I couldn’t help Bob in his difficult time: Kaneria

Pakistan spin bowler Danish Kaneria, who was staying in the next room to slain coach Bob Woolmer in a Kingston Hotel...

Pakistan spin bowler Danish Kaneria, who was staying in the next room to slain coach Bob Woolmer in a Kingston Hotel, is pained at not being able to help his coach at “such a difficult time”.

“I feel so sorry that I was unable to do anything at such a difficult time for Bob,” said Kaneria. “Bob was a great coach. It’s a great personal loss to me and a tragedy to Pakistan,” he added.

Recalling the fateful Sunday morning when Woolmer was found dead in the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, Kaneria said “the final moments are very painful memories. I was the only player staying on the same floor as Bob. I woke up at 9.30, had breakfast at 10, nothing was wrong at that stage. “I spoke to my family and wife, then I was going to my friend’s room and saw outside my room medical staff, my manager and police. After that it all happened,” Kaneria was quoted as saying by the Bigstarcricket. Kaneria said being the 12th man in the Pakistan-Ireland match he had conversed with Woolmer, who was visibly depressed.

“The last time I saw Bob was when we were on the bus after the game. My last conversation with him was during the Ireland game as I was the 12th man. He was feeling very depressed and down,” he said.

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