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U.S. billionaire Sir Allen Stanford (2nd L) poses with West Indian cricketer Sir Viv Richards (L), Dr Julian Hunte, Chairman of the West Indian cricket board and David Collier (R) of the ECB in front of the 20 million US dollars he has put up for the match in one 20/20 cricket fixture to take place in Antigua in November, at Lords cricket ground, London, on June 11, 2008. England's cricketers will take part in some of the richest matches in sport after it was announced Wednesday they would be playing a series of 20 million dollar Twenty20 clashes in the Caribbean. The matches are being bankrolled by Texan billionaire Allen Stanford, the man behind the domestic Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. AFP PHOTO/Max Nash (Photo credit should read MAX NASH/AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. billionaire Sir Allen Stanford (2nd L) poses with West Indian cricketer Sir Viv Richards (L), Dr Julian Hunte, Chairman of the West Indian cricket board and David Collier (R) of the ECB in front of the 20 million US dollars he has put up for the match in one 20/20 cricket fixture to take place in Antigua in November, at Lords cricket ground, London, on June 11, 2008. England's cricketers will take part in some of the richest matches in sport after it was announced Wednesday they would be playing a series of 20 million dollar Twenty20 clashes in the Caribbean. The matches are being bankrolled by Texan billionaire Allen Stanford, the man behind the domestic Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. AFP PHOTO/Max Nash (Photo credit should read MAX NASH/AFP/Getty Images)
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