Kuqala kuqala iklabhu enkulu e-cherry enemibhiyozo eyongezelelekileyo yokuncoma omnye umfana waseYorkshire uJoe Root ngenkulungwane yakhe. UJoe - owahamba nesikolo esinye njengam kunye nomnye umbhali endisebenza naye kule webhusayithi (I-King Ecgberts eSheffield) - Ngokulula oluhluzeka udidi. Ukuthintela ukwenzakala uza kuba ngumdlalo waseNgilani kangangeminyaka emininzi ezayo.
Kodwa uJoe ecaleni kufuneka akhathazeke kwifom, okanye ukusilela kwayo, ye-odolo yaseNgilani ephezulu. And questions need to be raised for a team with designs on the World number one test ranking.
UNick Compton unokuba nembali yemfuza ukuyifela- kodwa kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa uneentloni zakhe 30th usuku lokuzalwa akayinkukhu yasentwasahlobo kwaye uswele ifom. Amathandabuzo asele kum ukuba unawo amandla okufikelela kwinqanaba eliphezulu emhlabeni. Zininzi ezinye iindlela onokukhetha kuzo nazo. UMike Carberry waseHampshire ukhankanywa rhoqo kwaye mhlawumbi uyintloko yomgca (nangona ngelo 32 Sele ekwishumi lesine leminyaka). Kodwa ukhetho lwendalo luya kubonakala lutyhala ingcambu ukuze ivule. Ungumntu ovula ngokwendalo kwaye unokuzithemba kwaye, okona kubaluleke kakhulu, iklasi yokuthatha eyona ndawo ibalulekileyo yokubetha kulungelelwano.
Sijonga konke okunye kumgca wokubetha. UCook akakho kweyona nick intle kodwa uya kuphinda ayifumane ifom yakhe. Ulunge kakhulu ukuba umdlali angabanjwa ngeminyaka yama-20 nama-30s ixesha elide. Trott iyafana. I-KP ngethemba lokuba iza kubuya ngexesha lokuba uthuthu kunye nendawo yengcambu ibonakale ngathi iqinisekile. I-Bairstow ikwanothotho oluhle kakhulu ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kwaye i-England kufuneka inamathele kuye-ngakumbi njengoko, kunye nentwana umsebenzi kunye iiglavu, he could be the long-term replacement behind the sticks for Prior.
Inye kuphela into eshiyekileyo kolu luhlu lungentla. Ian Bell. Ndiva amaxesha ngamaxesha ukuba iBell ineyona ndlela ibalaseleyo yabo bonke abahlaseli baseNgilani. Mhlawumbi kunjalo (nangona xa uPieterson ekwimeko akukho mntu usondela kuye kwinkampu yaseNgilane) kodwa ngokobuqu andikaze ndive ukuba uBell wakha wangowaseNgilani phezulu. Kunqabile ukuba abekho xa ibaluleke kakhulu kwaye uhlala ebonakala njengenqaku elinye elifanelekileyo ekubeni alahlwe (kwaye Kulungile kuhlala kuphuma kwaye kufunyenwe amanqaku amakhulu ngexesha nje lokudlala). Ukufika kukaBell namhlanje kunye neNgilani inyikima andizange ndicinge ukuba nguye oza kuhlangula iqela. Uchazo 30 okanye nokuba 40 ewe. Mhlawumbi a 50. Kodwa andinathemba lokuba uza kuphuma ayokufuna i-England yenkulungwane kwaye yayiziswa ngokufanelekileyo yi-Root ngenkxaso evela kwi-Bairstow. England needed Bell and he didn’t quite deliver.
Mhlawumbi ndibukhali kwiBell - kodwa ndiyakuthembisa ukuba esi ayisosigqibo esisekwe kwimidlalo emibini efanelekileyo. It’s been throughout his England career that I have had my doubts and if the rest of the top order aren’t firing on all cylinders England can’t afford to carry any passengers.
“Ibhola epinki ibonakala ingwevu / luhlaza ngombala obomvu / oluhlaza, kuxhomekeke kubukhali bayo. Ndenze ulinganiso ngobumfama bombala…”