"The Asian bloc comprising India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh tabled a motion at the meeting [of the ICC] that Hair be taken off the panel," said [a highly placed source].
"The motion was put to vote and was passed by a 7-3 majority.
"The four Asian nations plus South Africa, Zimbabwe and the West Indies voted against Hair. England, Australia and New Zealand wanted him to continue."
The general opinion of Bob Woolmer was that he was a great test player, a clever and innovative cricket coach, and a warm and decent man. Bob Woolmer was murdered and left in a pool of blood, vomit and faeces. One can only regard this grisly matter with dismay and incomprehension.
There is obviously a lot more to come. I suspect that the very worst will the truth of what has happened.
But whoever is responsible, the ultimate question will be what the ICC and individual cricketing countries do about it. A typical loss of courage will cripple world cricket for years, if not destroy it.
Cricket is a game played on clear moral principles. It does not exist out of that context.
