No Allen Stanford in ECB's annual report

Simon Wilde, writing in the Times, says it is mysterious that the US businessman fails to get a mention in English cricket's yearly review.

No, the Stanford fiasco could have been included but wasn't. Instead, Clarke's three-page chairman's statement concentrates on such issues as a lucrative new media deal, a rise in attendances at county matches and the success of the England women's team, but there is no reference to the 100 hours of talks with Stanford that presaged various deals worth eye-watering amounts of money (if only it had materialised) or the defeat to Stanford's Superstars on November 1 which meant each England player missed out on $1m.