Like in the Packer era, West Indies cricket at its very best has been undervalued and its players underpaid. Like Packer, Stanford is a visionary putting money where his mouth is.

Jamaica is a very experienced side. They have a few West Indies players. It is going to be a very competitive game. We are looking forward to the challenge, and we are looking for an outright win.

potentially the single biggest private sector investment in cricket.

potentially the single greatest private sector investment in cricket since the Kerry Packer revolution 28 years ago.

Zimbabwe Cricket has really had it now. The players relented from a similar position to give ZC a further three weeks until the end of the month to pay the large sums of money owed them. But they are now simply walking away.

At a time when most workers in the country are receiving their annual bonuses, the cricket players are still owed match fees from three months ago and they feel they have not been given adequate attention and time to address the issues.