Karachi, March 28: Pakistan cricket board officials suspect that the death of coach Bob Woolmer was due to natural causes and that the Jamaican police acted hastily by declaring it a murder.
The suggestions from Pakistan of a natural death were dismissed later on Wednesday by the policeman leading the investigation in Kingston, Jamaica.
"I think that we should stick with people who were involved in the post mortem, the pathologist, and you know that he has actually released a statement or a report which has given a cause of death," deputy commissioner Mark Shields said.
"And that is quite clear and that`s why we`re treating this as a murder investigation. It will stay as a murder investigation," he told a news conference on Wednesday.
Briton Shields said on Tuesday that it could take months to piece together a complicated murder case with hundreds of potential witnesses.
The PCB official, meanwhile, said the board were convinced none of its players were involved in any wrongdoing. "We are backing our players to the hilt," he said.
The suggestions from Pakistan of a natural death were dismissed later on Wednesday by the policeman leading the investigation in Kingston, Jamaica.
"I think that we should stick with people who were involved in the post mortem, the pathologist, and you know that he has actually released a statement or a report which has given a cause of death," deputy commissioner Mark Shields said.
"And that is quite clear and that`s why we`re treating this as a murder investigation. It will stay as a murder investigation," he told a news conference on Wednesday.
Briton Shields had told Reuters on Tuesday that it could take months to piece together a complicated murder case with hundreds of potential witnesses.
The PCB official, meanwhile, said the board were convinced none of its players were involved in any wrongdoing. "We are backing our players to the hilt," he said.
Bureau Report
