Pakistan (coaching staff)
18 March 2007
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room in Kingston, Jamaica, the day after Pakistan's shock elimination from the 2007 World Cup, sparking a murder investigation and wild conspiracy theories.
West Indies
1967-03-13
Sir Frank Worrell died of leukemia in Kingston, Jamaica on 13 March 1967, aged 42. The first Black man to captain West Indies in a full Test series, he had been knighted in 1964 and was working as Warden of the University of the West Indies' Mona campus when his illness was diagnosed. Two months after his death he became the first sportsman ever to have a memorial service at Westminster Abbey, with Learie Constantine reading the lesson.
Jamaica and West Indies
1929-12-15
Through the 1929 Caribbean season the 20-year-old George Headley scored consistently for Jamaica against the visiting Tennyson XI and in inter-colonial matches. By December 1929 he had been selected for the West Indies' first home Test series against MCC the following month — a tour that would produce his breakthrough.