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.
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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.
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".
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 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.
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.
Jamaican police commissioner Lucius Thomas said they would be addressing the matter "within days".
A Jamaican inquest into the death of Bob Woolmer failed on Wednesday to determine his cause of death.
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.
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.
'I can't really believe that Lance has not been selected to tour England,' said the former SA coach.
He said that the NCA in Lahore had all the facilities, but unfortunately, a proper productive system had not been developed over the years.
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.
Woolmer said the umpires has been influenced by the world champions' excessive appealing and by the crowds.
Former match referee Barry Jarman had charged South Africa were involved in ball-tampering under Bob Woolmer.
The PCB said Miandad wanted to be released from his job as team coach.
Three concurring pathology reports have confirmed that Bob Woolmer died from natural causes.
The Pakistan coach is said to have blamed the top order for the team's poor showing in Australia.
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.
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer is a strong contender to take over from Duncan Fletcher as England coach after the World Cup.
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.
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
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".
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.
"It is stupid and comical to link what happened in the Oval Test to match-fixing," Woolmer told reporters in Lahore.
Sri Lanka filed a complaint with the ICC against Pakistan's coach for interfering with the preparation of the pitch for the second Test.
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.
Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer wants to have good Test pitches for the home series against England.
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