Ed Cowan, who on Wednesday won a place in Australia's squad for the opening Test against India, says his mentor and celebrated cricket writer Peter Roebuck's death was a trigger for him to start scoring runs, leading to his breaking into the national team.

Admirers of late Peter Roebuck will gather at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday to honour the celebrated cricket writer, who allegedly committed suicide in Cape Town last month.

Unconvinced by police claims that Peter Roebuck committed suicide, the celebrated cricket writer's family is looking to ask for a second post-mortem of his body and has hired a British criminal lawyer to investigate the death.

With his personal life being the talking point after he committed suicide, the police are set to speak to 16 youngsters, who were sponsored and supported by deceased cricket writer Peter Roebuck.

Investigators have collected semen samples from a bedsheet at the Southern Sun hotel in Cape Town to determine whether acclaimed cricket journalist Peter Roebuck, who committed suicide last week, sexually assaulted Zimbabwean Itai Gondo.

Peter Roebuck's Zimbabwean Facebook friend, whose police complaint allegedly triggered his suicide, has claimed that the celebrated cricket writer lured him with money to meet him before sexually assaulting him in a Cape Town hotel.

A Zimbabwean businessman, who is also the chairman of the St Joseph's House for Boys in Harare from where Peter Roebuck adopted many young men, has decided to launch his own investigation into the deceased cricket writer's association with the organisation.

Noted cricket writer Peter Roebuck's shattered family is clinging to hope that concerned authorities in South Africa would properly investigate the circumstances surrounding his tragic death.

The family of noted cricket writer Peter Roebuck, who committed suicide in Cape Town on Saturday, has sought permission to take his body to England for burial, a report said here Tuesday.

Australian cricket commentator Jim Maxwell has confirmed his colleague Peter Roebuck was about to be detained for questioning over an alleged sexual assault when he apparently jumped to his death from his hotel room in Cape Town, South Africa.