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Sir Viv Richards hits for six, back when they wore whites.
Antigua—First there was the test match, then there was the one-day international... and then there was
Twenty20: New
cricket, in which (bear with me) each team bowls 20 overs in a single innings. In other words, the match lasts only three hours, and nobody dozes off. Now, add another 20—as in, $20 million—to the mix. This is the pot financier
Sir Allen Stanford put up for his England vs. West Indies series that kicks off November 1 at the cricket ground he built in Antigua. With local legend
Sir
Viv Richards on board, the aim is to revive the glory of the sport. And to keep us all awake.
"Cooking with Art" originally appeared in the Fall 2008 issue of Culture+Travel. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Culture+Travel's Fall 2008 Table of Contents.