Friday, 23 March 2007

Whodunit?

In a country where cricket is a religion, the murder of the Pakistani cricket team's English coach following a defeat to 'minnow' Ireland has unfolded like a real-time biblical fable, dusted by international skullduggery: A shocking upset. An outraged nation. Murmers of match fixing and gambling syndicates. The Pakistani captain's sudden retirement. A grieving wife filled 'with horror' in England. The day after his death, at least one Aussie sports columnists posited that the coach, whose name is Bob Woolmer, had succumbed to the stress of coaching on the international level. Perhaps. Ten fingers wrapped around a person's throat has been known to be, like, really stressful .........

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