Edgbaston will restart #BlueForBob this summer to raise funds for research on prostate cancer, the disease that has claimed the life of England and Sky Sports legend Bob Willis.

Willis passed away in December 2019 at the age of 70, with the Bob Willis Fund established in his name to help study the disease and lead to earlier and better diagnoses.

Edgbaston went #BlueForBob during last summer’s one-day international between England and Pakistan, with commentators and supporters painting Bob’s beloved Manchester City color blue.

The second day of the match #BlueForBob will take place on July 2 at Edgbaston, the second match of the rearranged fifth Test match between England and India, a game that was postponed last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Willis called Edgbaston his home ground during his tenure with Warwickshire between 1972 and 1984, winning the County Championship in his first season with the club after signing from Surrey.

Willis was inducted into the International Cricket Council Hall of Fame in 2021

One in eight men in the UK will be affected by prostate cancer, but to date, there is no comprehensive national screening program to show how aggressive a man’s cancer may be.

Changing this is one of the missions of the Bob Willis Fund, which was founded by Willis’ wife Lauren Clarke and brother David.

England and Pakistan players wear blue caps in ODIs as part of #BlueForBob Day at Edgbaston last year

Willis took 325 wickets in 90 Tests for England – more than only James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Sir Ian Botham have – averaging 25.20.

His most memorable spell came in the Ashes Test at Headingley in July 1981 when he scored 8-43 to shatter Australia and win the game for England.

To donate, go here https://bobwillisfund.org/

Bob’s biography – Bob Willis: A Cricketer and a Gentleman – is now available for purchase in paperback.