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Stanford 20/20

Countries	West Indies
Format	Twenty20
First edition	2006
Latest edition	2008
Tournament format	Knockout
Number of teams	19 (2006), 21 (2008)
Current champion	Trinidad & Tobago
Qualification	Stanford Super Series

The Stanford 20/20 was a short-lived cricket tournament in the Caribbean island of Antigua. It was held first in July and August 2006 in the West Indies at the Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, and then again in the same place in 2008. It was a variety of the popular Twenty20 format, which had been first introduced in English cricket in 2003. The tournament was separate to the Stanford Super Series, which was held in late 2008.

The tournament was privately devised and funded by wealthy American businessman Allen Stanford, who held Antiguan dual nationality. It has been alleged that Stanford's creation of the tournament was a method of laundering his income from the fraudulent business schemes for which he is now serving a lengthy penal sentence in the USA.

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). The 2008 season was part of the official calendar of the WICB.

2006 tournament

In 2006 a total of 16 teams was in the competition and the final was played between Guyana led by Ramnaresh Sarwan and Trinidad led by Daren Ganga, And what a trilling final it was, one where Guyana took the trophy and 1 Million USD home, Travis Dowlin was an instrumental part of them winning scoring 80 from 60 but had to retire hurt and Ramnaresh Sarwan saw them to the finish line with his 49 from 40. This was the beginning of T20 cricket in the West Indies.

Qualifying matches

United States Virgin Islands 145/7 (20 overs)

v

Sint Maarten 98 (18 overs)

Cayman Islands  175/4 (20 overs)

v

Bahamas 118/9 (20 overs)

British Virgin Islands 105/9 (20 overs)

v

St Lucia 106/3 (14.3 overs)

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Guyana

116/2

Montserrat

115/8

Guyana

168/7

Jamaica

75/1

Jamaica

163/6

Bermuda

74

Guyana

160/4

Grenada

84/4

Grenada

158/8

Dominica

83

Grenada (D/L)

70/3

St Vincent

96/5

St Vincent

122/7

United States Virgin Islands

92

Guyana

176/5

Nevis

104/3

Trinidad and Tobago

175/6

St Kitts

100

Nevis

213/3

Antigua

146/9

Antigua

170/9

St Lucia

98/9

Nevis

136/9

Trinidad and Tobago

93/2

Trinidad and Tobago

210/6

Cayman Islands

92

Trinidad and Tobago

142/9

Barbados

141/6

Barbados

96

Anguilla

103/7

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).

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 was rejected, Sint Maarten (Cuba's destined opponent in the preliminary round) received a bye.

Preliminary matches

Sint Maarten

v

Cuba

• Cuba were barred from participating in the tournament; St Maarten received a bye to the next round

St Lucia 134/8 (20 overs)

v

Cayman Islands 88/8 (20 overs)

Dominica 139/7 (20 overs)

v

British Virgin Islands 73 (17.2 overs)

Turks and Caicos Islands  67/9 (20 overs)

v

Montserrat 70/1 (7.3 overs)

St Kitts 130/8 (20 overs)

v

United States Virgin Islands 131/6 (19.2 overs)

Brackets

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

St Vincent and the Grenadines

168/4

Sint Maarten

158/6

St Vincent and the Grenadines

107/8

Trinidad and Tobago

106/2

Trinidad and Tobago

166/7

St Lucia

105/9

Trinidad and Tobago

120

Grenada

177/6

Barbados

115/6

Anguilla

161/4

Grenada

98

Barbados

103/8

Barbados

152/4

Dominica

77

Trinidad and Tobago

94/1

Jamaica

191/4

Jamaica

93

Bahamas

73/7

Jamaica

123/2

Nevis

185/6

Nevis

121/8

Montserrat

111

Jamaica

143/7

Antigua

153/8

Guyana

142/8

United States Virgin Islands

131/6

Antigua

156/9

Guyana

63/1

Guyana

146/9

Bermuda

62/9

See also

• Stanford Super Series

Notes

1. Billionaire reveals Windies plan, BBC Sport, 4 October 2005
2. "WICB and Stanford agree five-year deal". cricinfo.com.
3. Stanford 20/20 has two new teams, The Bajan Reporter, 9 October 2007.
4. Cuba denied participation in Stanford 20/20, Cricinfo's Beyond the Test World, retrieved 19 December 2007

• West Indian domestic cricket competitions
• Defunct cricket competitions
• Stanford Financial Group
• Recurring sporting events established in 2006
• Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2008
• Sports leagues established in 2010
• 2006 establishments in Antigua and Barbuda