Banton's Century and Top Bowling Help England Beat Australia
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England's cricket team beat Australia in a one-day match. The team has not played well all the time this year. But this game was very good for them.
Tom Banton was the best player with the bat. He scored a century. This means he made 100 runs or more in the game.
Two bowlers also played very well. Their names are Sonny Baker and Gus Atkinson. A bowler throws the ball at the other team's batter.
England played so well that they beat Australia by a lot. This is called a hammering in sport. It means a very big win.
People say England's team is inconsistent. This means they play well sometimes, but not always. Some games they win big, and some games they play badly.
This win was a good day for English cricket. Fans hope the team can play like this more often.
Vocabulary5 words
- century
- 100 runs or more scored by one player
- bowler
- a player who throws the ball at the batter
- hammering
- a very big win in a game
- inconsistent
- not the same every time; sometimes good, sometimes bad
- one-day match
- a cricket game that finishes in one day
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1. Tom Banton 2. Bowling 3. False
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England's cricket team beat Australia in a one-day _____. The team has not played well all the _____ this year. But this game was very good for them.
Tom Banton was the best player with the bat. He scored a _____. This means he made 100 runs or more in the game.
Two _____ also played very well. Their names are Sonny Baker and Gus Atkinson. A bowler throws the ball at the other team's batter.
England played so well that they beat Australia by a lot. This is called a _____ in sport. It means a very big win.
People say England's team is _____. This means they play well sometimes, but not always.
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