KINGSTON (Jamaica), Nov 15: One of Jamaica’s top cops said on Wednesday that four members of the Pakistan cricket team have declined to testify at the inquest into the death of their former coach Bob Woolmer.

Mark Shields, Jamaica’s deputy commissioner of police, told coroner Patrick Murphy that former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was among those that refused to give testimony.

Apart from Inzamam, who had recently retired from international cricket, along with medium-pacer Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, assistant manager Asad Mustafa and former media manager Pervez Mir refused to travel to Jamaica for the inquest, which began on Oct 16.

Shields, who made the requests through the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), told coroner Murphy and the 11 jurors that both players said they were unable to make it.

“Mustafa said he has already given a statement to the police,” Shields added.

Meanwhile, Shields defended a probe into the death of Woolmer in Jamaica, dismissing accusations that authorities were hasty in declaring he was murdered.Shields told the inquest into Woolmer’s death on Wednesday that authorities conducted a fair and thorough homicide investigation after a government pathologist ruled the 58-year-old coach had been strangled.

“We looked at everything as a whole,” Shields said.—Agencies