An article appearing in the Journal of Sport and Social Issues in 2010 suggested that there were links in the reporting of context surrounding Woolmer's death and Islamophobia in the British media.Malcolm, Dominic, Alan Bairner, and Graham Curry, “'Woolmergate': Cricket and the Representation of Islam and Muslims in the British Press", Journal of Sport and Social Issues, vol. 34 no. 2 (May 2010) 215-235
