December 14, 2007	Friday	Zilhaj 3, 1428

EDGBASTON, Dec 13: English county Warwickshire is keen to have a stand named after their late coach Bob Woolmer at Edgbaston, it was revealed on Thursday.

The county is considering how to remember one of their most successful coaches, should plans for a 20 million pounds ground redevelopment be approved.

Woolmer, who also coached Pakistan and South Africa, was 58 when he died at the Cricket World Cup in March last under mysterious circumstances.

Plans are also afoot to bring the game’s biggest stars to Edgbaston for a memorial match on July 25.

Woolmer, who played Test cricket as a top-order batsman for England, guided Warwickshire to a dream “treble” in 1994, winning County Championship, the Sunday League and the Benson & Hedges Cup.

Warwickshire & England star Ian Bell credited him as one of the major influences behind his personal development as player. Bell was among those who called for a permanent memorial at Edgbaston — another was former Bears chief executive Dennis Amiss — in the wake of Woolmer’s tragic death in Jamaica.—Agencies