Lord's all set for unveiling

The bowler with the most wickets at the end of the present series between England and the West Indies will receive the Malcolm Marshall Memorial Trophy. The trophy will be unveiled at Lord's Cricket Ground on Tuesday.

This ceremony, sponsored by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), will take place in the ECB's Office and will be witnessed by a cross-section of the cricketing fraternity, including WICB president Pat Rousseau.

He, along with the ECB's chief executive Tim Lamb, will address the gathering while president of the Barbados Cricket Association, Stephen Alleyne, will pay tribute to Marshall the former West Indies fast bowler and team coach who died of colon cancer last November 4. There will also be a short video presentation on the late Barbadian cricketer.

Marshall's widow, Connie, and their son, Mali, will attend the ceremony as guests of the WICB and she has agreed to unveil the bronze 14-inch statue of Marshall bowling.

The WICB will sponsor a half-hour radio broadcast of this event on the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) network at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Caribbean time on Tuesday. There will also be a television broadcast at a later date.

The Malcolm Marshall Memorial Trophy, which will be awarded to the top bowler in each West Indies-England series, is the initiative of the WICB, in conjunction with the ECB. It is designed to perpetuate the memory of the fast bowling legend who has held the record for the most wickets in a series between England and the West Indies since 1988 when he took 35 wickets on tour in England.

The last Test starts on Thursday at the Oval in London.