20/20 OFF TO A FLYER. The most lucrative cricket tournament in the history of the game opened in Antigua yesterday evening with glitz, glamour and razzmatazz. The United States Virgin Islands (USVI) scored the first victory of the much heralded Stanford 20/20 competition with an easy 47-run victory over St Maarten. It was the first match of the US$36 million project bankrolled by Texas billionaire Allen Stanford. In this revolutionary version of the game in which the players traditionally wear white clothing, the combatants wore brightly coloured uniforms, bowled an orange ball, and batted with black bats. Above, Allen Stanford (left foreground) and West Indies cricket legend Sir Viv Richards greeting each other ahead of yesterday's opening match. In keeping with the festival spirit of the contest Stanford sent down a few balls to Sir Viv. (Picture by Colin Cumberbatch for Stanford 20/20.)