Plenty of reasons to smile

Sir Allen Stanford said earlier this week that judgement on his tournament should be reserved until the millions had been divvied out, and the bigger picture had come fully into focus. By the end of a seismic night in Antigua, the point of his enterprise had become as chandelier-clear as the breathtaking fireworks that erupted over the ground, as eleven West Indian cricketers were welcomed, blinking and incredulous, into a world in which they need to never struggle again.
"This is better than anything in the world, I'll tell you straight up," said the Superstars captain, Chris Gayle. "We created history tonight. If anyone said to me that one game would bring so much pressure I'd have said it was a lie. But this is the most pressure I have ever felt, coming into this game. I'm just grateful for the way my family brought me up. My back is broad. I can handle the pressure."