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Stanbic Bank 20 Series The Stanbic Bank Twenty20 formerly known as the Metropolitan Bank Twenty20 is the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Zimbabwe. It was formed in 2007 and maintained by Zimbabwe Cricket. It features all the national and domestic players from Zimbabwe and some international stars. The best players in this tournament will form as Zimbabwe Chevrons to play in the Standard Bank Pro 20 Series in South Africa. Recently, the tournament has risen in profile with some high-quality cricket, and the attraction of major international stars such as Brian Lara, Ryan Sidebottom, Chris Gayle, Shaun Tait, Ian Harvey, and Dirk Nannes. The tournament particularly rose in profile after the reorganization of cricket in Zimbabwe. It was so successful in the 2009–10 season (the inaugural edition after the rename of the tournament) that the tournament was again held in November. In 2009–10, a domestic-cricket record 7500 spectators came into the Harare Sports Club to see the final between Mountaineers and Mashonaland Eagles. Mountaineers is the current champion defeating Mashonaland Eagles in the 2011–12 Stanbic Bank 20 Series Final. It is currently sponsored by Stanbic Bank (Uganda) Limited.
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Shaun Tait Shaun William Tait (born 22 February 1983 in Nairne, South Australia) is a former Australian cricketer, who recently retired from all three formats of the game. Tait had geninue pace and could bowl at 155kph regularly. Tait played in the Big Bash League for the Hobart Hurricanes and has represented Australia at Twenty20 International level; he has also represented his country in One Day Internationals and Test matches. He is a right arm fast bowler. Tait retired from One Day International cricket on 28 March 2011, following Australia's early exit from the 2011 Cricket World Cup. In March 2017, Tait announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
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James Leadbetter James Leadbetter (born 23 December 1980) is an English former professional snooker player.
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Roger Tait Roger Tait is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented his country in the 1968 World Cup.
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2012–13 Scottish Premier Under-20 League The 2012–13 Scottish Premier Under 20 League (also known as the "Clydesdale Bank Under-20 Premier League" due to sponsorship reasons) was the fifteenth season of the Scottish Premier under-20 League, the highest youth Scottish football league, and also the first season under the new under 20 format. It began on August 2012 and ended in May 2013.
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Philip Salt Philip Dean Salt (born 28 August 1996) is a Welsh-born cricketer who plays for Sussex County Cricket Club. Primarily an aggressive right-handed opening batsman, he also bowls right-arm medium-pace. Salt attended Reed's School.
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Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited (SBU) is a commercial bank in Uganda and is licensed by the Bank of Uganda, the national banking regulator.
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Scott Gibbs Ian Scott Gibbs (born 23 January 1971) is a former rugby footballer who represented Wales and the Lions in rugby union and Wales and Great Britain in rugby league. His most memorable feats were his performance in the 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa (in which he was named "Player of the Series") and the superb individual try he scored in the dying minutes of the last ever Five Nations match in 1999 against England.
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NatWest t20 Blast The NatWest T20 Blast is a professional Twenty 20 cricket league in England and Wales run by the ECB from 2014. The league consists of the 18 first-class county teams divided into two divisions of nine teams each. This setup, which was first announced in November 2013, replaced the Friends Life t20 competition as the main domestic Twenty20 competition in England and Wales.
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Robin Sutcliffe Robin Victor Sutcliffe (born 10 July 1980) is a former English cricketer. Sutcliffe was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
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Shaun Squires Shaun Squires (born 20 March 1990) is a rugby league player who plays for the Dewsbury Rams in the Kingstone Press Championship. He plays as a second row and centre.
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Ian Bell Ian Ronald Bell MBE (born 11 April 1982, Coventry) is an English cricketer who played international cricket for the England cricket team. He currently plays county cricket for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed higher/middle order batsman, described in "The Times" as an "exquisite rapier," who is a very good cover driver on the off side. He is an occasional right-arm medium pace bowler and a slip fielder. He is also noted for his sharp reflexes and often fields in close catching positions. He has scored twenty-two Test centuries and four ODI 100s. He is one of only a handful of batsman to have scored a test century against all current test playing nations (this excludes Zimbabwe). In 2015, he became the second player since Ian Botham to be involved in 5 Ashes series wins.
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2010 Clydesdale Bank 40 The 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40 tournament was the inaugural ECB 40 limited overs cricket competition for the English and Welsh first-class counties. In addition to the 18 counties, Scotland and the Netherlands took part, as well as the Unicorns, a team of players who did not have first-class contracts.
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Ram Slam T20 Challenge The T20 Challenge is the premier Twenty20 Cricket competition in South Africa, first contested in the 2003–04 season. It was previously known as the Standard Bank Pro20 Series until the 2010–11 season, the MiWay T20 Challenge for the 2011–12 season and most recently as the RamSlam T20 Challenge. The current champions are the Multiply Titans.
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Barry Tait Barry Tait (born 17 June 1938) is an English former professional footballer who played as an inside forward.
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Nigel Popplewell Nigel Francis Mark Popplewell (born 8 August 1957) is a former English first-class cricketer who made over 200 appearances for Somerset between 1979 and 1985. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, Popplewell also occasionally played as wicket-keeper.
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Shaun Birbeck Shaun Birbeck (born 26 July 1972) is a former English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Durham. Birbeck's first-class career began in 1994, having represented the team in the Second XI Championship the previous year.
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International Open Series The International Open Series (often referred to as Pontins International Open Series or PIOS for sponsorship purposes), was a series of snooker tournaments that ran from the 2001/2002 season until the 2009/2010 season. It was originally called the Open Tour but was renamed in 2005/2006.
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Tony Stanger Anthony George Stanger (born 14 May 1968) is a former Scottish international rugby union player, and is Scotland's joint record try scorer with 23 tries.
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David M. Tait David Martin Tait OBE (born September 29, 1947) is a Scottish-born commercial airline executive, brand/marketing consultant, writer and syndicated travel columnist best known for his work as the architect of the Virgin Atlantic Airways business plan and the company’s first employee in North America. During his career, Tait has served in senior executive and advisory positions for a number of airlines and travel-related companies.
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Massimo Taibi Massimo Taibi (] ; born 18 February 1970) is a retired Italian footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for several clubs, mostly in Italy's Serie A, B, and C1. He had a brief spell at English club Manchester United.
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Tai Webster Tai Jack Webster (born May 29, 1995) is a New Zealand basketball player. He played college basketball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He has previously played professionally in both the Australian National Basketball League and the New Zealand National Basketball League, winning championship in 2012 with the Auckland Pirates and in 2012–13 with the New Zealand Breakers.