Ireland Ready to Play England in Women's Cricket
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Ireland's women's cricket team will play England soon. The team is happy about this game. They will play in the Women's Championship.
The first match is a one-day international. This means the game finishes in one day. It is the first game between these two teams this year.
England wants to try new things. The English team is called 'forward-looking'. This means they look at the future, not the past.
England is starting a new plan. People call this a 'reset'. A reset means starting again in a fresh way.
Fans want to see a good match. Both teams want to win points in the Championship.
Vocabulary15 words
- Women's Championship
- a big cricket competition for women's teams
- one-day international
- a cricket match between two countries that ends in one day
- forward-looking
- thinking about the future
- reset
- starting something again in a new way
- eager
- very excited to do something
- face
- to play against another team
- series
- a group of matches played one after another
- team
- a group of players who play together
- match
- a game between two teams
- points
- numbers you get for winning in a competition
- competition
- a contest between teams to see who is best
- plan
- an idea about what to do next
- fresh
- new and different
- cricket
- a sport played with a bat and ball
- live
- happening now, shown as it happens
Quiz
Answer key
1. Ireland and England 2. A one-day international 3. They think about the future
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Ireland's women's cricket team will play _____ soon. The team is happy about this _____. They will play in the Women's _____.
The first match is a one-day _____. This means the game finishes in one _____. It is the first game between these two teams this year.
England wants to try new things. The English team is called '_____-looking'. This means they look at the future, not the past.
England is starting a new _____. People call this a '_____'. A reset means starting again in a fresh way.
Fans want to see a good _____. Both teams want to win _____ in the Championship.