It's a brilliant game?
Stuart and Gray disagree about cricket.
Gray thinks it's brilliant. Stu thinks it's stupid.
What about you?
You will hear some cricket vocabulary, do you know what these words mean?
Not sure? you can look them up in this dictionary. The dictionary will open in a new tab or window.
Listen and decide if the statements are True or False. Gray speaks first.
- Fill the gaps
- see the answers
- See the script
It's a brilliant game
=1.Gray thinks cricket is important because it is an old game
=2.Stuart thinks it is a boring game because it is too slow
!3.Gray thinks that it is interesting because it is slow
!4.Stu thinks that 5 days isn’t long enough for the game
!5.Gray likes to watch cricket with a long cold drink at home
=6.Stuart thinks that it rains a lot in England
!7.Gray thinks that it rains a lot everywhere
=8.In India cricket is more popular than football
=9.Stuart doesn’t understand the rules of cricket
!Gray loves baseball
1.Gray thinks cricket is important because it is an old game. True.
2.Stuart thinks it is a boring game because it is too slow. True.
3.Gray thinks that it is interesting because it is slow. False. He thinks it is interesting becasue it is tactical.
4.Stu thinks that 5 days isn’t long enough for the game False. He thinks it is too long for a game.
5.Gray likes to watch cricket with a long cold drink at home False. he likes to watch it at the cricket ground in the pavilion.
6.Stuart thinks that it rains a lot in England True. It does, he is right!
7.Gray thinks that it rains a lot everywhere. False. Well it does rain everywhere but most places where cricket is played have better weather than England.
8.In India cricket is more popular than football True. although it is not the national sport. it is the most popular.
9.Stuart doesn’t understand the rules of cricket True. They are a bit difficult.
10.Gray loves baseball. False. He thinks it is rubbish. What do you think?
ontent 3It's a brilliant game.
It’s a brilliant game
It’s a stupid game
How can you say that? It’s traditional, it’s part of English history
That doesn’t mean it’s good.
But it is good! There is a lot of skill involved, the bowlers and the batsmen have to practice for years and years to be really good.
It’s boring. Nothing happens. It is too slow. All the fielders just stand around waiting for something to do.
Nonsense , it’s a tactical game, the positioning of the fielders is really important to stop the batsman from playing his shots and force him into a mistake.
It is still boring to watch. A single test match takes five days, five days! Who has the time to watch a game for five days?
Oh I think that’s one of the great things about it! I love it, long warm summer days, sitting in the pavilion with a long cold drink, watching the game . it is very relaxing.
Warn summer days? It usually rains!
Well ok sometimes it rains, but only in this country. In other countries the weather is much better
Where else do they play it then?
Well Australia of course, and the West Wndies, and South Africa, and you know it’s really popular in India…and Pakistan. It is more popular than football!
Well I think it is a silly game, and I don’t understand the rules.
Yeah it does seem to be a bit complicated at first, but you soon pick it up.
But I don’t want to pick it up.
Well, what games do you like then?
I don’t know…baseball?
Baseball? But that’s a rubbish game
No it’s not it’s a brilliant game
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