Pak team worried, scared after Woolmer's murder

MELBOURNE: The Pakistan team is 'worried' after Jamaican police launched a murder investigation into the death of its coach Bob Woolmer.

"Tragic, yes, worrying yes, because we have a member of our team, a national coach of Pakistan, who has been murdered and this is not something which can be taken lightly," Pakistan team spokesman Pervez Mir said at Montego Bay.

"Because we have other members of team management, we have the team, of course we are all very worried right now," he was quoted as saying in a section of media.

Woolmer was found unconscious in his hotel room, with vomit on the walls and signs of blood on his body on Sunday morning. He later died in hospital.

Pakistan was upset by Ireland in their World Cup league match in Kingston on the previous day.

Mir demanded a thorough investigation into the matter to bring the culprits to justice.

"If a man dies of natural causes, that's life, that's nature. But when somebody is murdered as we now know from the police this is very alarming and very worrying.

"It's a very, very scary situation for us... when you hear something like this and a member of our team has been targeted.

"We don't know what's behind the murder. We have to get to the bottom of this. The loss we have suffered has to be investigated and the culprits have to be brought to justice."