BOB Woolmer, South Africa’s World Cup coach, has agreed a three-year contract to return to Warwickshire as director of coaching from January 2000. He enjoyed a successful spell with the English county side in the early 1990s. The deal appears to rule Woolmer out of the job of England coach until after the next World Cup. He had been courted by the England Cricket Board (ECB) to take over the role vacated by David Lloyd but pulled out of the running just before South Africa’s World Cup semifinal against Australia saying he needed a break from the game.
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