Stanford speak

from the BBC

The American said Twenty20 would not threaten Test cricket, saying: "To me it's boring, but the Test game will always be here.

"It is important it stays not just for the purist but it is the foundation, it is the old school colonial thing of years gone by.

"It has a real purpose but I think of the 50-over game, its shelf-life may have come

Now, that wont go down well with the "trusted custodians" of the game, or will it...

England are "very likely" to compete in the Stanford Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Giles Clarke disclosed on Thursday.