Pakistan should not sue - Inzamam

Inzamam-ul-Haq says Pakistan should not take legal action over how the team was treated during the Bob Woolmer affair.

Inzamam, who was captain at the time, was among the players questioned and fingerprinted after the former coach was found dead and foul play suspected.

With Jamaican police now saying Woolmer died of natural causes, ex-skipper Imran Khan and Test batsman Mohammad Yousuf say the Pakistan board must sue.

But Inzamam said: "I don't feel court action would be of any use now."

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) did not say whether it would take the matter further.

In a statement on Tuesday it expressed "great satisfaction over the fact that the truth has finally come out" after months of speculation over Woolmer's death, which occurred following Pakistan's shock World Cup defeat by Ireland in Kingston.

It added: "The PCB showed utmost patience throughout the investigations and provided all help needed to complete the procedure with only one objective in mind - bringing the truth to light.

"We fully respect the final verdict issued by the Jamaican Police.

"The board understands that during the past three months of investigations, certain irresponsible and hypothetical statements were made, not just in Jamaica but on the international scene as well.

"This was very traumatic not only to the Woolmer family but also to the entire Pakistan nation."

Those were the most terrible days of our lives

Inzamam-ul-Haq

Jamaican police defended their handling of the case, which appeared at first to cast suspicion on members of the Pakistan team by delaying their departure after the final World Cup game against Zimbabwe.

"This was an extraordinary case," said deputy commissioner Mark Shields.

"Murder investigations are not like TV series, where everything is wrapped up in 45 minutes. All we could do was conduct a thorough investigation and not rush."

Imran claims the players were humiliated while Yousuf says the players should be compensated for the "horrifying manner" in which they were treated.

But Inzamam wants to draw a line under the affair, although he agrees that the episode was badly handled.

"The players in general and I, as captain in particular, went through hell and those were the most terrible days of our lives," he said.

"It was a very tough time. We were out of the World Cup and still had to play one more match (against Zimbabwe) and people had hurled all sorts of allegations.

"When it dawned on us later that we were suspected, it was unbelievably horrifying."