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It’s the largest prize money ever in the history of cricket!   It’s more than the World Cup, more than the Champion’s Trophy, more than any tri series.

The Stanford 20/20 Super Stars will take on the South Africa cricket team in a colossal five million US dollar clash in November at the Stanford Cricket Ground in Antigua.

It is no double header, no best-of-three, no series, it is a single clash – two teams, one game, five million US dollars – winner takes all!

The competition is part of Antiguan financier Allen Stanford’s quest to revive Caribbean cricket and renew the region’s passion for the sport.

The Stanford 20/20 Super Stars will comprise the most outstanding players of the Stanford 20/20 Tournament to be staged in July and August also at the Stanford Cricket Ground. This tournament, the largest ever in the Caribbean, will bring together 19 teams from across the region in a single elimination competition for a grand prize of one million US dollars.

The Stanford 20/20 Super Stars will be hand-selected by the 14 Stanford cricket legends who also comprise the Board of Directors for the tournament.

The South African team has already confirmed their participation through the South Africa Cricket Board.

“This historic Stanford Super Stars match against South Africa will be the exclamation point on what will have been an exciting fast-paced tournament,” said Stanford. “The members of this Super Star team will be the cream of the crop from the 240+ players that we will see during the tournament in July and August. Some of the people on this team will have never been heard of before, but after this match their names will go down in the annals of cricket history.”

The legends are also very excited about the lucrative match. “This is an awesome opportunity for the cricketers in the Caribbean and they should be very excited by the prospect of being chosen for the Super Star team,” said Desmond Haynes. “The players that are a part of this Super Star team will be a part of history and it will be something that they will cherish forever”.

Ian Bishop also felt it was an amazing opportunity, “the international interest in this match will be unrivalled for a match of this nature, it is already making headlines around the world as is the regional tournament and it has not even started as yet!”

The South Africans are one of the best at the shortened format of the game. Earlier this year they set a world One Day International record by chasing down 434 to beat Australia in what was the greatest run chase in the history of one-day cricket. The Proteas have developed a team of high-quality batsmen, dynamic all-rounders, crafty bowlers and world-class fielders.

The match will be televised around the region and internationally and is sponsored by Caribbean Sun and Caribbean Star airlines.