Ukuhlolwa lwesithathu nolokugcina njengesithunywa ku England vs Sri Lanka test uchungechunge manje siphelile emva kwemvula waletha squib manzi ngokuphela umdlalo.
Ngakho sifundeni? Not lukhulu ngempela. Singabantu cishe lapho sasikhona uvivinyo ezintathu edlule. Nick Compton uzovela akamuhle lokuvivinywa ezingeni ingenye Isiphetho esisobala. Ngokwami ukukhuluma Ngizizwa kuyoba kancane ngonya jettison kuye - Ngingathanda amnike Pakistan uchungechunge ukwenza isinqumo sokugcina kuye. Angiboni ukuthi kuzokwenzekani, Nokho futhi Lords Wagcina sizobona ngaye abamhlophe wezingonyama ezintathu.
James Vince cishe uzamile ukuhlala ohlangothini kodwa idinga amaphuzu ngokumelene Pakistan ukuqinisekisa ehamba ngohlangothi ebusika.
Alex Hales kungenzeka kube ngikwazi ukuqala England obekade umdinga empilweni yakho. Kulungile, ngakho kufanele ukuthi wayesezwile ngokwakwehlele bagged yena ambalwa amathani - futhi kudingeka ukubukela okuhlushwa - kodwa kungcono bahluleke 80s 90s kunokuba ukubhalisa amadijithi olulodwa kuphela.
Chris Woakes kuyinto emuva ehloniphekile up Bowler futhi benza yena lutho olubi. Angikho qinisekisa ukuthi kuyinto futhi aphume esikhundleni UBheni Stokes, Nokho, futhi nguye ngaphezulu Bowler ngubani ehloniphekile ne willow kunokuba bangempela-Rounder Stokes kuyinto.
Jonny Bairstow libukeka uye waqinisa oda indawo yakhe phakathi isikhashana nabathile innings enkulu. ukugcina kwakhe, Nokho, kushiya okuningi okufanele oyifunayo. Kodwa ukwenza okulungile akuvamile uthola umdlali ngubani can nelulwane kanye angakwenza futhi nizoqhubeka wicket endinganisweni oyifunayo. Jos Buttler iyafana Bairstow kuleyo yena a hit nge nelulwane kodwa ngokuyinhloko miss ne amagilavu. England Udinga ukunquma uma befuna kumlindi ochwepheshe izindleko amandla ukuze batting noma zingabantu uzilungiselele ukuba sibekezelele nakushiyeka ngezikhathi ezithile. Ukugcinwa kuyothuthuka nge isikhathi esiningi (njengoba kwenza u-Alec Stewart) ngakho ubukele lesi sikhala.
England badinga wesipina lomhlaba ... ubani imibono!?! Adil Rashid wayengenza kodwa kuyabiza.
So there we have it – plenty to chew on for the selectors going forward.
“Ibhola eliphinki libonakala limpunga/eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngokubomvu/okuhlaza ngokungaboni kahle, kuye ngokuqina kwayo. Ngenza ukulingisa ngobumpumputhe bemibala…”