Jos Buttler Breaks Rohit Sharma's T20I Record as England Beat Sri Lanka
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Jos Buttler is a cricket player from England. He broke a big record that was held by Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma is a famous player from India. Buttler scored 80 runs in a fast way. He hit the ball very hard against the bowlers.
Harry Brook is another England player. He scored a very fast century. This means he made 100 runs quickly. It was the second-fastest century in T20I cricket ever.
England played against Sri Lanka in a T20I match. England won the game by 119 runs. This is a very big win in cricket. Sonny Baker played his first match for England. He got 3 wickets in this game.
Ben Stokes is the England team captain. He talked about Kevin Pietersen in a funny way. First he said something bad, but then he explained it was a joke.
Vocabulary8 words
- record
- the best result ever done
- century
- 100 runs in cricket
- wickets
- when a batsman is out in cricket
- T20I
- a short type of international cricket match
- bowler
- the player who throws the ball
- captain
- the leader of a sports team
- innings
- the time a team bats in cricket
- debut
- a player's first match
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Answer key
1. Rohit Sharma's 2. 119 runs 3. Yes
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Jos Buttler is a cricket player from _____. He broke a big _____ that was held by Rohit Sharma.
Buttler scored _____ runs in a fast way.
Harry Brook scored a very fast _____.
It was the second-fastest _____ in T20I cricket ever.
England played against _____ in a T20I match.
England won the game by _____ runs.
Sonny Baker played his first match for _____.
He got _____ wickets in this game.
Ben Stokes is the England team _____.
He talked about Kevin Pietersen in a funny _____.
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