He was planning to build the academy in South Africa to help develop the game at grassroots level.

And his widow, Gill, wants the project to go ahead despite his death during the World Cup earlier this year.

She hopes the match will be staged either in India or England, but no date has yet been fixed.

A statement issued by the Pakistan Cricket Board said they "fully supported" the idea.

"The PCB has already communicated to Gill Woolmer its commitment to play this match and will certainly opt for any venue that the host board agrees upon be it ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) or BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India).

"PCB is even willing to play this match during the forthcoming Pakistan tour to India in November-December 2007 and consent from the BCCI is awaited on this."

Woolmer died after collapsing in his hotel room in Jamaica following Pakistan's surprise defeat by Ireland.

An initial pathologist's report concluded that he had been strangled.

But Jamaican police later announced they were satisfied that Woolmer had in fact died of natural causes after three expert witnesses contradicted the original findings.

Last week, meanwhile, the PCB appointed former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson as Woolmer's successor.

He will take charge of the team for the first time at the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa in September.