Jun 16, 2012

Stanford alliance a lesson

Cricinfo: David Leggat writes in New Zealand Herald , that there were some in the cricket establishment who seemed to love the razzmatazz of Allen Stanford and the big money and must now be feeling ashamed.

Feb 24, 2009

Aggers: The true voice of English cricket

Cricinfo: English cricket is in the news for all the wrong reasons thanks to the fall-out of the Stanford deal with the ECB involving a not-so-funny US$100 million

Feb 23, 2009

Poor decision-making exposes Clarke

Cricinfo: In the Independent , Mark Nicholas feels the call for Giles Clarke’s head is fair enough after the Stanford saga

Feb 21, 2009

Clarke should go if judged by his own standards of accountability

Cricinfo: The severing of all ties between the ECB and Sir Allen Stanford has not stopped the landslide of criticism threatening to swallow up chairman Giles Clarke

Feb 20, 2009

Allen Stanford debacle confirms sport is a whore

Cricinfo: As the whole Sir Allen Stanford business goes up in smoke and he becomes the latest billionaire lurking behind an impenetrable thicket of alleged lies, let's not blame poor alleged Sir A for being a monumental power-drunk, publicity-crazed vulgarian

Feb 19, 2009

Allen Stanford: a sorry tale of greed and shame

Cricinfo: The behaviour of those infatuated by Stanford's riches was, frankly, the worst aspect of the whole saga: from the ECB officials, who fawned over him when he descended the steps of his helicopter at Lord's, to the former greats, who knelt down and

Feb 18, 2009

The hall of shame

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