MONTEGO BAY: Pakistan's World Cup team have asked Jamaican police to allow them to leave the island as soon as possible after the announcement that coach Bob Woolmer was murdered, the team manager said on Friday.
After having given statements to police and been finger-printed on Thursday, the Pakistan team's chance of any rest and relaxation at their luxury hotel resort here were dashed with the players obliged to give DNA samples.
"Our priority is to take the players back to Pakistan," Ali said.
"Everyone in Pakistan is looking forward (to their return), especially the families of the players. They want the boys back in Pakistan as soon as possible. We've given whatever information they (the police) have asked us about, we've had our interviews and they're going to have our DNA, and we should be allowed to take the first available flight back to Pakistan," he said.
"We want to get back to Pakistan as soon as possible and we would like to catch the first available flight but we are waiting on clearance from the police," Talat Ali said.
The team flew to Montego Bay from Kingston on Thursday before a police news conference revealed Woolmer had been strangled at their hotel on Sunday.
Pakistan had been due to leave Jamaica on Saturday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board chairman said that none of their players was a suspect. Other teams had also been at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston where Woolmer was murdered and also questioned.
"The police are questioning everyone in the hotel in the case. Even West Indian captain Brian Lara and official Clive Lloyd have given their statements," Nasim Ashraf said on Friday.
He also said there was no restriction on the movement of the Pakistan team and they had gone to Montego Bay from Kingston to relax after the traumatic events of the last few days.
