Stanford Super Series 20/20 Cricket 2008-09
Stanford Super Series 20/20 Cricket 2008-09:
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Stanford Super Series 20/20 Cricket 2008-09
Stanford Superstars v England
Stanford Super Series 2008-09: Stanford Superstars crush England in US$20 million Twenty20 match
Nov 01, 2008
The West Indies-based Stanford Superstars became instant millionaires when they trounced England by 10 wickets in the richest - and probably shortest - cricket match on Saturday.
For a winner-takes-all US$20 million bankrolled by American billionaire Allen Stanford, the Superstars routed England for 99 off 19.5 overs, then easily topped that by flaying 101 without loss inside 13 overs.
Each of the victorious 11 Superstars - a West Indies all-star side - pocketed $1 million.
Fittingly, captain Chris Gayle ended the match in grand style by hoisting an Andrew Flintoff full toss over long-on to send his teammates racing onto the field to celebrate, and the crowd into a frenzy.
England will go home with nothing, but know it has four more annual cracks at the cash after Stanford put up $100 million to fund his five-year Stanford Super Series.
Watched by 10,000 at cozy Stanford Ground and an estimated 700 million via TV worldwide, England produced a woeful batting display of careless shots. Seizing the initiative given by their bowlers, and energized by the partisan crowd, Gayle and Andre Fletcher boldly attacked England.
Gayle whacked 65 off 42 balls, and along with his barrage of five sixes, he hit five more boundaries.
Fletcher, who made his West Indies one-day debut this year against Australia and hit a 66-ball 90 on Thursday, added 32 off 31 balls, including five fours.
The first over was inauspicious. Gayle almost ran out Fletcher off the first ball, and survived the third umpire's decision on a leg-before-wicket appeal.
But Fletcher cut loose in the second over when he spanked three consecutive boundaries off Test bowler Stuart Broad.
England's other quick, Steve Harmison, gave up 22 in the fifth over, including a pair of sixes by Gayle.
After that, the Superstars were 49 without loss and it looked like they might not need half of their overs.
Gayle also roughed up spinners Samit Patel and Graeme Swann, whom he belted for sixes over long-on as he reached his half-century off just 33 balls.
Stanford Super Series, 2008-09: Stanford Superstars 101 for 0 beat England 99 all out by 10 wickets
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Stanford Super Series 20/20 Cricket 2008-09
Stanford Superstars v England
Scorecard
England won the toss and decided to bat
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99 all out (19.5 overs)
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101 for 0 (12.4 overs)
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England Innings - All out
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
| Bell |
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b Taylor |
7 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
| Prior |
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b Taylor |
12 |
11 |
2 |
0 |
| Shah |
c Mohammed |
b Sammy |
4 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
| Pietersen |
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b Sammy |
7 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
| Flintoff |
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b Pollard |
8 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
| Collingwood |
c Sarwan |
b Benn |
10 |
15 |
1 |
0 |
| Patel |
run out |
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22 |
24 |
2 |
0 |
| Wright |
c Sammy |
b Pollard |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Swann |
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b Benn |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Broad |
not out |
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9 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
| S Harmison |
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b Benn |
6 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| Extras |
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9w 1lb |
10 |
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| Total |
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all out |
99 |
(19.5 ovs) |
Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
| Sammy |
4.0 |
0 |
13 |
2 |
| Taylor |
4.0 |
0 |
25 |
2 |
| Powell |
4.0 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
| Benn |
3.5 |
0 |
16 |
3 |
| Pollard |
4.0 |
0 |
26 |
2 |
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Fall of wicket |
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| 21 |
Bell |
| 22 |
Prior |
| 29 |
Shah |
| 33 |
Pietersen |
| 51 |
Flintoff |
| 54 |
Collingwood |
| 59 |
Wright |
| 64 |
Swann |
| 92 |
Patel |
| 99 |
S Harmison |
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Stanford Superstars Innings - Close
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
| Gayle |
not out |
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65 |
45 |
5 |
5 |
| Fletcher |
not out |
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32 |
31 |
5 |
0 |
| Extras |
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3w 1lb |
4 |
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| Total |
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for 0 |
101 |
(12.4 ovs) |
Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
| S Harmison |
3.0 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
| Broad |
3.0 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
| Flintoff |
3.4 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
| Patel |
1.0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
| Collingwood |
1.0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
| Swann |
1.0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
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Umpires: R E Koertzen, S J A Taufel
Stanford Superstars: Gayle, Fletcher, Chanderpaul, Sarwan, Joseph, Pollard, Sammy, Benn, Powell, Taylor, Mohammed
England: Bell, Prior, Shah, Pietersen, Flintoff, Collingwood, Patel, Wright, Broad, S Harmison, Swann
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