India Hold 178-Run Lead Despite Dinusha's Century
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India are winning the first Test match against Sri Lanka. Two Indian players, Suthar and Jadeja, took seven wickets together. This gave India a big lead of 178 runs.
Suthar and Jadeja are spin bowlers. They bowl the ball with spin to trick the batsman. Their good bowling stopped Sri Lanka from scoring many runs.
But Sri Lanka fought back. A player named Dinusha scored 100 runs. This is called a century. It was his first century in a Test match. We call this a maiden century.
Even with Dinusha's great innings, Sri Lanka could not stop India's lead. India still have the advantage in this match. The match is happening in Sri Lanka.
Vocabulary9 words
- Test
- a long cricket match that can last five days
- wickets
- when a bowler gets a batsman out
- lead
- when one team has more runs than the other team
- spin bowlers
- players who bowl the ball with a curve to trick the other player
- batsman
- a player who hits the ball with a bat
- century
- when a player scores 100 runs in one game
- maiden century
- a player's very first 100 runs in this kind of game
- innings
- the turn a team or player has to bat
- match
- a game between two teams
Quiz
Answer key
1. Seven 2. 178 3. Yes
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
India are winning the first Test match against Sri Lanka. Two Indian players, Suthar and Jadeja, took seven _____ together. This gave India a big _____ of 178 runs.
Suthar and Jadeja are spin _____. They bowl the ball with spin to trick the _____. Their good bowling stopped Sri Lanka from scoring many runs.
But Sri Lanka fought back. A player named Dinusha scored 100 runs. This is called a _____. It was his first century in a Test match. We call this a maiden _____.
Even with Dinusha's great _____, Sri Lanka could not stop India's lead. India still have the _____ in this match.