Kunezihloko ezahlukahlukene engangikhethe ukuthi ngibhale ngazo ngemuva kosuku lwesithathu lovivinyo lwesibili ochungechungeni lwase-England naseNew Zealand.
Izingqinamba eziphuma ngokushesha nje 1) okunye ukusebenza okumnandi okwenziwa ngabaphethe i-England ngokumelana nomugqa we-Kiwi omubi 2) ukubuyela esimweni esihle sesikebhe esiseceleni kwasekhaya nokuvula i-Alastair Cook 3) ama-wike amane we-Swann noma 4) Isinqumo esiphikiswa kakhulu yiNgilandi sokungaphoqeleli ukuthi kulandelwe (icishe iqinisekise ukunqoba kochungechunge kodwa kunciphisa kakhulu amathuba okuphumelela kumdlalo nesibikezelo semvula). But today I am going to swerve a little left of centre and focus on something entirely different…
Bathi zonke izinsuku usuku lwesikole futhi namuhla ngifunde okuthile okusha namuhla… I-moustachioed enkulu yangaphambili ye-oda u-Aussie slugger uDavid Boon ungunompempe ongumlingisi walesi sivivinyo. Ngithanda ukucabanga ukuthi ngikwazi ukuyiqonda kahle imicimbi yekhilikithi yomhlaba kepha ukukhushulwa kweTasmanian yeTismism njengonompempe emhlabeni 2011 kuyinto engidlulile kodwa futhi iyinto engijabulisa kakhulu.
UBoon wenza kahle emsebenzini wakhe wokuba ngundabuzekwayo emhlabeni jikelele wokuphuza ubhiya ezindizeni eziphakathi kwe-Australia neNgilandi. Wayebuye abe usizo kakhulu lapho efaka uphawu lomnyezane, okuphakathi kuka-43 ezinsukwini lokho kwakusho okuthile. Ushaye ikhulu leminyaka ekuqaleni kukaNovemba 1984 ngokuhlaselwa kweWest Indies eziqhayisa ngoCourtney Walsh, Joel 'Big Bird' Garner, UMalcolm Marshall noMichael Holding. Abaningana impela ukuhlaselwa Ukugunda! Okubaluleke kakhulu kunakho konke ukuthi uthole eyakhe 7,400+ career uyagijima lapho okwakubaluleke. Wayengumzukuli owazalwa futhi waze wasiza ekubumbeni uDurham abe yimbangi yesifunda abayikho namuhla. Ngikhumbula ngisakhula ngibuka izimpi zomlotha noBoon ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho noma lapho kukhona izinto ezinzima. Ukushaya kwakhe kungenzeka ukuthi kwakungeyona into ejabulisa kakhulu kodwa kwakunesibindi kakhulu. Njengomlandeli we-England bekunzima ukuthatha - uthola okuvula ngokushibhile bese uphuma uhamba ngeBoon ngenombolo 3 ukushabalalisa noma yimaphi amathemba owawenawo okuxosha ama-Aussies ngentengo ephansi.
Ngemuva kokuphila njengomdlali waba ngumkhethi wase-Australia futhi kuyaduduza ukwazi ukuthi umuntu obambe iqhaza kwikhilikithi yamazwe amaningi iminyaka eminingi useqaphile emidlalweni yamazwe. Ungumuntu okumelwe umhloniphe nje. Irekhodi lakhe lokushaya liyazikhulumela futhi uzigcine ematasa kulo mdlalo selokhu ethathe umhlalaphansi. Okubaluleke kakhulu kunakho konke ukuthi ugcinwe eqinisile ezimpandeni zakhe futhi waqhubeka nokulungisa amadevu akhe amahle. Kimi umele i-archetypal 'fair dinkum' Aussie: Umdlali ophezulu, ungalokothi uthi kufa isimo sengqondo, a Bloke omuhle futhi umuntu ongafuni ukuya emahlandla lalishumi ne ring. Isivuno samanje singakwenza naye ukuhleleka kwabo okuphakathi okwamanje futhi ngicabanga ukuthi ungangeza okunye 10 ngokwesilinganiso aqede ngaso ukube ubedlala namuhla.
Fair dinkum mate
“Ibhola eliphinki libonakala limpunga/eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngokubomvu/okuhlaza ngokungaboni kahle, kuye ngokuqina kwayo. Ngenza ukulingisa ngobumpumputhe bemibala…”