Wife opposes Woolmer 'book'

Gill Woolmer gave an interview to The Times in which she said: "I was aware Bob was planning to write an account of his time with Pakistan, but that was intended to be after he had finished coaching them.

"It is better if that book never appears now. If it is going to cause upset it is not worth publishing."

He was not intending to write anything about match-fixing or bookmakers, she added.

Mrs Woolmer was speaking as speculation continued into the mysterious death of the cricket coach, who was discovered unconscious in his bathroom at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, on March 18 following his team's humiliating defeat to Ireland in the World Cup.

Since Jamaican police dramatically revealed the 58-year-old former England player's death was a murder hunt when a post-mortem examination revealed he was strangled, theories have abounded over how and why he was killed.

Some have speculated he was murdered because he was about to blow the whistle on match-fixing within cricket.

Mrs Woolmer said police had returned her husband's mobile phone and personal possessions, but still had his laptop.

"They have looked at the emails he sent me and others, but there is not a hint in them of his being scared, or of anything to do with match-fixing."

She said her husband "had his differences with one or two players, but that would be the same in any dressing room".