Update on woolmer's death

April 1
A memorial service was held for Bob Woolmer in Lahore and Inzamam-ul-Haq was there with six of his team-mates. Four hundred mourners attended and they heard Woolmer was like a "second father" to the squad. "After Woolmer's family, the Pakistan team was the most aggrieved by his death," Inzamam said during the hour-long service. The Jamaica Gleaner says a blood-stained pillow was found in Woolmer's room, but Mark Shields, the chief investigator, did not confirm the report. The Sunday Mirror claims Woolmer was poisoned with the herb aconite.

March 31
More official cavalry is arriving in Jamaica with a team from Scotland Yard due to land in the next week after a request for help from the local police. Three detectives and a scenes of crime officer will make the trip to review the investigation into Bob Woolmer's death. There will be even more foreign assistance in trying to track down the killers after Nasim Ashraf, the PCB chairman, said two Pakistan police officers would also travel to Kingston. Ashraf, who said no players were involved in the crime, will attend Woolmer's memorial service in South Africa on Wednesday. He also said the next coach would be a Pakistani and announced the players' contracts would be suspended.

March 30
Pakistan has offered to send a three-person team to Jamaica to help with the investigation, following reports of dissatisfaction within Pakistan over how the case is proceeding. If approved by the Jamaican authorities, the group would likely include one PCB official, one diplomat and one senior investigative officer. A report in the Daily Telegraph also indicates the Jamaica police have requested a group of Scotland Yard detectives fly to Kingston to review the inquiry. Plans for a memorial service in Cape Town next Wednesday were also announced, with speakers to include Allan Donald.

March 29
The time of Bob Woolmer's death is still in doubt, but Mark Shields, the chief investigator, is certain he was murdered. He confirms again that Woolmer died due to manual strangulation, possibly with a towel. CCTV has revealed all the people who were on the 12th floor of the Pegasus Hotel, but police have to wait for an exact time of death before Shields can "tie down when we should be looking at the tape". Dr Ere Seshaiah, the pathologist who carried out the autopsy, is confident of his findings, despite questions arising about the manner of the death. In Pakistan a report from Reuters says the team was ordered to play the final group game against Zimbabwe or they would have been handed severe fines.

March 28
Jamaica police dismiss speculation that there will be a second autopsy on Woolmer's body in a bid to quash media speculation that he might have died after hitting his head on the bathroom sink rather than have been murdered; that follows comments from an unnamed Pakistan board official who said: "We believe that the autopsy by the pathologist may have had error counts and [the police] are now considering having a second autopsy to confirm the cause of death".

March 27
Jamaican police are reported to be searching for three mystery fans who they want to question; they also say that an examination of Woolmer's laptop shows no evidence of anything to do with match-fixing; Mark Shields, the deputy police commissioner, explains that the meal Woolmer had in his room is also being examined. "We are looking at whether his food was drugged, the meal was thrown away after he put the tray outside his room, but we are conducting toxicology and tissue tests." Pakistan are officially eliminated from the police investigation into the murder.

March 26
Pakistan start their long journey home, but not before police had again questioned three members of the group. A Pakistan official complains that the team have been kept in the dark over the investigation.

March 25
As investigations continue, reports that the murder was related to match-fixing continue, Lord MacLaurin, the former head of the England board, launches a stinging attack on the way the ICC is run. Shaharyar M Khan - A gentle man, a superb coachNews - Inzamam controlled the team, not Woolmer

March 24
The police order an inquest. It emerges that Woolmer was preparing to write a book on his time as Pakistan coach, in addition to one he had just completed on coaching in general. A clearly emotional Pakistan side play their final match, beating Zimbabwe. News - Bob's loss hurts more than elimination - Inzamam

March 23
Speculation abounds, with match-fixing groups widely rumoured to be involved in the murder. There are calls for the "World Cup to be cancelled, while others suggest the tournament is played in Woolmer's honour. The PCB reveal Woolmer had sent an email shortly before he died resigning as coach. The Pakistan side are questioned and undergo DNA testing as part of the routine enquiries. Officials deny the squad have been asked to stay on in Jamaica after their final game. Michael Vaughan, England's captain, admits he has a "gut feeling" that there is still corruption in the game.News - Woolmer had decided to retireNews - Academy to be built in Woolmer's honourNews - Musharraf honours Woolmer

March 22
Police confirm that they have launched a murder investigation. "The pathologist's report states that Mr Woolmer's death was due to asphyxiation as a result of manual strangulation," Karl Angell, a police spokesman, says. "In these circumstances, the matter ... is now being treated by the Jamaica police as a case of murder."

March 21
Shields reveals that Woolmer's death is now being treated as "suspicious" although he refuses to go further. Two Jamaican newspapers run headline stories claiming that a senior police source says Woolmer was murdered.News - Bob was more than a coach - Rhodes

March 20
The first autopsy is inconclusive and the pathologist asks for more tests before the cause of death can be identified. The police refuse to be drawn on rumblings in the media that there is more to the death than meets the eye: "Any sudden death is treated as suspicious till we can say otherwise," says Mark Shields, Jamaica's deputy police commissioner.

March 18
News filters through that Bob Woolmer has been found unconscious in his hotel room, within hours it is confirmed that he has died. Tributes pour in from across the world.