Mitchell Starc Becomes WTC's Most Successful Bowler
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Mitchell Starc is a fast bowler from Australia. He plays cricket for his country.
Starc took 5 wickets in a Test match. The match was in Mackay, Australia. He took the wickets in only 3.4 overs. This is a very fast and good performance.
Because of this, Starc became the best bowler in WTC history. WTC means World Test Championship. It is a big cricket competition. Starc now has more wickets than Dale Steyn in the WTC. Steyn was a famous bowler from South Africa.
The match was between Australia and Bangladesh. It was Day 1 of the Test match. Bangladesh played very badly. They lost 6 wickets for only 35 runs.
The whole day was hard for batters. Only 229 runs were scored. But 18 wickets fell. Six batsmen got out for zero runs. Fast bowlers controlled the whole day.
Vocabulary12 words
- wicket
- when a batter is out in cricket
- overs
- a group of 6 balls in cricket
- WTC
- a big world cricket competition for countries
- batsmen
- players who hit the ball in cricket
- Test match
- a long cricket game that lasts many days
- bowler
- a player who throws the ball in cricket
- performance
- how well someone does something
- history
- things that happened before now
- competition
- a contest between teams or people
- famous
- known by many people
- controlled
- had power over something
- fast bowler
- a bowler who throws the ball very quickly
Quiz
Answer key
1. 5 2. Dale Steyn 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Mitchell Starc is a fast bowler from _____.
He took 5 _____ in a Test match.
The match was in _____, Australia.
He took the wickets in only 3.4 _____.
Starc became the best bowler in _____ history.
Starc now has more wickets than _____ in the WTC.
The match was between Australia and _____.
Bangladesh lost 6 wickets for only _____ runs.
Only _____ runs were scored on Day 1.
Six _____ got out for zero runs.