Mehidy's Grit Puts Australia on Brink of Historic Defeat
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Bangladesh is close to a big win against Australia. This is in a cricket Test match in Darwin.
A Test match is a long cricket game. It can last five days.
Player Mehidy Hasan Miraz played very well for Bangladesh. He showed a lot of grit. Grit means you do not give up.
Mehidy's play was very focused. Focused means you think about only one thing.
Australia's play was more casual. Casual means not careful or serious.
Australia is now fighting hard to resist losing the match. Resist means to fight against something.
Australia's batting has problems again. Batting is when a player hits the ball with a bat.
People say this could be a historic loss for Australia. Historic means very important in history.
Many people think Bangladesh will win. This would be a big surprise for cricket fans.
Vocabulary15 words
- Test
- a long, important cricket match; five days
- grit
- strong will; not giving up
- focused
- thinking carefully about one thing
- casual
- not careful; relaxed
- resist
- to fight against something
- batting
- hitting the ball in cricket
- historic
- very important; happened before in history
- advantage
- a better position than the other team
- brink
- very close to something happening
- defeat
- a loss in a game
- woes
- problems; troubles
- resurface
- to appear again
- match
- a game between two teams
- determined
- wanting something very much; not stopping
- exposed
- showed something that was hidden
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1. Mehidy Hasan Miraz 2. Strong will; not giving up 3. False
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Bangladesh is close to a big _____ against Australia.
This is in a cricket _____ match in Darwin.
Player Mehidy Hasan Miraz played very well for _____.
He showed a lot of _____.
Mehidy's play was very _____.
Australia's play was more _____.
Australia is now fighting hard to _____ losing the match.
Australia's _____ has problems again.
People say this could be a _____ loss for Australia.
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