The Stanford Twenty20 championship is being held in the Caribbean with
an eye to promote cricketing culture in the West Indies and with a wide range
of ex- West Indies legends playing their trade after years of retirement, it
represent a great chance for cricket lovers throughout the world to catch up
with some of the best stars of the 80's and 90's West Indies cricket.
2008 Day Schedule STANFORD 20/20 TOURNAMENT 2008
Day 1 25 Jan 08 No Day vs. BYE TO ST. MAARTEN
Day 2 26 Jan 08 Cayman Islands vs. St. Lucia
Day 3 27 Jan 08 Dominica vs. British Virgin Islands
Day 4 29 Jan 08 Turks & Caicos vs. Montserrat
Day 5 30 Jan 08 St. Kitts vs. US Virgin Islands
Day 6 1 Feb 08 St. Vincent and the Grenadines vs. Winner Day 1
Day 7 2 Feb 08 Trinidad and Tobago vs. Winner Day 2
Day 8 3 Feb 08 Grenada vs. Anguilla
Day 9 5 Feb 08 Barbados vs. Winner Day 3
Day 10 6 Feb 08 Jamaica vs. Bahamas
Day 11 8 Feb 08 Nevis vs. Winner Day 4
Day 12 9 Feb 08 Antigua and Barbuda vs. Winner Day 5
Day 13 10 Feb 08 Guyana vs. Bermuda
Day 14 13 Feb 08 Winner Day 6 vs. Winner Day 7
Day 15 15 Feb 08 Winner Day 8 vs. Winner Day 9
Day 16 16 Feb 08 Winner Day 10 vs. Winner Day 11
Day 17 17 Feb 08 Winner Day 12 vs. Winner Day 13
Day 18 22 Feb 08 Winner Day 14 vs. Winner Day 15 (Semi-Final 1)
Day 19 23 Feb 08 Winner Day 16 vs. Winner Day 17 (Semi-Final 2)
Day 20 24 Feb 08 Winner Day 18 vs. Winner Day 19 (Final)
 The Stanford cricket championship is sponsored by Stanford Financial group
and offers huge financial rewards for the winning side, almost as high as those
offered in any major international cricketing event. The winning side bags a
fat US$1 Million while US$200,000 is given to their Cricket Board for development
.The man of the match bags $50000 and this should serve as a huge incentive
for the players participating in what is expected to be an exciting championship.
There are twenty teams participating in this second edition of the Championship
and the teams are mostly made up of ex West Indies cricket legends and young
upcoming cricketers. Some of the biggest starts playing this tournament includes
some of the most famous cricketers of the glorious West Indies era of the late
eighties including Vivian Richards, Andy Roberts, Courtney Walsh, Joel Garner, Sir Garfield Sobers, Ian Bishop and
Courtney Ambrose. This competition was made with a mind on improving the current
state of West Indies cricket which is pretty abysmal in comparison to their
heydays two decades back and fans throughout the world will be hoping that his
tournament serves its initial purpose.
All the matches in this tournament will be played in the exciting 20-20 version
which should serve us with a lot of fun and excitement. 20-20 cricket brings
in a whole new array of entertainment and following their scores live online
is more fun as you can be guaranteed of hot action every other ball. The recent
ICC 20-20 World Cup was a sheer delight to watch as most of the action flew
past us at breakneck speed. The final match between India and Pakistan which
was followed by millions worldwide through live online India cricket streaming
and through live online cricket scores is a reminder to the excitement that
this version of the game brings and fans throughout the world will be hoping
for some exciting cricket with a Caribbean spice in the times to come from the
Stanford Cup.
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