Skipper Kevin Pietersen wins the toss and tells his Stanford Superstars counterpart Chris Gayle that England will bat first England 's hopes of winning the $20m prize suffer an early blow when Ian Bell sees his stumps sent crashing by Jerome Taylor for seven Taylor repeats his stump-smashing trick and dismisses Matt Prior one run later and England have lost both their openers for 22 England need a big knock from their skipper but Pietersen is bowled for seven after walking across his stumps and missing a straight one Andrew Flintoff clouts one four but then tries another and is clean-bowled by Kieron Pollard and England are in big trouble on 51-5 Billionaire backer Sir Allen Stanford (right) applauds his team as they continue to run through England's batting line-up Graeme Swann's dreams of buying a pink Ferrari look doomed after he is bowled by spinner Sulieman Benn and England are 64-8 Samit Patel strikes two lusty fours as he hits England's top score before being run out for 22 to leave his side 92-9 England's wives and girlfriends' hopes of a shopping spree are in disarray after their men are all out for 99 off 19.5 overs Steve Harmison shows his frustration after the big-hitting Gayle survives a scare early on in the Superstars' reply Andre Fletcher and Gayle touch gloves as they close in on England's meagre total, making batting look easy Fletcher, a little-known 20-year-old from Grenada, falls to his knees as the magnitude of his million-dollar win sinks in It's party time for the Stanford Superstars - 11 new dollar millionaires and a very happy support team In the best traditions of the tackiest game shows, the losers go home with nothing - and a pledge from Pietersen to "buy into" the format
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