vy. | We Love Cricket! Facts about Cricket The Teams * Cricket is a sport involving two teams of eleven players in each team. * Some of the team are batsmen. They are there to score runs by running up and down the pitch. + Some of the team are bowlers. Their job is to get the other team’s batsmen out. This is called ‘taking a wicket’. * One of the team is the wicketkeeper. This player stands behind the batsman’s stumps, wearing large gloves, to catch the ball. + Allof the team have to field, The Matches * The longest type of match is called a Test Match. This can take up to five days. * One Day International matches are shorter. The bowlers have 50 overs in which to get the batsmen out. The Players Countries around the world have produced top:elass cricketers. Here are some of the best. Kumar Sangakkara Born in Sri Lanka on the 27" October 1977, Kumar made his Test debut as a batsman in July 2000 against South Africa. He captained the Sri Lankan team for many years, and played his final Test Match in 2015, against India. Test Runs [OneDay| Runs | Total Matches Matches Runs 134, 12,400 | 404 | 14.234 | 26,634Younis Khan Born in Mardan, Pakistan on the 29" November 1977, Younis batted in his first Test Match in 2000 against Sti Lanka, EERSEERNEESIEEE he wos captain of the team. He played his last Test Match in 2017 against the West Indies. Test Runs |OneDay| Runs | Total Matches Matches Runs 118 10,046 265 | 7,249 | 17,295 Muttiah Muralitharan The Sri Lankan spin bowler was born on April 17% 1972. He played in his first Test Match in August 1992 against Australia at the age of 20. His final Test appearance was against India in July 2010. Test Wickets | One Day | Wickets | Total Matches Matches Wickets 133 800 350 534 1,334 Wasim Akram Pakistani fast bowler, Wasim Akram, was born on 3 June 1966 in Lahore. He was 19 when he made his Test debut against New Zealand in 1985. His final appearance in a Test Match was in January 2002 against Bangladesh. Test Wickets | One Day | Wickets | Total Matches Matches Wickets 104 414 356 502 16 Glossary runs scores collected Anil Kumble when the batsman and his partner run | « . rt Anil was born in Bengaluru, India on the I7" October Hnmiancend entre 1970. His first Test Match was against England in pich jothecther August 1990. He was a spin bowler and captained overs six balls bowled his side. His last Test appearance was in October by one bowler 2008 against Australia. spin bowler a bowler who bowls quite Test | Wickets | One Day | Wickets | Total slowly but makes the Matches. Matches Wickets ball spin 132 6a 27 337 | 956 fast bowler a bowler who bowls the ball very quicklyese A_ Find each word in the text on pages 14 and 15. to help yor Choose the correct meaning. 1 involving a made up of sometimes with 2 intemational a fromthe same country b from different countries 3 top-class the very best the very worst 4 debut a lost time first time 5 final a lost time first time B_ Find these phrases in the text. Discuss what they mean. 1. during his career 2 captained his side Lore) i) desu t ea ©) Discuss the answers to the following questions. 1 Which two cricketers come from: @ Sri Lanka b Pakistan 2) Which two cricketers were harn in Octoher? 3. At what age did each of these cricketers play in their first Test Match? @ Wasim Akram — b Muttigh Muralitharan 4 In which year did each of these cricketers play in their last Test Match? a. Younis Khan b Anil Kumble © Using the information in the text on pages I4 and 15, write answers to the following questions. 1 Which cricketer scored the most Test Match runs? 2 Which bowler took the most Test Match wickets? 3. For how many years did Wasim Akram play in Test Matches? a 17 years b 19 years © 3 years 4 Which two cricketers played in Test Matches for I8 years? 5 Which cricketer played fewer than II0 Test Matches? © Make a list of the different ways in which the information is presented in the text on pages 14 and I5.Vocabulary Mnemonics Mnemonics (pronounced ‘nemonics’) are short phrases or rhymes that help us to remember things. Some mnemonics can help you to remember how to spell difficult or confusing words. ‘Catastrophe’ is a difficult word to spell, and this mnemonic helps you to remember the letters and their order. A catastrophe “The cat was in a strop,” he said. isa sud, disastrous event. catastrophe ©) copy the mnemonics below. In each one, underline the letters in each word that the mnemonic helps us to remember. Use the mnemonics to learn how to spell the words. 1 island An island is land surrounded by water. 2 friend Never end with a friend on Friday 3 grammar Without a ‘g’, grammar can be spelt backwards. 4 bought/brought Bought means to buy; brought means to bring. 5 chocolate Sorry you're too late for any chocolate. 6 lightning Lighten lightning by dropping the ‘e’. 7 misspell Miss Pell can’t spell misspell. © create a mnemonic to help you remember each of these tricky words, or six of your own words. international country appearance believe interesting separateBullet pi Bullet points help readers to find information quickly. Bullet points make it clear where each item in a list begins. If the information in the bullet points is in complete sentences, use capital letters and full stops. For example: * The longest type of match is called a Test Match. * One Day International matches are shorter. If the information is written in phrases, do not use capital letters or full stops. For example: Muttiah Muralitharan: © born 1972 * began career 1992 © ended career 2010 © Rewrite the following sentences as phrases, with a heading and bullet points. 1 Test matches are international. They can take up to five days. All the players wear white. 2 In One Day International matches, each side can bowl up to 50 overs. Each team wears different coloured clothing. The winning team is the one that scores the most runs. 3. There are famous cricket grounds all over the world. The Oval Cricket Ground is in England. Eden Garden is in India. The National Stadium is in Pakistan and Sinhalese Sports Club is in Sri Lanka.cial and tial word endings Words with cial and tial letter pattems can be tricky to spell. For example: Kumar Sangakarra was a special batsman and he has been influential to many cricketers over the years. Two rules worth remembering are: * cial usually comes after a vowel letter: special © tial usually comes after a consonant letter: influential © copy the words. adding the (Gryou not sure what a word mean: correct cial or tial ending. remember to look it up in a di 1 par. 2 residen. 3 so 4 artifi__ 5 essen 6 confiden 7 poten 8 superfi. © Match the clues with the words from the word box. special influential _ initial confidential _ official financial 1 when information is private 2. relating to money 3 when something is different or better than others 4 something approved by those in authority G2 5 when someone has influence. 6 the first letter of a name ©@ Look carefully at the word box in Activity B. Which two words don't follow the rules? AUN Tefmiember there ‘i a ? can be exceptions to Write these words in sentences of your own. | the rules!fog yelutg Plural nouns Singular nouns are made plural in different ways. Noun Singular — | Plural For most nouns, add an team teams For nouns ending ins, ch, shandx,addes. match matches For nouns ending in f and fe, change the f or fe to | life lives vandadd es. For nouns ending ina consonant + y, takeoff |country —_| countries the y and add ies. For nouns ending in a vowel y,justadds. | day days For some nouns ending in 0, add es. [potato potatoes For musical nouns ending in 0, add s. |cello cellos For nouns ending in 0, add s. [kangaroo | kangaroos Some nouns are different in the plural form. | batsman —_| batsmen. © Make each singular noun into a plural noun pees resasann 1 cricketer 2 journey 3° curry to help you. 4 bush 5 fox 6 torch 7 igloo 8 shelf 9 piano 10 volcano 11 tooth 12 goose © copy and complete the sentence with is or are. 1 The batsmen doing well. 2 Anil Kumble a bowler. 3 We playing a cricket match today. @ copy and complete the sentences with your own words. gg Use have or has. 1 The batsmen 2 Kumar Sangakkara A 3 Twenty overs .Presenting information When writing a non-fiction text, there are many ways to lay out the text. The important words is : . in a heading usually Main heading: This tells the reader what the piece | jaye capital letters. @ of writing is about: Facts about Cricket Sub-headings: These divide the writing into different aspects of the topic: The Matches Bullet points: These can be used for a list of important points. Charts: Charts can be used to provide a lot of information in a way that is easy to read and understand. Test One Day ets Matches Matches a 1 You are going to write a short biographical sketch about cricketer Ricky Ponting. Research Ricky Ponting’s life for your biographical sketch. Find out: * where and when he was born cermgdearte welane * if he was a batsman, bowler, or a a main heading, wicket keeper subheadings and bullet points. * the age at which he played his first and last Test Match * the country against which he played his first and last Test Match b Now write your biographical sketch about Ricky Ponting. 2 Now you are going to add an information chart to your biographical sketch. a Read the following information. ' * Ricky Ponting played 163 Test matches and 375 International One Day matches. * He scored 13,278 Test runs and 13,704 One Day runs. b Put the information above into an information chart.