Reuters
London, Jun 12: England will play a Caribbean all-star team in a Twenty20 match for a record prize pot of $20 million on Nov. 1, Texan billionaire Allen Stanford confirmed on Wednesday.
The Antigua match, named the "Stanford 20 20 For 20", will boast the richest team prize ever for a single sporting contest, guaranteeing the 11 players on the winning side $1 million each. The losers will get nothing.
Stanford, who is based in the Caribbean, reached agreement with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for a series of five annual "winners-take-all matches".
The match has been authorised by the International Cricket Council (ICC), although it will be an unofficial Twenty20 international.