PAKISTAN PLAYERS UPSET WITH JAMAICANS

Pakistani players have expressed anger and relief after Jamaican police confirmed that coach Bob Woolmer was not murdered, with some calling for the Caribbean investigators to be sued.

The Pakistan squad were all fingerprinted and provided DNA samples after Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room on March 18, the day after the team were knocked out of the World Cup by minnows Ireland.

Jamaica Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas told a news conference overnight that Woolmer died of natural causes and also ruled out match-fixing during the tournament.

Then-captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, one of three squad members who were questioned twice after police claimed Woolmer was strangled, said there was no need to reopen wounds with legal action.

"I don't feel court action would be of any use now," he said.

"The players in general and I, as captain in particular, went through hell and those were the most terrible days of our lives."

Inzamam said the Pakistani squad were "more than willing" to cooperate with the police because they believed their statements would help the investigation into the popular coach's demise.

"But when it dawned on us later that we were suspected, it was unbelievably horrifying," he said.

Pakistani batsman Mohammad Yousuf, however, urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to sue the Jamaican police to compensate the players for what they went through.

"The PCB should take legal action," he said.

"But it's not up to the players, we cannot sue the Jamaican police. It is a matter to be handled by the PCB."

-AFP