Stanford 20/20

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Stanford 20/20
Sport	Twenty20
Founded	2005
Inaugural season	2006
No. of teams	21
Country(ies)	Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Most recent champion(s)	Trinidad & Tobago
Official website	http://www.stanford2020.com

The Stanford 20/20 Tournament is a cricket tournament in the Caribbean. It was first held in July and August 2006 in the West Indies at the Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. It is a variety of the popular Twenty20 format first introduced in English cricket in 2003.

The format was initially devised and made possible by Allen Stanford as a part of his (private) plan to bring West Indian cricket back to life.^[1] 19 teams took part in the inaugural knock-out tournament and 20 teams took part in the second tournament (although 21 teams were originally scheduled to take part). It will now be a part of the official calendar of the WICB.^[2]

Contents 1 Teams 2 2006 tournament 2.1 Qualifying 2.2 Round of 16 onwards 2.3 Winner 3 2008 tournament 3.1 Preliminary matches 3.2 Main round 3.2.1 Brackets 3.2.2 Round of 16 3.2.3 Quarter-Finals 3.2.4 Semi-Finals 3.3 Final 3.4 Winner 4 See also 5 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Teams

Anguilla Pro Team Antigua & Barbuda Pro Team Bahamas Barbados Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba (in 2008 [barred])

Dominica Dominican Republic (in 2009) Grenada Guyana Jamaica Montserrat Nevis Pro Team Puerto Rico (in 2009)

Saint Kitts Saint Lucia Pro Team Saint Maarten Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Trinidad & Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands (in 2008) United States Virgin Islands

In August 2007 the Stanford 20/20 Board of Directors announced the formation of further six professional teams in addition to the one previously established in Antigua & Barbuda as part of the Stanford 20/20 Professional League programme.^[3] Of the then seven teams Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Nevis and Saint Lucia will take part in the 2008 edition.

[edit] 2006 tournament

[edit] Qualifying

In the three Qualifying matches United States Virgin Islands beat Sint Maarten by 48 runs, Cayman Islands beat Bahamas by 57 runs and Saint Lucia beat British Virgin Islands by 7 wickets.

[edit] Round of 16 onwards

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Guyana

116/2

Montserrat

115/8

Guyana

168/7

Jamaica

163/6

Jamaica

75/1

Bermuda

74

Guyana

160/4

Grenada

158/8

Grenada

84/4

Dominica

83

Grenada

70/3

Saint Vincent

122/7

Saint Vincent

96/5

U.S. Virgin Islands

92

Guyana

176/5

Trinidad and Tobago

175/6

Nevis

104/3

Saint Kitts

100

Nevis

213/3

Antigua and Barbuda

170/9

Antigua

146/9

Saint Lucia

98/9

Nevis

136/9

Trinidad & Tobago

210/6

Trinidad & Tobago

93/2

Cayman Islands

92

Trinidad & Tobago

142/9

Barbados

96

Barbados

141/6

Anguilla

103/7

[edit] Winner

In an amazing run chase against Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana emerged the Stanford 20/20 Champion 2006.^[4]

[edit] 2008 tournament

Initially it was planned to include two additional teams from the region in the 2008 competition, Cuba and the Turks and Caicos Islands, increasing the number of teams participating to twenty-one (21).^[5] However, since the application required by US citizens (such as Stanford himself) and organisations to interact with the island under the United States embargo against Cuba has been turned down, Sint Maarten, Cuba's destined opponent in the preliminary round, received a bye.^[6]

[edit] Preliminary matches

25 January 2008
	Sint Maarten	vs	Cuba	Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's
Cuba barred from participating. St Maarten progressed to the next stage.

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26 January 2008
	Saint Lucia Pro Team  134/8 (20 overs)	vs	Cayman Islands 88/8 (20 overs)	St Lucia won by 46 runs Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: AAE James-Knight and BEW Morgan Man of the Match: Cletus Mathurin (St Lucia)
	Cletus Mathurin 39 Saheed Mohamed 3/35	scorecard	Pearson Best 24 Shervin Charles 2/8

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27 January 2008
	Dominica  139/7 (20 overs)	vs	British Virgin Is 73 all out (17.2 overs)	Dominica won by 66 runs Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: CE Mack and JJE Stevens Man of the Match: Roy Marshall (Dominica)
	Roy Marshall 40 Vishal Bharat 1/25	scorecard	Lennox Samuel 17 Liam Sebastien 5/20
Rain delayed Dominica's innings for 58 minutes

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29 January 2008
	Turks & Caicos  67/9 (20 overs)	vs	Montserrat 70/1 (7.3 overs)	Montserrat won by 9 wickets Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: CR Duncan and MRV James Man of the Match: Lionel Baker (Montserrat)
	Donovan Matthews 25 Lionel Baker 2/8	scorecard	Dolston Tuit 30 Henry Saunders 1/26

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30 January 2008
	Saint Kitts  130/8 (20 overs)	vs	U.S. Virgin Is 131/6 (19.2 overs)	U.S. Virgin Islands won by 4 wickets Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: AA Christopher and CR Duncan Man of the Match: Sherville Huggins (U.S. Virgin Islands)
	Steve Liburd 55 Dane Weston 2/14	scorecard	Sherville Huggins 43* Elsroy Powell 2/27

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[edit] Main round

[edit] Brackets

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

1 February

Saint Vincent

168/4

13 February

Sint Maarten

158/6

Saint Vincent

107/8

2 February

Trinidad & Tobago

166/7

Trinidad & Tobago

106/2

22 February

St Lucia Pro Team

105/9

Trinidad & Tobago

120

3 February

Barbados

115/6

Grenada

177/6

15 February

Anguilla Pro Team

161/4

Grenada

98

5 February

Barbados

152/4

Barbados

103/8

24 February

Dominica

77

Trinidad & Tobago

94/1

6 February

Jamaica

91

Jamaica

191/4

16 February

Bahamas

73/7

Jamaica

123/2

8 February

Nevis Pro Team

121/8

Nevis Pro Team

185/6

23 February

Montserrat

111

Jamaica

143/7

9 February

Guyana

142/8

Antigua Pro Team

153/8

17 February

U.S. Virgin Islands

131/6

Antigua Pro Team

136/9

10 February

Guyana

146/9

Guyana

63/1

Bermuda

62/9

[edit] Round of 16

1 February 2008
	St Vincent and the Grenadines  168/4 (20 overs)	vs	Sint Maarten 158/6 (20 overs)	St Vincent & the Grenadines won by 10 runs Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: CE Mack and N Malcolm Man of the Match: John Eugene (Sint Maarten)
	Lyndon James 73* Romain Doodnauth 1/11	scorecard	John Eugene 100* Orlanzo Jackson 3/23
John Eugene hit the first century in a Stanford 20/20 game.

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2 February 2008
	St Lucia Pro Team 105/9 (20 overs)	vs	Trinidad & Tobago 106/2 (12 overs)	Trinidad & Tobago won by 8 wickets Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: N Malcolm and JJE Stevens Man of the Match: Dave Mohammed (Trinidad & Tobago)
	Keddy Lesporis 45 Dave Mohammed 5/8	scorecard	Lendl Simmons 42 Shervin Charles 1/13

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3 February 2008
	Grenada 177/6 (20 overs)	vs	Anguilla Pro Team 161/4 (20 overs)	Grenada won by 16 runs Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: AL Kelly and CE Mack Man of the Match: Andre Fletcher (Grenada)
	Andre Fletcher 70 Chaka Hodge 2/26	scorecard	Montcin Hodge 75* Troy George 1/22

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5 February 2008
	Barbados  103/8 (20 overs)	vs	Dominica 77 all out (16 overs)	Barbados won by 26 runs Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: T Birbal and AL Kelly Man of the Match: Sulieman Benn (Barbados)
	Ryan Hinds 38* Mervin Matthew 3/18	scorecard	Samuel Mitchell 15* Khalid Springer 4/20

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6 February 2008
	Jamaica  191/4 (20 overs)	vs	Bahamas 73/7 (20 overs)	Jamaica won by 118 runs Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: T Birbal and JJE Stevens Man of the Match: Danza Hyatt (Jamaica)
	Danza Hyatt 71 Lee Melville 1/33	scorecard	Ryan Tappin 25* David Bernard 2/15

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8 February 2008
	Nevis Pro Team 185/6 (20 overs)	vs	Montserrat 111 all out (16.4 overs)	Nevis won by 74 runs Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: GE Greaves and MRV James Man of the Match: Joel Simmonds (Nevis)
	Joel Simmonds 37 McPherson Meade 2/22	scorecard	Trevor Semper 35 Ian Byron 3/21

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9 February 2008
	Antigua Pro Team 153/8 (20 overs)	vs	U.S. Virgin Islands 131/6 (20 overs)	Antigua and Barbuda won by 24 runs Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: VV Bullen and GE Greaves Man of the Match: Calvin Lewis (U.S. Virgin Islands)
	Wilden Cornwall 30 Calvin Lewis 3/16	scorecard	Sherville Huggins 46 Anthony Martin 2/25

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10 February 2008
	Bermuda  62/9 (20 overs)	vs	Guyana 63/1 (11.2 overs)	Guyana won by 9 wickets Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: VV Bullen and AA Christopher Man of the Match: Neil McGarrell (Guyana)
	David Hemp 23 Lennox Cush 3/9	scorecard	Sewnarine Chattergoon 31* Traddie Simpson 1/21

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[edit] Quarter-Finals

13 February 2008
	Trinidad & Tobago  166/7 (20 overs)	vs	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 107/8 (20 overs)	Trinidad & Tobago won by 59 runs Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: BR Doctrove and AAE James-Knight Man of the Match: Dwayne Bravo (Trinidad & Tobago)
	Dwayne Bravo 62 Keon Peters 2/27	scorecard	Deighton Butler 33* Samuel Badree 2/9

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15 February 2008
	Barbados  152/4 (20 overs)	vs	Grenada 98 all out (18.1 overs)	Barbados won by 54 runs Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: BR Doctrove and AAE James-Knight Man of the Match: Jonathan Carter (Barbados)
	Jonathan Carter 61 Dennis George 1/24	scorecard	Camilus Alexander 20 Derrick Bishop 3/19

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16 February 2008
	Nevis Pro Team 121/8 (20 overs)	vs	Jamaica 123/2 (17.4 overs)	Jamaica won by 8 wickets Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: VV Bullen and BEW Morgan Man of the Match: Marlon Samuels (Jamaica)
	Daynason Browne 25 Jerome Taylor 3/39	scorecard	Marlon Samuels 46 Ian Byron 1/20

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17 February 2008
	Guyana  146/9 (20 overs)	vs	Antigua Pro Team 136/9 (20 overs)	Guyana won by 10 runs Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: T Birbal and AL Kelly Man of the Match: Sylvester Joseph (Antigua and Barbuda)
	Travis Dowlin 57 Chad Hampson 3/23	scorecard	Sylvester Joseph 63* Royston Crandon 4/33

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[edit] Semi-Finals

22 February 2008
	Trinidad & Tobago  120 all out (19.1 overs)	vs	Barbados 115/6 (20 overs)	Trinidad and Tobago won by 5 runs Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: GE Greaves and N Malcolm Man of the Match: Patrick Browne (Barbados)
	William Perkins 43 Dwayne Smith 4/9	scorecard	Patrick Browne 55 Sherwin Ganga 2/18

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23 February 2008
	Jamaica  143/7 (20 overs)	vs	Guyana 142/8 (20 overs)	Jamaica won by 1 run Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: BR Doctrove and CE Mack Man of the Match: Lennox Cush (Guyana)
	Danza Hyatt 59 Lennox Cush 3/8	scorcard	Royston Crandon 35 Jerome Taylor 2/14

[edit] Final

24 February 2008
	Jamaica  91 all out (16.4 overs)	vs	Trinidad & Tobago 94/1 (9.2 overs)	Trinidad & Tobago won by 9 wickets Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's Umpires: BR Doctrove and GE Greaves Man of the Match: Dave Mohammed (Trinidad & Tobago)
	Marlon Samuels 27 Dave Mohammed 4/20	scorecard	William Perkins 50* Jerome Taylor 1/19

[edit] Winner

Coming back from the 2006 performance as runners-up, Trinidad & Tobago emerged as the Stanford 20/20 Champion 2008 by beating Jamaica by 9 wickets in the final.

[edit] See also

• Cricket carnival
• Antigua and Barbuda

[edit] External links

• Official website

• Stanford 2020 - You Gotta See This

• Allen Stanford Blog on Cricket-Other Sports

• Discussion About the 2007 Tournament

• Cricinfo.com tournament page

[edit] Notes