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The big day is nearly here (I mean Sir Allen Stanford's cricket match)

On Saturday 'Sir' Allen Stanford's team of West Indian players play England in a 'winner takes all' 20/20 cricket match with a million dollars each to the lucky victors.

Stanford, as can be seen from the above clip, is a colourful character who's made his fortune out of offshore investment services.

The England and Wales Cricket board, under the erratic direction of chairman Giles Clarke, has signed a five year deal with him as a supposed alternative to the big money Indian 20/20 leagues.

But the England players are not 'appy (as Blatherskite's Serge Poniatowski would put it) as, not only has Stanford been cuddling their wives, but the pitch at his private ground is pretty ropey and the floodlights are so poor that someone could cost his mates a million dollars each because they can't see the ball in the dark.

There's even talk of them pulling out (cricketers are pretty rich these days). And will Sir Allen (his knighthood comes from the Virgin Islands) cough up?

The whole thing is a thoroughly demeaning cock-up. Even football has too much sense to become a private entertainment.

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Stanford grew up in Mexia,

Stanford grew up in Mexia, Texas. His father, James Stanford, is former mayor of Mexia and a member of the Board of Directors of Stanford Financial Group. His mother, Sammie, is a nurse. After his parents divorced in 1959, Stanford and his brother went to live with their mother. Both of his parents remarried.

James' father, Lodis Stanford, began as a barber and became an insurance salesman. In order to provide credibility to his company of image web hosting services along with the ftp hosting services at affordable price then he started audio hosting services with cheap packages as news around, Allen Stanford falsely stated that his grandfather started Stanford Financial Group in 1932. Stanford Financial’s clients are affluent investors, institutions, and emerging growth companies throughout the world. Assets under management or advisement are in excess of US$8 billion

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