A look at some of the major controversies in past World Cups.
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.
He said that the NCA in Lahore had all the facilities, but unfortunately, a proper productive system had not been developed over the years.
'I can't really believe that Lance has not been selected to tour England,' said the former SA coach.
The former India skipper expressed shock overt Pakistan team coach's reported statement, suggesting that the ball-tampering law should be abolished.
Pakistan's coach said his boys will need to work harder in the remaining matches of the series.
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".
The long-awaited coroner's inquest into the death of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer will begin on October 16.
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.
Former match referee Barry Jarman had charged South Africa were involved in ball-tampering under Bob Woolmer.
Pakistan's cricketing resurgence owes a lot to the controversial signing of Bob Woolmer as coach, according to former captain Rameez Raja.
Woolmer said the umpires has been influenced by the world champions' excessive appealing and by the crowds.
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.
The Pakistan coach is said to have blamed the top order for the team's poor showing in Australia.
The PCB said Miandad wanted to be released from his job as team coach.
Despite being sacked last month, Miandad said that he wanted Pakistan cricket to move ahead.
"We are prepared to give him time to get results," PCB chief executive Ramiz Raja said.
A Jamaican inquest into the death of Bob Woolmer failed on Wednesday to determine his cause of death.
Three concurring pathology reports have confirmed that Bob Woolmer died from natural causes.
Only close relatives attended the funeral in Observatory, near the family's Pinelands home outside Cape Town.
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer is a strong contender to take over from Duncan Fletcher as England coach after the World Cup.
Jamaican police commissioner Lucius Thomas said they would be addressing the matter "within days".
Gill Woolmer also rubbished the notion that her husband was about to blow the whistle on match-fixing.
Jamaican police are to announce next week that Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was not murdered as they had initially stated.
The Pakistan captain says that new coach Bob Woolmer has the credentials to mould his talented but erratic side into a consistent winning outfit.
Waqar Younis believes that the appointment of Bob Woolmer could arrest the sliding fortunes of the team as the Englishman had a "very good reputation".
Pakistan's coach said the seven-wicket defeat eventually cost his team a place in the Asia Cup final.
Pakistan were bundled out for 122, their lowest ever score against Sri Lanka.\n\n
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.
The Jamaican police accepted that these findings have closed its investigation into the death of Bob Woolmer.
According to a Scotland Yard report, the Pakistan coach died of natural causes.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has revised its stance on playing a Twenty20 match against India to raise funds for the Bob Woolmer academy in South Africa.
Former South Africa batsman Daryll Cullinan talks about the late Bob Woolmer and the just-concluded World Cup.
"It is stupid and comical to link what happened in the Oval Test to match-fixing," Woolmer told reporters in Lahore.
Pakistan's coach said bowlers should be given some freedom to alter the condition of the ball so that it became 'less of a batsman's game'.
Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer wants to have good Test pitches for the home series against England.
Pakistan's coach said the ace fast bowler can return to the side only if he is full fit.
Col. Anil Kaul , who was Pakistan's liaison officer in India, said they had a fight over what music should be played in the team bus in Jaipur.
The Pakistan coach, who took over his new job only this weekend, will be returning to England for "some coaching assignment".
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