Top cricketers named in Stanford Superstars
Published:Thursday | August 14, 2008 | 5:16 PM
Top West Indies players Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo were named in a 17-man Stanford Superstars squad to face England in the Stanford 20/20 match on Novermber 1.
The match is scheduled to take place at the Stanford Cricket Ground in Antigua. US$20 million will be up for grabs.
Apart from Gayle, the squad includes three other Jamaican players. They are opening batsman Xavier Marshall and fast bowlers Daren Powell and Jerome Taylor.
Three new faces were named to the squad in Lindon James of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Lionel Baker of Montserrat and Chad Hampson of Antigua and Barbuda.
All the selected players were presented with contracts for review and they will have 14 days to confirm their participation.
The Stanford Superstars Selection Panel will meet at a later day to select the captain and vice captain.