Bangladesh Beats Australia in Historic Test Win in Darwin
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Bangladesh won a big cricket match against Australia. The match was in Darwin, Australia. This was a Test match. A Test match is a long cricket game. It can last five days.
This was a special win for Bangladesh. They never beat Australia in a Test match before. This was their first win ever. People call this win historic. Historic means very important in history.
Australia batted two times in this match. This is called an innings. In their second innings, Australia scored 284 runs. Then they were all out. All out means every player got out.
After this, Bangladesh needed only 57 runs to win. This is called a target. A target is the number of runs a team needs. Bangladesh got these runs and won the match.
One Australian player named Green scored 100 runs. This is called a century. A century is 100 runs by one player.
A Bangladesh player named Mehdi took 5 wickets. A wicket means one player is out. Taking 5 wickets in one innings is a great result for a bowler.
Fans in Bangladesh were very happy. This win will stay in cricket history for a long time.
Vocabulary8 words
- cricket
- a sport played with a bat and ball
- Test
- a long cricket match; can be five days
- historic
- very important in history
- innings
- one turn of batting for a team
- all out
- when every player on a team is out
- target
- the number of runs a team needs to win
- century
- 100 runs made by one player
- wickets
- when a batter is out
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1. Bangladesh 2. 57 3. True
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Bangladesh won a big _____ match against Australia. The match was in Darwin, Australia. This was a _____ match.
This was a special win for Bangladesh. They never beat Australia in a Test match before. People call this win _____.
Australia batted two times in this match. In their second innings, Australia scored 284 runs. Then they were _____.
After this, Bangladesh needed only 57 runs to win. This is called a _____.
One Australian player named Green scored 100 runs. This is called a _____.
A Bangladesh player named Mehdi took 5 _____.
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