Tributes to the departed sould were led by the head of the sport's governing body, International Cricket Council, Malcolm Speed.
"On behalf of the ICC and Bob's thousands and thousands of friends within cricket, I wish to express my very sincere condolences to Mrs Woolmer and the family on Bob's very untimely passing," Speed told a news conference in St Lucia, during England's match with Canada.
Woolmer worked for the ICC as a coach to the minor nations, including Ireland, between 2001 and 2004.
Speed said, "In some ways we could say yesterday's loss, when Pakistan lost to Ireland, was a great defeat for Bob and the Pakistan team. But for Bob, there is another way of looking at it, it was a great triumph."
"He was a great cricket man."
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