Stanford Mania

Part 1:

The England and WI cricket board were jumping with joy when Alan Stanford declared the Stanford 20-20 match between England-WI. A "winner takes all" match had a prize money of $20M (Approx. Rs. 100 Cr). It was totally insane situation according to me. Why would you give away 20M for a single match, and that too twenty-twenty? How on the earth does it help? It was beyond my conscious. WI won that match and each of WI cricketer(even the reserves) became a millionaire for nothing.

Part 2:

Despite receiving so much of money in World cup and Stanford cup, the WI failed miserably in hosting a test match in Antigua. The match was abandoned after just 10 balls. Sir Viv Richard called it an arrow straight through his heart. And last week saw something more interesting. Stanford has been charged by US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a fraud of $8 million. I guess it just tells you where excessive greed leads one to….