FORMER South African cricketer and Bangladesh coach Eddie Barlow remains under close observation after collapsing on Saturday with a brain haemorrhage. “Barlow has been kept under close observation, but he may take two to three months to recover,” doctor Brigadier M.A. Salam of the Combined Military Hospital said on Monday. He added: “The government is ready to send him abroad for better treatment if necessary.” Sports officials on Sunday said Eddie Barlow was rushed to a private clinic and then to the intensive care unit of CMH late Saturday after he collapsed at his residence in Gulshan diplomatic district. “He is out of danger … but the left side of his body is still paralysed,” Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) general secretary Syed Ashraful Huq was quoted as saying by the Daily Star. Eddie Barlow joined the BCB early this year as cricket coach for Bangladesh. He spent two hours on Friday, the first day of a month-long training session, with Bangladeshi players selected for next month’s four-nation Asia Cup cricket.