ECB hope Stanford deal will continue

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The American billionaire sparked rumours he was set to withdraw his backing of West Indies cricket after closing his office in Antigua and disbanding his promotional team of former players. The moves led to fears the five-year contract with the ECB, worth £11.4million, as well as the £13million annual Super Series might be in doubt.

But Collier maintains the "treasured relationship" with the Texan remains strong and told BBC Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek programme: "Clearly there were a number of well-published contractual issues with the West Indies Cricket Board which Allen Stanford referred to in his statements before this year's Stanford Super Series - and clearly they have got to be resolved before we return to Antigua next year."

He added: "But Sir Allen also made a big play of the fact that the matches in the quadrangular [tournament] will go ahead at Lord's this summer. That will be at the end of May, immediately prior to the Twenty20 World Cup in England."

The venues and opposition in those matches has yet to be confirmed, following the recent publication of next summer's fixtures.

"There will be a review, given those contractual issues," Collier added.

"Clearly he also says he treasures the relationship he has developed with the ECB and wishes to continue to work with us, particularly regarding the quadrangular series.

"There were some contractual issues with the West Indies board and their sponsors. They have to be resolved to go forwards, and I am sure they will be working very hard on those in the near future.

"The two events in Antigua and the UK are inter-linked, so we would not expect one to go ahead normally without the other. The two matches feed off each other really well, and we hope they will be able to go ahead for a number of years."

Stanford's dispute with the WICB is believed to be over sponsorship, and almost caused November's Stanford Super Series match in Antigua to be cancelled.