INDIA WINS SECOND TEST MATCH AGAINST AUSTRALIA
India wins second test match against Australia at Eden Garden, today. The two teams now stand level.
The little master Sachin and Skipper (captain) Dhoni had built up a partnership of one sixty runs taking up the total to 350. However, Brett lee, bowling took the toll and he took 4 wickets.
Later the overall target of 540 runs seemed to be tough for the Australian team. The Australian Skipper Ricky Ponting was disappointed with their players performance. As none of the Australian player has scored a century except the Skipper. Ricky Ponting himself is the highest scorer with 103 runs. The Ponting said, “My team would fight back in the Third and final test in Mumbai”.
Glossary of Terms
- Test Match
- The longest form of the sport of cricket, played over a period of up to five days.
- Eden Garden
- A famous and historic cricket stadium located in Kolkata, India.
- Skipper
- An informal term for the captain of a team.
- Partnership
- In cricket, the number of runs scored by two batters together before one of them is dismissed.
- Wickets
- A term used to mean the dismissal of a batter. A bowler's performance is often measured by the number of wickets they take.
- Century
- A score of 100 or more runs by an individual batter in a single innings.