Xa iNgilane yaphanga yaya eAustralia kumanqaku okugqibela omlotha, ngathi ezininzi, ndicinge ukuba iindwendwe ziya kugcina urn ngexesha lomdlalo wesihlanu. Ibisoloko isiya kumlo onzima kunomdlalo wasehlotyeni kodwa uloyiso belulindelwe.
Isidlali somdlali eNgilani besomelele kakhulu, aba na? Ngelo xesha, ngaphandle kokuma ngaphandle kwe-maestro kaMichael Clarke, XI yokudityaniswa yamacala omabini yayiya kulawulwa ziingonyama ezintathu. Ngaphandle kwe-Skipper Clarke ebenokwenza icala elidibeneyo? Mhlawumbi uDavid Warner kaMichael Carberry? URyan Harris ofanelekileyo nokuba uChris Tremlett okanye uTim Bresnan? Ngokuqinisekileyo eyangaphambili, mhlawumbi le yokugqibela. Indawo kaShane Watson? Mhlawumbi - kodwa wayeza kuthatha? Phezu kobuso, kunjalo, INgilane ngokuqinisekileyo yabonakala isinxibo esinamandla.
Ukukhawuleza kwiiveki ezimbalwa kwaye imbono evela kumda ihluke ngandlel 'ithile. I-Australia yabhangisa kwaye yahlazisa iNgilani kuyo yonke imfundiso, ukubadlala kuyo yonke indawo kunye nokugcina unyawo lwabo kwi-accelerator kulo lonke uchungechunge nakwi-capers yosuku olunye.. Ngoku usoloko uvaleleke kwiincwadi zembali ukusuka kwi-XI yokuqala yokuqala enkosi kulawulo lwase-Australia nguKevin Pietersen. (ngqwabalala), mhlawumbi uJonathan Trott (ngenxa yezinye izinto apho iAustralia ibonelele ngobhukuqo-mbuso) kwaye Graeme Swann. INgilani ayizukuthatha indawo yabo 13,000 imitsi edibeneyo kunye ne-Swann's 250 oothinti abangaqhelekanga ngobusuku kwaye iAustralia ayisayi kuphinda ijongane nayo xa iphinda itshixa iimpondo. Abazange baphumelele nje uthotho olubalulekileyo baphumelele idabi lezengqondo ngokunjalo-iNgilani yashiywa inesilonda ngokwasemoyeni kwaye iyakuthatha ixesha lokwakha kwakhona kwaye iphinde ifumane ubuqaqawuli obudlulileyo..
Nasemva kokubethwa kweNgilani, kunjalo, Bendisacinga ukuba ukusebenza kwesinxibo esinengxowa eluhlaza yayilibane nje epanini. Ngokuqinisekileyo ukubethwa bekuphantsi kwicala laseNgilane elidiniweyo ebelisandula ukugqiba uthotho lweAshes kwaye bengakwazi ukuzikhuthaza ukuba bafune enye inkunkuma.? Dibanisa oko kunye nabadlali abambalwa abaphambili ngaphandle kwefomu okanye iintlobo kwaye unokuphambuka nje, musa ukuba?
Iziganeko zamva nje eSuperSport Park eCenturion kuvavanyo lokuqala loMzantsi Afrika v Australia zingenza kubonakale ngathi kufuneka nditye esinye isilayi sephayi.. Kwakhona, phambi kwalo umdlalo, abambalwa be-Aussie abaqalayo i-XI bebengenza ukuba ibe nguMzantsi Afrika odibeneyo / icala Australia. IProteas ikwinqanaba eliphezulu kuluhlu lwehlabathi – kwaye ngesizathu esibambekayo – banodidi olubalekayo kulo lonke umqolo wecala.. UGraeme Smith umisela imigangatho kwabanye abaphezulu kolu cwangco – kwaye uHashim Amla noAB de Villiers balandela ngesimbo.. UJacques Kallis unokuba emkile kodwa italente isahleli. Zixhaswa yibhetri yesantya esiyingozi. Ke uthotho olulungileyo njengomyalelo we-Aussie ephezulu (UBrad Haddin ufakiwe) baye badlala neNgilane kwaye kunye nabaphosayo abaphoswayo bonke bayasilela ukungaguquguquki kwezikhulu ezikhankanywe ngasentla, musa ukuba? Ewe, i-Australia ithathe indawo apho ibiyeke khona kwi-England etshabalalisayo. Uvavanyo olunye phakathi kunye necala elikhulu loMzantsi Afrika, phezulu kuluhlu lwehlabathi, walala phantsi. Kakade basenako ukuyijika loo nto - kwaye ukuba bayayenza loo nto iya kubo. Kodwa i-Aussies ikuloo ndawo ye-cocksure yakudala. Imisila yabo iphezulu kwaye ukuzithemba kwabo kukho ukuba bonke babone. Ixhoba labo lihlazekile, lalisila laluthuli.
oku kuvela phi? Ephepheni i-Australia ayinabadlali abaninzi abakumgangatho wehlabathi - abasekho ooWarnes, McGraths kwaye Waughs kweli hlabathi. Kodwa loo nto ibonakala ingenamsebenzi. Emva kweminyaka embalwa ethule kakhulu eOstreliya, kuya kubonakala, zigquma zibuyela phezulu.
Bakwazile ukufumana umoya weqela, Umanyano kunye nomanyano olwabonakala lungekho ngexesha lobuvuvu 'oluyisango lomsebenzi wasekhaya' kwaye lwalunqabile ngexesha lokulwa kwabo ngothuthu ehlotyeni laseNgilani.. Badlala ngaphezulu kwesambuku samalungu abo adibeneyo. Ukuba imiyinge edibeneyo yaseNgilani (ekuqaleni eluthuthwini), Ostreliya naseMzantsi Afrika (ekuqaleni kolu ngcelele) zithelekiswa ke kuncinci ukukhetha phakathi kwazo. I-avareji yaseNgilani 358, Australia 374.06 (nangona oku kutyekezwe ngu-Alex Noonan wokuqala ophakathi 58 kolu vavanyo enye. Ukuba uShane Watson ebedlala endaweni yakhe ke umyinge odibeneyo 352.39). Ulawulo lwakutsha nje loMzantsi Afrika lubonakaliswa ngumyinge ongaphezulu kancinci we 376.39. Kodwa enyanisweni kuncinci ukwahlula aba bathathu.
Oku kunyuka kwefomu kubonakala kuhambelana nomqeqeshi uDarren Lehmann othatha ulawulo. Wenze imimangaliso ngokucacileyo kwiqela-ixesha lakhe elide njenge-Yorkshireman eyamkelweyo imenze ngokucacileyo amandla okuhle.. Ukuziphatha kweqela yeyona nto ibalulekileyo yokuseta. Abadlali badlala ngobuninzi bamandla abo kwaye xa kubalulekile. Good phezu kwabo. Imibuzo ihlala malunga nobudala becala kunye nabancinci belinde emaphikweni. Kodwa ungayibetha kuphela into ebekwe phambi kwakho kwaye iOstreliya ngokuqinisekileyo bayayenza loo nto.
Nabani na othatha indawo ka-Andy Flower njenge-supremo yaseNgilani akufanele ajonge ngaphezu komzekelo kaLehmann.
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