 Gill Woolmer, with her sons, at the memorial service for Bob |
Gill Woolmer said police still have his laptop as they investigate his killing on 18 March, which followed Pakistan's elimination from the World Cup.
She told The Times: "They have looked at the e-mails he sent me and others.
"It is only personal stuff, and there is no way on God's earth that I am going to let the public read this."
One line police are investigating is whether Woolmer's death had anything to do with corruption in cricket.
But Mrs Woolmer said that although her husband had sent her an e-mail saying he was "really depressed" following Pakistan's defeat by Ireland, there was "not even a hint of his being scared, or of anything to do with match-fixing".
She has no plans to travel to Jamaica, and has not been told when her husband's body will be returned for a private family cremation, but is in regular contact with the police in Kingston.
"Obviously I have not met Mark Shields [who is leading the investigation], but he seems to be doing a good job," she said.
"It is not the case that Scotland Yard are being called in because he is incompetent. He is under stress and is tired and requires help because there are so many things to look into.
"We need to bring this to a speedy conclusion."
Mrs Woolmer revealed she had not been keen for her husband to become Pakistan coach in the first place.
"Bob told me he would never coach another international side after finishing with Dr Ali Bacher and South Africa. I said to him, 'I cannot believe you are thinking of doing this'.
"He knew the Pakistan side fluctuated in form, but he liked a challenge and no one else tried to prevent him taking the job.
"If he had been offered the sort of salary Duncan Fletcher [the England coach] is on, much more than he was receiving from the Pakistan Cricket Board, he would probably not have been able to turn down the England job, either."
She said her husband's relationship with Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was not always the easiest.
"Bob got on with Inzamam ul-Haq, whom he did not dislike, but there could be moods. Inzamam would not speak to him for a few days but then would be OK again.
"The captain had a presence about him when he walked into a room and the younger members of the side revered him and would tread on eggshells around him."
Woolmer, in addition to his hopes of acquiring sponsorship for a proposed cricket academy in South Africa, had been offered a consultancy role at Dubai Sports City, where an international stadium is due to be constructed.
And he was preparing a coaching manual, which Mrs Woolmer hopes will still be published.
But she added: "He was not keeping a World Cup diary. I was aware Bob was planning to write an account of his time with Pakistan, but that was intended to be after he had finished coaching them.
"It is best if that book never appears now. If it is going to cause upset, it is not worth publishing."
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