England Cricket Team Talks After Nightclub Incident
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England cricket player Josh Tongue spoke about his team. He said captain Joe Root sent a message to the players. Tongue said the message has "100%" arrived. This means all players understood it.
The message came after a problem with player Brydon Carse. Carse was in a nightclub incident before an important match. The match is called a Test. It will happen at Lord's, a famous cricket ground in London.
Joe Root felt "hacked off" about the incident. This means he was angry and unhappy. He did not want problems before the big match.
This is not the first nightclub problem for England cricket. People are now asking questions about the team's drinking culture. This means how much some players drink alcohol and go out at night.
The team wants to focus on cricket. They hope there will be no more problems before the Lord's Test.
Vocabulary15 words
- nightclub
- a place where people go at night to dance and drink
- Test
- a long, important cricket match between two countries
- drinking culture
- the way a group of people usually drink alcohol
- hacked off
- a way to say someone is angry
- captain
- the leader of a sports team
- incident
- a small event, often a problem
- landed
- here it means a message was understood by people
- build-up
- the time before an important event
- cricket
- a sport played with a bat and ball
- ground
- a place where a sport is played
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- message
- words sent to tell people something
- focus
- to give full attention to something
- problem
- something bad that causes trouble
- important
- very needed or serious
Quiz
Answer key
1. Joe Root 2. A nightclub incident 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
England cricket player Josh Tongue spoke about his _____. He said captain Joe Root sent a _____ to the players. Tongue said the message has "100%" _____.
The message came after a problem with player Brydon _____. Carse was in a nightclub incident before an important match. The match is called a _____. It will happen at Lord's, a famous cricket _____ in London.
Joe Root felt "_____ off" about the incident. This means he was angry and unhappy.
This is not the first nightclub problem for England cricket. People are now asking questions about the team's _____ culture.
The team wants to _____ on cricket. They hope there will be no more _____ before the Lord's Test.