Bob Woolmer

What draws me to Bob Woolmer is not his playing career but his second act as a coach. An England Test player who reinvented himself as one of cricket's earliest data-minded strategists, guiding South Africa and Pakistan, he saw the game as something to be solved with the mind as much as the body. His 1976 Wisden honour confirms his quality, but it is the tragedy of his death during the 2007 World Cup that lingers. I admire thinkers who push a sport forward, and Woolmer clearly did.

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Name (English)

Bob Woolmer

Name (Japanese)

ボブ・ウールマー

Reading

ぼぶ・うーるまー

Born

May 14, 1948 – March 18, 2007

Origin

Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar district, India

Height

183 cm

Occupation

cricketer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rat

Awards & achievements

• 1976 Wisden Cricketer of the Year
• 2007 Sitara-i-Imtiaz

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Woolmer
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q281268

Tags

• Kanpur Nagar district
• cricketer

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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