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The West Indies Cricket Board has announced that it has been paid US$2 million by Allen Stanford as a licensing fee for sanctioning the Stanford 20/20 tournament in Antigua

Before he left Trinidad for Antigua to compete in the 2008 Stanford 20/20 Tournament with the national senior cricket team, Dave Mohammed declared he would be the chief wicket-taker in the competition

Trinidad and Tobago cricket has been elevated to a new level with the success of the senior team over the last few years and Daren Ganga, their captain, believes it is the expectations of the fans that enabled them to walk away as 2008 Stanford 20/20 cham

As the second staging of his Stanford 20/20 finished, Allen Stanford, the Antiguan-based Texas billionaire, has again put his money where his mouth is in a bid to stage a winner-takes-all US$20 million showdown

Trinidad and Tobago, led by a four-wicket haul from Dave Mohammed, bowled out Jamaica for 91 before completing the run-chase with ease to claim the $1 million jackpot in the second edition of the Stanford 20/20

Jamaica claimed a thrilling one-run win over defending champions Guyana to move into the final of the Stanford 20/20

Trinidad & Tobago's Dave Mohammed, the left-arm spinner, held his nerve in the final over to help his side clinch a thrilling five-run win over Barbados in the first Stanford 20/20 semi-final

Guyana defeated Antigua and Barbuda by 10 runs in the last quarter-final match of the Stanford 20/20 in Coolidge

Jamaica, led by a fine all-round performance by Marlon Samuels, who top-scored with 47 and took a brace of wickets, claimed a convincing eight-wicket win over Nevis to enter the semi-finals of the Stanford 20/20

Jonathan Carter and Ryan Hinds stitched together their second successive match-winning partnership as Barbados booked their place in the semi-finals with a 54-run win against Grenada in Coolidge

St Vincent and the Grenadines made a meal of the target set to them by Trinidad and Tobago and handed them a 59-run win and a spot in the semi-finals of the Stanford 20/20

Widespread anger greeted Bermuda's humiliating exit from the Stanford 20/20

In a mix-up over the interpretation of the eligibility rules, Kevin Stoute, the Barbados opener, has been withdrawn from the squad for all the remaining matches of the Stanford 20/20

"If the Standford 20/20 is also being marketed as a means of contributing to the revival of the West Indies as a competitive force, especially in Test cricket, then that claim seems very wide down the leg-side," writes Fazeer Mohammed

Guyana scored a comfortable nine-wicket win over Bermuda in Coolidge to complete the quarter-final line-up of the Stanford 20/20

Barbados have drafted in wicketkeeper Patrick Browne and allrounder Kevin Stoute to the 13-member squad for their Stanford 20/20 quarter-final match against Grenada next Friday

Antigua and Barbuda cruised into the quarter-finals of the Stanford 20/20 with an easy 24-run win against United States Virgin Islands in Coolidge

Last year's semi-finalists Nevis sent Montserrat packing from season two of the Standford 20/20 with a 74-run win in Coolidge and sealed their place in the quarter-finals

Jamaica celebrated reggae legend Bob Marley's birthday with an imposing 118-run win over Bahamas in their Stanford 20/20 match in Coolidge

Nevis leave for Antigua today with an injury-cloud hanging over several of their players ahead of their first Stanford 20/20 match against Montserrat on Friday