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Round 11 saw victories to all five home teams, with England successfully defending the Warwick Todd Trophy against Zimbabwe.
Recent milestones:
- 1000 runs - Warwick Todd, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara
- 50 wickets - Waqar Younis, Darren Gough, Chaminda Vaas, Curtly Ambrose, Craig McDermott, Dominic Cork, Javagal Srinath, Greg Matthews, Robert Croft, Terry Alderman, Muttiah Muralitharan, Paul Strang, Mushtaq Ahmed, Wasim Akram
- 50 dismissals - Tim Zoehrer, Moin Khan, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Steve Rhodes, Andy Flower

As we approach the halfway mark of the Championship, injuries are really starting to test the depth of squads and also the skill of managers in juggling their players. A record number of players will be out of action in Round 9 with only Warwick Todd's XI and the previously injury-ravaged Zimbabwe at full strength. The full list of injured players is:
Ricky Ponting, Ian Healy; Nick Knight, Robin Smith, Steve Rhodes; Navjot Sidhu; Bryan Young, Chris Harris; Ijaz Ahmed; Hansie Cronje, Shaun Pollock; Asanka Gurusinha; Sherwin Campbell, Carl Hooper.
Warwick Todd became the first batsman to reach 1000 runs for the series, whilst Steve Rhodes and Tim Zoehrer both went past 50 dismissals.

Players on the injured list for Round 7 are: Shane Warne (1 week), Adam Parore (1 week), Shaun Pollock (3 weeks), Jayantha Silva (2 weeks), Greg Ritchie (1 week), Carl Hooper (1 week) and Gavin Rennie (1 week).

Players on the injured list are: Shane Warne (2 weeks), Robin Smith (1 week), Daniel Vettori (1 week), Simon Davis (1 week), Wasim Akram (1 week), Brian McMillan (1 week), Dean Jones (1 week), Ian Bishop (1 week), Gavin Rennie (2 weeks) and Alistair Campbell (1 week).

Webpage updates have been a bit slow recently, due to being very busy at work. I will try to catch things up at the weekend.

Winners in Round 3 are: England, India, Sri Lanka and Warwick Todd's XI, with New Zealand holding on for a draw against Zimbabwe.
Starring with the bat were: Aravinda de Silva (118), Gavin Rennie (115), Allan Border (111), Craig Wishart (108no), Steve Waugh (104), Greg Ritchie (103) and Murray Goodwin (101).
Starring with the ball were: Javagal Srinath (8/95), Chaminda Vaas (7/51), Saqlain Mushtaq (6/122), Terry Alderman (5/38), Anil Kumble (5/69), Curtly Ambrose (5/74), Mpumelo Mbangwa (5/83), Shayne O'Connor (5/95), Curtly Ambrose (5/98) and Darren Gough (5/112).
On the injured list are: Aravinda de Silva (1 week), Simon Doull (1 week), Mark Taylor (1 week), Nathan Astle (2 weeks), Roshan Mahanama (2 weeks), Steve Waugh (2 weeks), Ian Bishop (3 weeks) and Brian McMillan (3 weeks).

Some interesting scoring feats from Round 2:
- Fastest 50 - Graeme Wood (42 balls)
- Slowest 50 - Graeme Hick (145 balls)
- Fastest 100 - Graeme Wood (109 balls)
- Slowest 100 - Greg Matthews (203 balls)

Winners in Round 2 are: England, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Warwick Todd's XI.
Starring with the bat were: Llorne Howell (199), Aravinda de Silva (169), Brian Lara (162), Brian Lara (140no), Warwick Todd (131), Graeme Wood (123), Sherwin Campbell (117) and Greg Matthews (106no).
Starring with the ball were: Phil Tufnell (7/50), Glenn McGrath (5/30), Terry Alderman (5/53), Craig McDermott (5/74), Muttiah Muralitharan (5/75) and Darren Gough (5/84).
On the injured list are: David Boon (1 week), Alistair Campbell (1 week), Kumara Dharmasena (1 week), Allan Donald (1 week), Stephen Fleming (1 week), Roland Holder (1 week), Sunil Joshi (1 week), Henry Olonga (1 week) and Roshan Mahanama (3 weeks).

Australian Manager Mustafa Khan is expected to react strongly to their first round loss to Warwick Todd's XI. Several team changes are expected and rumours are circulating about Mark Taylor's hold on the captaincy. In a surprise move, Mustafa is likely to overlook the claims of both Steve Waugh and Ian Healy and is expected to announce the appointment of Shane Warne as captain.

After plenty of anxious moments, the League has kicked off with a great round of matches.
Under enormous pressure, Warwick Todd leads his team to a convincing win over Australia with a double century to clinch the Man Of The Match award.
First round winners are: England, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Warwick Todd's XI, whilst Sri Lanka and India fought out a draw.
Starring with the bat were: Warwick Todd (234), Dean Jones (174no), Rahul Dravid (171no), Sanath Jayasuriya (145), Sachin Tendulkar (133), Asanka Gurusunha (117), Kumara Dharmasena (102no) and Mark Ramprakash (100).
Starring with the ball were: Mpumelo Mbangwa (6/61), Shayne O'Connor (6/84), Darren Gough (5/14), Merv Hughes (5/53), Dominic Cork (5/64), Greg Matthews (5/71) and Chris Cairns (5/78).
On the injured list are: Kumara Dharmasena (2 weeks), Stephen Fleming (2 weeks), Henry Olonga (2 weeks), Dominic Cork (1 week), Andy Flower (1 week), Gary Kirsten (1 week), Ian Salisbury (1 week) and Craig Spearman (1 week).
Unrest reported in the Indian camp as Mohammad Azharuddin declares with Tendulkar on 98, re-igniting recent tension over the captaincy.

All ten positions are filled and the league is ready to go!
Nathan Porter announces his Pakistan squad and surprises by dropping new captain Rashid Latif. Wasim Akram is expected to lead the volatile Pakistanis in Rashid's absence.
Five managers have now supplied a photo for the website, putting enormous pressure on the others to do likewise.

Round 1 of the WTWTCC will be run on Sunday 24th May.
Managers should submit squads, teams and reports no later than 9.00 am (AEST) on Saturday 23rd May.

Former Australian Test batsman Warwick Todd will captain and manage a team of former Test greats, as the tenth team in the league.
In return for this generous donation of his time, the league shall be known as "Warwick Todd's World Test Cricket Championship".