THE roof of the £12.5million iconic pavilion and media centre to be built at Headingley Carnegie cricket stadium will shaped like a bat's wing.

Details of the ambitious scheme were revealed to Yorkshire members and supporters at the launch of the club's Yorkshire Pride lottery which aims to raise annual income of £500,000.

The proceeds from the lottery and other Yorkshire Pride special events will raise over £6m in two years towards the cost of the new pavilion which will be erected on the winter shed site at the Kirkstall Lane end of the ground.

Although the original aim was to have the multi-tiered building completed in time for the Ashes Test in 2009, Yorkshire's chief executive Stewart Regan told The Press that the intention now was to have much of it ready for use by the time England take on South Africa at Headingley in early September 2008.

Yorkshire have still to receive planning permission but work is due to start immediately after the Test between England and the West Indies at Headingley next June.

"There are some hurdles to overcome and we need the approval of local residents but we are trying to cover the first option which is to raise the money to go ahead with the work," said Regan.

As well as a new pavilion, dressing rooms and media centre, the building will house an umpires' room, medical room, board room, executive suites and a faculty for teaching Leeds Met University students.

Over 300 people at the launch pledged their support for the lottery which they heard will bring in £10,000 per week which is similar to the revenue received by Lancashire CCC from their lottery.