FILE PHOTO: Born on May 14, 1948: Bob Woolmer, English cricketer and coach Pakistan's coach Bob Woolmer puts his team through their paces during a training session near Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, March 8, 2007. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Bob Woolmer was nicknamed 'The Scientist' and became arguably the greatest cricket mind of his generation but he may be remembered more for the way he died than for his immense contribution to the game.
Born in the shadow of the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur, India, the middle-order batsman played 19 tests and six One-Day Internationals for England between 1975 and 1981, with all three of his five-day hundreds coming against Australia in Ashes clashes.
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