One of the most popular sports in England is cricket. It is sometimes called the national sport and many adults and (1)_________(CHILD) play it in their spare time or at school.
It (2)_________(PLAY) by two teams of eleven and has some similarities to baseball.
To put it simply, the aim is to score runs and the side (3)_________(SCORE) most runs wins.
The game is quite old, and the (4)_________(EARLY) references to it date from the 1500s.
Spectators (5)_________(WATCH) cricket matches for hundreds of years in many parts of England.
The list of famous cricket grounds (6)_________(INCLUDE) Lord’s in London and Old Traff ord in Manchester.
‘Test cricket’ is the name (7)_________(GIVE) to five-day matches between different countries.