Stanford Selection

Cricket: Steve Harmison asked not to be considered for Stanford selection

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...