Bob Woolmer

Bob Woolmer

Woolmer in December 1999
Personal information
Full name	Robert Andrew Woolmer
Born	(1948-05-14)14 May 1948 Kanpur, United Provinces, India
Died	18 March 2007(2007-03-18) (aged 58) Kingston, Jamaica
Nickname	Woollie, The-Bob
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Clarence Woolmer (father)
International information
National side	England
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
1973/74–1975/76	Natal
1980/81	Western Province
Head coaching information
Years	Team
1994–1999	South Africa
2004–2007	Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA Matches 19 6 350 290 Runs scored 1,059 21 15,772 4,078 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 25,823 13,473 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 0 1 0 Best bowling 1/8 3/33 7/47 6/9 Catches/stumpings 10/– 3/– 239/1 98/–
Source: CricInfo, 22 August 2007

Robert Andrew Woolmer (14 May 1948 – 18 March 2007) was an English cricket coach, cricketer, and a commentator. He played in 19 Test matches and six One Day Internationals for the England cricket team and later coached South Africa, Warwickshire and Pakistan. During his coaching career with South Africa, he led the team to being the winners of the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the only ICC title the country has won till date.

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.^[1]