Pakistani Cricket Board officials were unaware of any player being required to be in Kingston for the inquest into the mysterious death of coach Bob Woolmer.
KARACHI: Pakistani Cricket Board officials were unaware of any player being required to be in Kingston for the inquest into the mysterious death of coach Bob Woolmer.
The inquest has now been postponed because of recent and significant developments in the case, the Jamaican Justice Ministry announced on Thursday.
But none of the Pakistan Board officials were aware of what the recent and significant developments were and denied reports that the Jamaican authorities had written a letter to the PCB asking it to send some players including former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq and assistant coach Mushtaq Ahmed to Kingston for the inquest.
Zakir Khan, the Director Cricket Operations, said no letter had been received from Jamaican police.
"We have got no official request in writing or verbally for any player to be sent to Kingston. If anything happens than we have our two police officials in Kingston to keep us informed," he said.
PCB spokesman Ehsan Malik said there had been no development in the Woolmer case to the Board's knowledge.
Talat Ali, who was manager of Pakistan's World Cup squad and the first Pakistani official or player to see Woolmer in unconscious state in his hotel room, said chances of any player being called to Kingston at the moment were slim.
"If they were to have the inquest on May 23 than by now they would sent us something in writing to give us travelling time to reach Kingston," he said.
Talat, who has been retained as manager for two years because of the way he handled the crisis in the Pakistan team following Woolmer's death however indicated that when the team was returning from Kingston, the Pakistan Board had assured the Jamaican authorities players would be made available if required for the inquest.
"But at the moment there is no plan for any of our players to fly to Kingston," he said.
Talat declined to comment on what the significant developments could be in the Woolmer case but said it was good that Pakistan's own investigative officials were present in Kingston to watch things.
Cricket circles in Pakistan believe that something is amiss in the Woolmer case and the investigators in Kingston have deliberately delayed announcing any developments until the World Cup ends on April 28.
"I think even these latest delay of the inquest is because of the World Cup. I don't think the ICC wants anything else to divert the people's and media attention away from the tournament," former Test captain Javed Miandad said.
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