the england cricket team 's involvement with multi-billion-pound fraudster allen stanford .
great fast bowler ambrose never spoke to the media during his playing career but launched his aptly titled autobiography time to talk on the eve of the west indies-england series .
ambrose was one of the west indies stars , along with sir viv richards and richie richardson , who accompanied stanford when he flew by helicopter to the lord 's nursery ground in 2008 to launch his five-year deal .