Michael Vaughan has raised the stakes higher still for his cash-hunting England colleagues ahead of their £10million match in Antigua next month.

Former skipper Vaughan is going to be among those following events on television when Kevin Pietersen and his team attempt to win more that £500,000 a man by beating the West Indian Stanford Superstars in a Twenty20 game.

But while most members of Pietersen's side are trying to keep cool about a contest which will proceed as scheduled on 1 November after the settling of a sponsorship dispute in the Caribbean, Vaughan has no doubt the players are about to enter new territory.

"This one game is all about cash, and that's something no cricketer has had before," said Vaughan, who hopes to resume his England career next year. "I'm sure the guys will be a different sort of nervous on the day, but very excited because they'll realise the whole world of cricket, and many others as well, will be watching.

"I won't be involved but I'll be glued to the television watching it. The players will be desperate to win that amount of cash and it should be a great spectacle."

Paul Collingwood, who quit as one-day captain on the same day as Vaughan resigned as Test skipper last summer, is a certainty for Pietersen's side in Antigua.

"We don't know how we'll react until we get to the day," he admitted. "I'm sure there will be a few nerves.

"But I don't how much more pressurised you can feel than playing for England. Maybe after the game I'll say this is the worst I've ever experienced, but I'll always remember the last Test of the 2005 Ashes series. I've never been as nervous as that in my entire life. Can it get any worse than that?"

England cricket bosses, meanwhile, are expecting support from the International Cricket Council amid fears that Sri Lanka will send a second-string team to tour here early next summer as their star players all have Indian Premier League interests.