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Bob Woolmer

Bob Woolmer
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Woolmer in 2005
Personal information
Full name Robert Andrew Woolmer
Born (1948-05-14)14 May 1948
Kanpur, United Province, Dominion of India
Died 18 March 2007(2007-03-18) (aged 58)
Kingston, Jamaica
Nickname Woollie
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role All-rounder, Coach
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 463) 31 July 1975 v Australia
Last Test 2 July 1981 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 16) 24 August 1972 v Australia
Last ODI 28 August 1976 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years Team
1968–1984 Kent
1981–1982 Western Province
1973–1976 Natal
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA
Matches 19 6 350 290
Runs scored 1059 21 15772 4078
Batting average 33.09 5.25 33.55 20.39
100s/50s 3/2 0/0 34/71 1/17
Top score 149 9 203 112*
Balls bowled 546 321 25823 13473
Wickets 4 9 420 374
Bowling average 74.75 28.88 25.87 20.64
5 wickets in innings 0 0 12 3
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling 1/8 3/33 7/47 6/9
Catches/stumpings 10/– 3/– 239/1 98/–
Source: cricketarchive.com, 22 August 2007

Robert Andrew Woolmer (14 May 1948 – 18 March 2007) was an international cricketer, professional cricket coach and also a professional commentator. He played in 19 Test matches and 6 One Day Internationals for England and later coached South Africa, Warwickshire and Pakistan.

On 18 March 2007, Woolmer died suddenly in Jamaica, just a few hours after the Pakistan team's unexpected elimination at the hands of Ireland in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Shortly afterwards, Jamaican police announced that they were opening a murder investigation into Woolmer's death. In November 2007, a jury in Jamaica recorded an open verdict on Woolmer's death, after deciding that there was insufficient evidence of either a criminal act or natural causes.

Woolmer was born in the Georgina McRobert Memorial Hospital across the road from the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur (earlier 'Cawnpore'), India on 14 May 1948. His father was the cricketer Clarence Woolmer, who represented United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) in the Ranji Trophy. At the age of 10, Woolmer witnessed Hanif Mohammad scoring 499, and thereby setting a world record for the highest score in first-class cricket. Some 35 years later, Woolmer, as coach of Warwickshire County Cricket Club, was watching when the county's batsman Brian Lara passed that mark, setting a new record of 501 not out.


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