Kusal Mendis Scores 37th ODI Fifty Before Tri-Series Final
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Kusal Mendis is a cricket player from Sri Lanka. He plays ODI cricket for his country. Mendis just scored his 37th fifty in ODI cricket. A fifty means a player gets 50 or more runs in one game.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka are playing in a cricket tri-series. A tri-series has three teams. The final game is in India. Fans want to know when and where to watch it.
Cricket fans can check live scores, news, and stats online. Stats show numbers about a player's games. Many people enjoy watching big cricket matches like this final.
Vocabulary15 words
- ODI
- a type of cricket game; each team plays one day
- fifty
- 50 or more runs scored by one player in a game
- tri-series
- a competition with three teams
- scores
- numbers that show who is winning a game
- stats
- numbers that show how well a player plays
- batsman
- a player who hits the ball with a bat
- final
- the last and most important game
- runs
- points scored in cricket
- match
- one game of cricket
- team
- a group of players who play together
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- live
- happening now, in real time
- streaming
- watching video on the internet
- schedule
- a plan that shows game times
- country
- a nation, like Sri Lanka or Pakistan
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1. 37 2. India 3. Pakistan and Sri Lanka
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Kusal Mendis is a cricket player from _____. He plays ODI cricket for his country. Mendis just scored his 37th _____ in ODI cricket. A fifty means a player gets 50 or more _____ in one game.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka are playing in a cricket _____. A tri-series has three _____. The final game is in _____. Fans want to know when and where to watch it.
Cricket fans can check live _____, news, and _____ online. Stats show numbers about a player's games. Many people enjoy watching big cricket matches like this _____.
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