A look at some of the major controversies in past World Cups.
The ICC has lauded the contribution of Bob Woolmer, who was appointed coach of the Pakistan national team, to the ICC High Performance Programme.
Only close relatives attended the funeral in Observatory, near the family's Pinelands home outside Cape Town.
Emraan Hashmi will play the title role.
He said that the NCA in Lahore had all the facilities, but unfortunately, a proper productive system had not been developed over the years.
Pakistan's highest Test run-getter and former captain, Younis Khan has said that had Bob Woolmer, the late national head coach, been alive the country's cricket would have reached great heights.
Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson, who is in line to take over as Pakistan cricket team's head coach, is yet to make up his mind despite the PCB accepting his remuneration demands.
Former Pakistan cricketers on Thursday paid tribute to coach Bob Woolmer, whose tragic death during the ODI World Cup in the West Indies exactly three years ago had left everybody stunned.
Former South Africa cricketer and now Mumbai Indians fielding coach Jonty Rhodes said he still misses his late good friend, ex-South Africa skipper Hansie Cronje and coach Bob Woolmer, who suddenly died during the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies.
Dr. Ere Shesiah, chief consultant pathologist of the Jamaican government, told an inquest that Bob Woolmer "died of asphyxia due to manual strangulation associated with Cypermethrinide poisoning".
Jamaica police have scheduled a news conference for next Tuesday in which it will reveal former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer's cause of death, a police source told Reuters late on Saturday.
The long-awaited coroner's inquest into the death of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer will begin on October 16.
Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer almost certainly died of heart failure, Jamaica police said on Wednesday, a day after ending a high-profile murder investigation into his March death.
Jamaican police commissioner Lucius Thomas said they would be addressing the matter "within days".
A Pakistani television channel claimed that champagne bottles that were reportedly mixed with a poisonous substance were passed on to deceased coach by Pakistan's bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed.
A Jamaican inquest into the death of Bob Woolmer failed on Wednesday to determine his cause of death.
Pakistan's cricketing resurgence owes a lot to the controversial signing of Bob Woolmer as coach, according to former captain Rameez Raja.
Gill Woolmer also rubbished the notion that her husband was about to blow the whistle on match-fixing.
Australian Dav Whatmore is all set to become Pakistan's the fourth foreign cricket coach as the Australian arrived in Lahore on Friday to sign a contract with the PCB.
Geoff Marsh's unimpressive four-month stint as Sri Lanka coach is almost over with the SLC set to appoint former South Africa coach Graham Ford as the Australian's successor.
Bob Woolmer's wife Gill on Friday rubbished the stories being spread across the Internet that her husband was murdered in the West Indies during the 2007 cricket World Cup.
Is indiscipline growing, is it spreading from the field of play to outside the boundary ropes?
Three concurring pathology reports have confirmed that Bob Woolmer died from natural causes.
They have some horrible memories from their last tour to the West Indies but Pakistani players say when they will land in the Caribbean for the Twenty20 World Cup they will have nothing but cricket on mind.
Dav Whatmore, Geoff Lawson and Richard Done have been shortlisted for the coaching job.
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt described national team coach Geoff Lawson as "useless" on Monday but said the Australian would see out his two-year contract. Lawson, who joined the Pakistan team in July 2007 after the untimely death of Bob Woolmer during the World Cup in Jamaica, has had a troubled relationship with the Pakistani media and some board officials.
News reports from Pakistan said the PCB wants a one-off T20 match to raise funds for Bob Woolmer's dream project -- a cricket academy in South Africa.
The tribunal called team coach Bob Woolmer, trainer Murray Stevenson and physiotherapist Darren Lifsun to record statements on November 1, after which it will finalise its findings.
Inzamam said it would put tremendous pressure on the remaining players who would have to make extra efforts.
The Pakistan leg-spinner has been handed an assistant coaching role for next month's Champions Trophy in India.
Australia's cricketers are opposed to a Pakistan proposal to abolish the laws on ball tampering.
"I am sticking to my findings. He [Woolmer] was murdered," Indian born Dr Ere Seshaiah was quoted as saying.
The Jamaican police accepted that these findings have closed its investigation into the death of Bob Woolmer.
India-born pathologist Dr Ere Seshaiah, who concluded that Bob Woolmer was strangled, may lose his job.
According to a Scotland Yard report, the Pakistan coach died of natural causes.
Sri Lanka filed a complaint with the ICC against Pakistan's coach for interfering with the preparation of the pitch for the second Test.
Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has backed embattled coach Geoff Lawson on Friday and called on fans to be patient with the former Australian bowler to deliver results.
Under fire Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson has no intention of quitting and is keen to extend his contract with the team until the 2011 World Cup. Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ejaz Butt has said he is not impressed with the team's performance over the last year, while former players have called for Australian Lawson to step down.
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer is a strong contender to take over from Duncan Fletcher as England coach after the World Cup.
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