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Behnazzz  #169060  Mon, 12 Dec 05 09:58 AM

Flintoff was England's top Ashes wicket-taker, with 24 victims, and one of just three batsman on either side to score more than 400 runs. He scored a vital 73 and took late wickets in a thrilling two-run win at Edgbaston, which brought the Ashes series level at 1-1 after England had lost the opening match

Hi

What is the meaning of  the parts in bold,please?

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Clive  #169288  Tue, 13 Dec 05 12:33 AM

Hi,

Flintoff was England's top Ashes wicket-taker a wicket refers to the 3 sticks the batter stands in front of, to defend / to take a wicket means to feeat the batter, with 24 victims he defeated 24 batters , and one of just three batsman there were just 3 batters on each team who sored more than 400 in the game / for his team, he was one of the 3on either side to score more than 400 runs. He scored a vital 73 and took late wicketsdefetaed batters late in the game in a thrilling two-run win his team won by a score of 2 at Edgbaston, which brought the Ashes series level at 1-1 after England had lost the opening match the first game in a series of games

Behnazzz, I think you are preparing to get yourself an English-language job as a sports journalist! You have posted a lot of questions like this. However, it takes quite a bit of work to reply, and many of the questions are rather similar, so I think people are going to get tired of answering.

Best wishes again, Clive

  
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