BCCIs right! Ian Botham was at Stanfords bash
<p>Indian cricket board secretary Sanjay Patel points to Sir Ians double standards in promoting Texas financiers ill-fated T20 competition and then criticising the IPL at the Cowdrey Lecture on Wednesday</p>
England great Ian Botham (left) with Viv Richards, ECB boss Giles Clarke and Allen Stanford (right) in front of a case containing 20 million US dollars which Stanford put up for an England vs WI T20 fixture in June 2008. To Botham�s right is former W
New Delhi: Organisers of cricket’s Indian Premier League hit back angrily yesterday at former England all-rounder Ian Botham’s call for the tournament to be scrapped, criticising him for having the “temerity” to issue lectures.
England great Ian Botham left with Viv Richards, ECB boss Giles Clarke and Allen Stanford right in front of a case containing 20 million US dollars which Stanford put up for an England vs WI T20 fixture in June 2008. To Botham’s right is former WI pacer Curtly Ambrose. Pic/Getty Images.
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