The last moments of this man's life
Bob Woolmer's death sparked off a storm of speculation and rumour unlike any seen in cricket before
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
25-Feb-2013
Bob Woolmer's death sparked off a storm of speculation and rumour unlike any seen in cricket before. Mushtaq Ahmed, former Pakistan legspinner and assistant coach, was one of those at the centre of the episode. He was close to Woolmer and one of the first to his room when the news broke. In an exclusive interview with Sue Mott, which you can read in the Sydney Morning Herald, Mushtaq recounts the shocking circumstances of Woolmer's death and the hell the team went through in its aftermath.
"These were the saddest days of my cricketing life. We lost a great man who spent 3 years with us. It was a bad blow. Sad and shocking. Dark days. The players spent 24 hours a day together in groups. We hardly spoke."
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan is a former assistant editor at Cricinfo