors autographs. Next day, Irish captain shared it with his coach and he thought that Irish team should accept money, because they gonna lose anyways. But it was too late as match was started. Ireland won, Woolmer had no option left but to do what he did.
Unfortunately, Pakistanis are not a big enough demographic to be stereotyped and ridiculed by stand-up comics. It is certainly not for want of material…
We Indians might have a jarring accent but guess who discovered “moisturizer in the wicket”.
Unfortunately, Pakistanis are not a big enough demographic to be stereotyped and ridiculed by stand-up comics. It is certainly not for want of material....
We Indians might have a jarring accent but guess who discovered "moisturizer in the wicket".
Yaar tum to naraz hee ho gaye. mein mazaaq kar raha tha...
Even I admit that many Indian cab drivers can speak better English than our cricketers...
if command of english language makes a person a better player, then i'd safely assume that i'm the best cricket player ever to have come from asia.... :p
you are so righTTTTTa