Bangladesh Close to Historic Test Win Over Australia
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Australia is playing Bangladesh in a cricket Test match.
This is the first Test between the two teams in this series.
Bangladesh is the visitor team in Australia.
On day three, Bangladesh got the wicket of Steve Smith.
Steve Smith is a famous Australian batter.
This wicket was very important for Bangladesh.
Now Bangladesh is close to winning the match.
A win for Bangladesh would be historic.
This means it would be a very special and rare event.
Bangladesh does not often win Test matches against Australia.
Fans are watching the match with great interest.
The match is still not finished.
More play will happen on the next days.
Everyone wants to see who wins.
Vocabulary15 words
- Test
- a long cricket match; can last five days
- visitor
- a team playing away from home
- wicket
- when a batter is out in cricket
- batter
- a player who hits the ball in cricket
- historic
- very important; happens rarely
- series
- a group of matches between two teams
- innings
- a turn for a team to bat
- bowler
- a player who throws the ball in cricket
- score
- the number of runs a team has
- match
- a game between two teams
- day three
- the third day of a Test match
- team
- a group of players
- win
- to beat the other team
- famous
- known by many people
- special
- not usual; different
Quiz
Answer key
1. Australia and Bangladesh 2. Steve Smith 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Australia is playing Bangladesh in a cricket _____ match.
This is the first Test between the two teams in this _____.
Bangladesh is the _____ team in Australia.
On day three, Bangladesh got the _____ of Steve Smith.
Steve Smith is a famous Australian _____.
This wicket was very important for _____.
Now Bangladesh is close to _____ the match.
A win for Bangladesh would be _____.
This means it would be a very special and rare _____.
Fans are watching the match with great _____.
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