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Clarke re-elected in ECB despite Stanford fiasco

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Posted: Feb 24, 2009 at 1431 hrs IST

London: Giles Clarke was formally re-elected as chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Monday, despite criticism of his role in getting the England team embroiled with Allen Stanford, the Texas businessman accused of a nine-billion-dollar fraud.

Clarke's re-election had been assured since his only challenger, Jonathan Marland, withdrew from the race earlier this month after managing to secure the backing of only two of the 18 first-class counties.

Marland, who had been critical of the ECB's links to Stanford, may have fared better had the initial vote taken place after the Texan was charged with fraud by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

That emerged last week and prompted the ECB to terminate all its contracts with Stanford, ending plans for further Stanford Twenty20 matches in Antigua and regular international quadrangular Twenty20 events in England, the first of which was due to be played at Lord's in May.

ECB Chief Executive David Collier revealed on Sunday that he and Clarke had discussed their positions in the wake of the Stanford revelations but insisted they had never considered resigning.

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