Summary
KEVIN PIETERSEN promised to crack down on any England player tempted to indulge in Loadsamoney behaviour by flashing their wad at the world should they become filthy rich in Antigua next week, saying: 'I will not accept anyone behaving like a clown.' Allen Stanford probably expected a display of fawning gratitude when he decided to stump up $20million for the winners of one game of Twenty20 cricket. Instead, if the England captain has his way, he is going to be treated to a show of traditional English reserve and almost embarrassment should his team walk away with more than [pounds]500,000 each for three hours' work.
The ECB's decision to embrace vulgarity in the form of hiring out the England team for this get-richquick scheme could not have come at a worse time in terms of its clash with the worldwide financial crisis.See the full content of this document
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Don't Dare Flash the Cash If We Win, Says Pietersen
Yet, thankfully, Pietersen made all the right noises at Lord's yesterday and probably disappointed his American paymaster when he promised restraint if and when England defeat the Stanford Super Stars, basically the ...
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