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ECB wants four Twenty20 events

The England and Wales Cricket Board is set to launch four new Twenty20 tournaments.

According to UK press reports the ECB is looking into starting: an annual series of one-off Twenty20 matches in Antigua between England and a West Indies XI; a $1 million four-team annual Twenty20 tournament at Lord's; a revamped domestic Twenty20 league; and the Champions' League, involving the Twenty20 leaders from four countries playing for $1 million.

The ECB is reported to be set to sign agreements with the West Indies Cricket Board and American billionaire Sir Allen Stanford to create two of the new multi-million dollar international Twenty20 competitions, the annual series in Antigua and the Lords based event.