Carribbean greats bemoan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allen-c43742 Stanford's slump – Cricket News Update
Former West Indies greats, like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Allen-Stanford-c82906, the sponsor of the Stanford 20/20 cricket in the Caribbean.
The business tycoon built his own ground in Antigua where he held the 20/20 cricket tournament, which started in 2006. However, it was the second tournament, staged in Jan- Feb 2008, which took the limelight with a global audience of almost 300 million.
The same year, ECB and Stanford agreed to play five Twenty20 Internationals worth a winning prize of US$20 million. The only match played under the agreement was between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221, with
the Caribbean outfit coming out convincing winners by 10 wickets.
However, a year later the Stanford Group was in the middle of one of the most scandalous frauds, leaving the hopes of a small country in tatters.
Following the demise of the series, the West Indies and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 sides find themselves in a meaningless contest comprising of two T20I’s in order to full fill their obligations with Sky.
Recalling the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stanford-c90880 legacy, which brought a new sense of excitement to a small island, Roberts was baffled by the slump of the man.
"I was a part of the Stanford set-up for a number of years, and the money he put into http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 cricket, it's a great loss," Roberts said.
"I never knew what he did, and as far as I'm concerned it didn't bother me, because what he did had no [apparent] effect on Antiguans and Antigua. But now he's gone, the country has been suffering for two years, because of the amount of people he employed
as a single employer."
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Roberts-c86287, in his much vocal manner, stated that the many of the current crop of players are not worthy of representing the national team, and are there just for the riches.
He also believed that the Indian Premier League is thriving on Stanford’s idea of the Twenty20 format and somewhat blames him for the impact it has has had on the longer version of the game.
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