Akram Ready To Pay It Forward Wasim Akram, recently ousted by Glenn McGrath from his postion as leading wicket-taker in World Cups, is a man interested in investing in the future of Pakistan's pacemen. So much so that he wants to set up a fast-bowling fund. Akram is currently part of the oversight at a camp for opening batsmen and fast bowlers in Lahore, organised by the Pakistan Cricket Board. The former speedster has many business and media commitments but seems pretty intent on doing more for the next Wasim Akrams of Pakistan. Akram told Cricinfo: "It's too early to say right now about a permanent role as it depends on my timings. "I have media commitments and I'm away from Pakistan a lot. But I think whenever I have time, a week or two off, I could come back and help out. Read More 
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Jamaican police may be unwilling to comment at present, but it seems that they are about to be ridiculed by confirmation that Bob Woolmer was not murdered. Several news agencies are reporting that Scotland Yard detectives have told Jamaican authorities that Woolmer died of natural causes, while a report in the Jamaica Gleaner has quoted an unnamed senior local police officer as saying: "Certainly, in my view it was not murder." Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room on 18 March and four days later it was announced by Jamaica's deputy police commissioner Mark Shields that the former England Test cricketer had been murdered.However a report in the Daily Mail has quoted a source close to Scotland Yard's inquiry as saying: "Mr Woolmer was not a well man. It is now accepted that he died of natural causes."Woolmer's widow Gill says she has heard nothing new from the Jamaican police, but it is believed that Shields warned her of the growing uncertainty over the circumstances of her husband's death on a trip to Cape Town last month. Several UK newspapers have now reported that Jamaican police are set to announce that Woolmer died of natural causes, brought on by chronic ill-health and possibly diabetes.Read More
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