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The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
England's one-day cricketers would be well advised to delay laying down a deposit on a new house or flash sports car because they may yet be deprived of the chance of competing for what would potentially be their biggest ever payday. Doubts that Sir Allen Stanford's $20m (£10.9m) winner-takes-all Twenty20 match on 1 November will take place remain as the West Indies Cricket Board has...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
By Scyld BerryLast Updated: 10:05PM BST 20 Sep 2008 Name game: Stanford Twenty20 clash could be scuppered over Digicel row Photo: Getty Images Three weeks ago the High Court in London placed an injunction on the Stanford match at the request of Digicel, the title sponsors of the West Indies Cricket Board. Digicel argued that the Stanford All-Stars are the West Indies team in all...
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Sports news (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
The enormous sums of money pouring into Twenty20 are propelling the quick-fire form of the game towards a global audience that Test cricket has never reached.
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Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Ever since Allen Stanford landed his helicopter at Lord's, the biggest question in English cricket has been the identity of those given the chance to cash in on the sport's biggest prize.
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Steve Harmison has been included in the 15-man England squad for the $20 million Twenty20 match with Sir Allen Stanford's All Stars in November.$
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Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
LONDON:Stephen Harmison’s transformation from international exile to a key member of all England’s cricket teams was confirmed when the fast bowler was included in the squad for the cash-rich clash with Allen Stanford’s Superstars in Antigua in November. As recently as last month the Durham quick, who’d announced his one-day international retirement before the 2007 World [...]
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
STEPHEN Harmison's transformation from international exile to a key member of all England's cricket teams was confirmed when the fast bowler was included in the squad for the cash-rich clash with Allen Stanford's Superstars in Antigua in November.
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thisislondon (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Ever since a brash American called Allen Stanford landed his helicopter at Lord's, the biggest question in English cricket has been the identity of those given the opportunity to cash in on the sport's biggest prize.
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Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Ever since a brash American called Allen Stanford landed his helicopter at Lord's, the biggest question in English cricket has been the identity of those given the opportunity to cash in on the sport's biggest prize.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
The money on offer for beating the Texan billionaire Sir Allen Stanford's All-Star XI in Antigua may have encouraged as much cynicism as excitement but the national selector, Geoff Miller, introduced a note of old-fashioned chivalry into proceedings today when he confirmed that Steve Harmison had initially asked not to be considered for selection until after the money-spinning Twenty20...
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Twenty20 World -T20I, 20-20, 2020 (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Some of England's leading cricketers will be one step nearer winning one million dollars (500,000 pounds) each when the selectors name their squad later on Tuesday for the clash with Allen Stanford's All Stars. The Texan-born billionaire has guaranteed the winners of the Twenty20 match between Kevin Pietersen's men and his Caribbean select side at his own ground in Antigua on November...
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Line and Length (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
At some point tomorrow, England will announce the names of the lucky souls who will be given a golden ticket to Antigua, where they will play Allen Stanford's Superstars XI for half a million quid each on November 1. But...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Sir Allen Stanford's influence over English cricket sparks growing fearsA power struggle is threatening to split English cricket over the terms of the multi-million dollar deal the England and Wales Cricket Board signed with Texan billionaire Sir Allen Stanford. By Nick Hoult Last Updated: 10:15PM BST 01 Sep 2008 The colour of money: Sir Allen Stanford (second...
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Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
In a sharp turnaround from his statements in May, when he enthusiastically backed Stanford's plans, Michael Holding is now saying Twenty20 games won't help revive cricket in the Caribbean.
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
The Bajan Reporter is all over the story of telecommunications giant Digicel taking Allen Stanford to court “in order to protect its sole and exclusive rights as primary sponsor of West Indies cricket”. The West Indies Cricket Board insists “that the team that will play England on 1 November represents Stanford, and Stanford alone.”
