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broadband coverage of Stanford Twenty20
NEW YORK, USA,
January 15, 2008: ESPN360.com and the Stanford Twenty20 Cricket
Tournament have reached an agreement for exclusive US
broadband coverage for all matches of the 2008 and 2009
tournaments.
WWW.ESPN360.com
will provide US fans with complete live coverage of all 19
matches from the second annual tournament, held in Antigua.
Each match will also be available for on-demand replay for a
period after its completion.
“We're very excited about bringing this high-quality
Twenty20 cricket to ESPN360.com. Cricket is one of the most
popular sports in the world, the West Indies are an
International powerhouse," said John Lasker, director,
programming and acquisitions, ESPN digital media. "As the US
sports fan base becomes more global in composition and
interests, ESPN360.com is well positioned to bring an
exciting, truly worldwide, lineup of events including
everything from the NBA to cricket to NASCAR to soccer to
rugby and many other sports."
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The Stanford Twenty20 Tournament is a single-elimination
knockout cricket competition featuring teams from multiple
Caribbean territories, with the winning team taking home a
purse of $1 million and the runner up taking home $500,000.
Created by Antiguan financier Sir Allen Stanford, the
inaugural Tournament took place in July/August 2006 with
Guyana emerging as the 2006 Stanford Twenty20 Champions.
Twenty teams will compete in the 2008 Tournament, held in
Antigua, including: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas,
Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,
Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, St.
Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and the US Virgin Islands.
2008 Stanford Twenty20 Cricket Tournament Schedule – All
Matches Start at 7 p.m. ET
Jan. 26 Cayman Islands vs. St. Lucia
Jan. 27 Dominica vs. British Virgin Islands
Jan. 29 Turks & Caicos vs. Montserrat
Jan. 30 St. Kitts vs. US Virgin Islands
Feb. 1 St. Vincent vs. Winner Match 1
Feb. 2 Trinidad & Tobago vs. Winner Match 2
Feb. 3 Grenada vs. Anguilla
Feb. 5 Barbados vs. Winner Match 3
Feb. 6 Jamaica vs. Bahamas
Feb. 8 Nevis vs. Winner Match 4
Feb. 9 Antigua vs. Winner Match 5
Feb. 10 Guyana vs. Bermuda
Quarterfinals
Feb. 13 Winner Match 6 vs. Winner Match 7
Feb. 15 Winner Match 8 vs. Winner Match 9
Feb. 16 Winner Match 10 vs. Winner Match 11
Feb. 17 Winner Match 12 vs. Winner Match 13
