Former England batsman Chris Broad has emerged as a hero after the armed ambush in Pakistan that killed eight people and wounded eight Sri Lankan Test cricketers.
ICC referee Broad hailed as attack hero
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England cricket board severs Stanford links
The England and Wales Cricket Board have confirmed they have terminated all contractual links with Sir Allen Stanford — the Texan billionaire charged with an alleged nine billion dollars fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission. All negotiations between the ECB and Stanford were immediately suspended when the news broke on Tuesday — and the governing body has now formally announced they will not play any further Stanford Twenty20 matches in Antigua as well as shelving plans for the Quadrangular Twenty20 events, which were due to start at Lord’s in May.
England cricket board sever Stanford links
The England and Wales Cricket Board have confirmed they have terminated all contractual links with Sir Allen Stanford — the Texan billionaire charged with an alleged nine billion dollars fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission. All negotiations between the ECB and Stanford were immediately suspended when the news broke on Tuesday — and the governing body has now formally announced they will not play any further Stanford Twenty20 matches in Antigua as well as shelving plans for the Quadrangular Twenty20 events, which were due to start at Lord’s in May
Indian hepatitis outbreak leaves 19 dead
Health officials in India’s Gujarat state are investigating a hepatitis outbreak that has left 19 people dead in less than two weeks, authorities said Wednesday. A statement on the official Web site of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) www.ecb-co.uk confirmed that joint talks with the West Indies Cricket Board over a “new sponsorship deal” had been called off. Stanford backed a much-criticized $20 million winner takes all Twenty20 match between his all-star team and England in Antigua last November.