Not many believed when radio Jamaica made claim of strangulation - however, the smoke without fire is detected and the murder confirmed.

Finally, ending all possible speculations, the Jamaican police confirm that the deceased Pakistan cricket Coach Bob Woolmer was strangled to death but questions remain - who was behind it and what was the intention?

Two days after the inconclusive autopsy reports, the Jamaican police have made a major breakthrough into the gravest mystery-surrounding cricket - backing the official pathology reports that confirm Woolmer’s death due to ‘asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation’ the police will now treat the matter of death as murder.

The issue has now become global - Jamaican Police in collaboration with the Scotland Yard will further investigate the cause of death, and are said to be reviewing the security cameras at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel and urging witnesses with slightest of clues to come forward.

Undoubtedly, Pegasus, like any other five-star hotels around the World, has cc screens - but the cameras are close to the lifts and in the corridors not on the room door, therefore knowing who went into the room is probably impossible.

How Woolmer could be killed:

Someone familiar to Woolmer or somebody who is permitted to be there is suspected to have entered his room. Bob was found in a towel half-naked, partially in the bathroom and partially outside. One man alone wouldn’t have been enough to pin Woolmer - therefore more than one could have their hands, or he was given some intoxication in his drink before going ahead with the foolproof plan.

Who is involved - the officials, players or the ones autonomous to reach all, the media personnel - or was the security inapt and someone (Bookie or a fan) from outside had the excess to his room.

The murder revelation has turned the entire thing on its head:

Confirming murder, the police has denied the two possible theories of death - the diabetes and drug overdose coupled with shock.

Post the report outbreak, the first to be investigated by the police was the Pakistan Cricket team, the squad also had their fingerprints taken - though the team manager Talat Ali denied speculations of the squad’s involvement in the case saying the team was considered first-up because they had to leave for Montego Bay.

Woolmer’s murder opens a whole new Pandora box of theories of match fixing - it’s speculated that few pages of Woolmer’s manuscript (on match-fixing and ones involved) were missing. The death triggers mind towards the roots of money in the game - the match-fixing saga in Pakistan may have died to some extent over the years, but the links could be anywhere in the sub continent, South Africa or the World over.

With people associated being targeted, which way is cricket heading?

The news has sent the entire cricket fertility at the World Cup into shock and suspicion, though the extravaganza will go on as per schedule.

However, the spate will leave a lasting impression on cricket perhaps if not so much elsewhere, surely will in India and Pakistan - as the people in the countries are fanatics of the sport. Squads will be under added security cover and high pressure to perform, but off the game and family security will be a fret.

Woolmer’s death is a murky situation for the game and I don’t think it will be the same again - with a bottom-line why was he killed?

UPDATE:

Police have arrested someone in connection with Bob Woolmer murder, smh.com.au has reported, according to New Delhi television, the person is not a Jamaican national.

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