Middlesex CCC chief executive Vinny Codrington is refusing to get carried away by all the riches being promised to the Twenty20 champions.

The county lifted the Twenty Cup on Saturday, their first silverware in 15 years, by beating Kent in a thrilling final at Hamsphire's Rose Bowl.

Victory earned them a match against Trinidad & Tobago on October 27, which will net the county s50,000 - plus a further s90,000 if they win - as well as other non-payment games against England and an all-star XI.

And  the proposed Twenty20 Champions League in Dubai could be the real money-spinner if it goes ahead, with millions of pounds at stake.

But Codrington said: "I have no idea how much the Twenty20 win will mean to us financially as what is going to happen next seems to change daily.

"The Stanford games (a series of cash-rich one-offs funded by US billionaire Allen Stanford) will mean a bit of cash for clubs and players, but it's not clear whether or not the Champions League will actually happen, so we're not concentrating too much on it.

"My real concern is that we haven't been batting well in any four-day cricket, and the County Championship is our bread-and-butter."

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