0Dickie Bird ukuba ngokusemthethweni phezu lokuzalwa Yorkshire

Kukho i bhalo elidala eli leqakamba lomsebenzi ka Harold 'Dickie' Bird apho wabetha senkulungwane ye Yorkshire kumdlalo omnye wazithela wawisa okulandelayo.

Nge isilinganiso nje phezu 20 his first-class career was hardly spec­tac­u­lar but as an inter­na­tion­al umpire he went on to argu­ably be the best in the business.

Yena ulithandile kakuhle kwaye esonwabisa, bezisa lweenkobe Yorkshire lakhe ngqo ukuthetha akukho ndlela nebubudenge langutela. Dickie kwakhona kubonwa cala ngokupheleleyo nabani edlala, des­pite a deep-rooted love of both county and country.

Ngoku umhlala ukuba unalo ithuba ukubeka isitampu eyongezelelweyo kwi kwisiphaluka kaThixo emva kokuba olucetywayo njengoko kwisiphaluka nguMongameli ibhodi.

Njengoko Yorkshireman abanekratshi ngokwam ndiya ndiyoliswa. Kuba elide kakhulu kwiklabhu sele eqonda wrangling yangaphakathi; ilinen dirty akuhlanjwanga esidlangalaleni; kwezopolitiko ngamandla xa kufuneka ibe kuphela malunga ngephini kunye nebhola. Sabakho hayi ngaphantsi. nge Dickie, kunjalo, into oyibonayo into ufumana. Umxube bekunjalo of Yorkshire ingqiqo okuqhelekileyo tye ethetha axutywe elungileyo dollop of eyinqaba. Ukucaphula Yorkshire lwaso; "Thar wafumana ephelela good'un uyazi!"

 

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iindaba umdla ephuma of South Africa - Graeme Smith ubhengeze uvavanyo sesithathu nesokugqibela ngoku sithethayo nxamnye Aussies aya kuba ngamazwe yakhe yokugqibela. Isicaka elikhulu umdlalo Uwa ngaphandle.

Kukho i bhalo elidala eli leqakamba lomsebenzi ka Harold 'Dickie' Bird apho wabetha senkulungwane ye Yorkshire kumdlalo omnye wazithela wawisa okulandelayo.

Nge isilinganiso nje phezu 20 his first-class career was hardly spec­tac­u­lar but as an inter­na­tion­al umpire he went on to argu­ably be the best in the business.

Yena ulithandile kakuhle kwaye esonwabisa, bezisa lweenkobe Yorkshire lakhe ngqo ukuthetha akukho ndlela nebubudenge langutela. Dickie kwakhona kubonwa cala ngokupheleleyo nabani edlala, des­pite a deep-rooted love of both county and country.

Ngoku umhlala ukuba unalo ithuba ukubeka isitampu eyongezelelweyo kwi kwisiphaluka kaThixo emva kokuba olucetywayo njengoko kwisiphaluka nguMongameli ibhodi.

Njengoko Yorkshireman abanekratshi ngokwam ndiya ndiyoliswa. Kuba elide kakhulu kwiklabhu sele eqonda wrangling yangaphakathi; ilinen dirty akuhlanjwanga esidlangalaleni; kwezopolitiko ngamandla xa kufuneka ibe kuphela malunga ngephini kunye nebhola. Sabakho hayi ngaphantsi. nge Dickie, kunjalo, into oyibonayo into ufumana. Umxube bekunjalo of Yorkshire ingqiqo okuqhelekileyo tye ethetha axutywe elungileyo dollop of eyinqaba. Ukucaphula Yorkshire lwaso; "Thar wafumana ephelela good'un uyazi!"

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iindaba umdla ephuma of South Africa - Graeme Smith ubhengeze uvavanyo sesithathu nesokugqibela ngoku sithethayo nxamnye Aussies aya kuba ngamazwe yakhe yokugqibela. Isicaka elikhulu umdlalo Uwa ngaphandle.

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