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Woolmer - was set to retire.
By PA Sport staff
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Nasim Ashraf received an email by Bob Woolmer in the hours before his murder confirming his retirement from international cricket coaching.
Woolmer had decided to stand down after Pakistan were eliminated from the World Cup following a shock defeat to Ireland.
He was found unconscious in his room at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, last Sunday and local police have since launched a murder investigation.
PCB chief Ashraf told Sky News: "It was the email of a man who had been deeply hurt. He said that the boys gave it their best to the last minute.
"In that email he had shared some of his thoughts, he told me that he was hanging up his boots and retiring from international coaching.
"However he told me that he would continue to be involved in cricket at the grassroots level."
Ashraf also revealed Woolmer's email contained recommendations, which he had mentioned to the PCB previously, as to how the sport could move forward in Pakistan.
"He was not going to do international work any more. At the end he had some suggestions for Pakistan cricket that are very valid and that he has shared with those in the team before," Ashraf added.
"When I took over about five months the policy of the old board was that continuity was important, there were no major shake-ups or changes before the World Cup, and once the World Cup was over we will revamp and bring in a very, proper scientific structure for cricket in Pakistan."
He told Sky News: "The India defeat has shown that talent alone is not enough in the international game, it has become highly scientific, very competitive and you need the mental resilience, adaptability, physical fitness and a proper structure in place to compete at international level. Bob was a major part of that in giving me his views."
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