Phakathi kokulimazeka kohambo lomlotha kuqhamuka enye indawo enamabhomu ashubile - umlingisi ohamba phambili waseNgilandi esizukulwaneni esinikeze ithikithi lakhe.
Yebo kuyiqiniso - uGraeme Swann umemezele umhlalaphansi wakhe osheshayo. Yeka ukulahlekelwa okukhulu. USwann wayengumdlali omuhle kakhulu, ophikisana naye, fighter futhi-nxazonke indoda yeqembu. Wayengase ubambe ngisho ilulwane indlela efanele round.
Njengoba esethathile 255 ama-wike emsebenzini wakhe wokuhlola emthunzini ngaphansi 30 ucezu, irekhodi yakhe ikhona kubo bonke futhi kuzoba nzima kakhulu esikhundleni sakhe. Njengasikhathi sonke ne-England awukho umugqa wama-spinner obophela emnyango ukuze athathe indawo yakhe eceleni. Ngakho-ke lokho kusho ukuthi sibuyele emuva ezinsukwini zokuthi sithathe i-twirler kuphela lapho iphimbo lifanele kunokukhetha kuqala?
Impela kubukeka kanjalo - uMonty phambilini ubekhombisile izimpawu zokuba ngumuntu ogcwalisa indawo. Kodwa kude kuye ubani kwesokunxele? Impendulo Simple okwamanje akukho muntu.
Iphakamisa umbuzo okhathaza ngokwengeziwe ngokuthi kwenzekani egumbini lokugqoka laseNgilandi. Basanda kunikela uMlotha futhi ngiyazibuza ukuthi omunye noma ababili abanye bangalandela ukuhola kukaSwann. Kusobala ukuthi kukhona ukunganeliseki. Swann usehambile. UTrott kungenzeka angaphinde abuye. Ingabe Pieterson olandelayo? Ngaphambi kokuqalisa kabi futhi uhlangothi olungelona lwe- 30. Kungenzeka yini ukuthi ukukhothamela lithubeli? Mhlawumbe noJimmy Anderson njengokubheja kwangaphandle?
Konke ukuqagela okuyiqiniso nokuqagela ngethemba okubanzi kophawu. Noma yimuphi umlandeli waseNgilandi ofisa ukuthi kwenzeke kufanele abheke esibonelweni sohlangothi oluhle lwase-Australia olulahlekelwe ezinye zezisebenzi zabo ezinhle bonke ngasikhathi sinye futhi bayisuse ngokushesha imicabango enjalo. Ngama-Antipodeans anqoba konke, UHayden, Langer, Gillchrist, UWarne noMcGrath bonke bashibilikile futhi uhlangothi luthwale kanzima ngenxa yalokho. Ukuziphendukela kwemvelo hhayi inguquko kuyinto edingekayo. Impi yokuvala isikhala se-Swann kuzoba yimpi enzima uqobo lwayo - ngiyethemba ngenxa yeqembu akuyona inkimbinkimbi ngokuthatha isikhundla seqembu.
“Ibhola eliphinki libonakala limpunga/eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngokubomvu/okuhlaza ngokungaboni kahle, kuye ngokuqina kwayo. Ngenza ukulingisa ngobumpumputhe bemibala…”