Hookes funeral on Tuesday

Thousands of people are expected to attend the funeral of David Hookes at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. Hookes, Victoria's coach, died following an assault outside a Melbourne hotel bar last week.

The funeral will be attended by members of the current Australian team, while Darren Lehmann, Hookes's close friend and former team-mate at South Australia, will be one of the eight pall-bearers.

Ian Chappell, a former Australian captain, is due to be one of the speakers at the service, while the Adelaide Oval's groundsman Les Burdett will put up a set of stumps at one end of the pitch and place a bat on the ground next to them.

The grandstands at the ground will be opened to the public for the ceremony, as Hookes's death has led to an outpouring of grief throughout Australia. Following the funeral, a separate memorial service will be held in Melbourne on February 5.

A 21-year-old hotel bouncer, Zdravco Micevic, has been charged with manslaughter and remanded on bail to appear in court on April 13.