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Ngakho Ashes manje ekupheleni eNgilandi abanqobi Australia ukubeka endaweni yazo. A 3-2 scoreline othopha green baggied abathandekayo kancane kodwa iqiniso isivivinyo wokugcina kwaba iraba efile-England. They were nev­er going to play to the same level on intens­ity as when they were try­ing to claim the little urn back from our Anti­podean cousins.

Kuwo wonke uchungechunge bengilokhu ngicabanga ukucabanga ngokuhlangana nanye okukhona nhlangothi zombili izinhlangothi. Futhi isidlali senkanyezi. Kodwa eqinisweni ngicabanga ukuthi kukhona okuningi, at best, good play­ers between the two sides who have played in the series and very few have per­formed to a good standard.

Kwase-England uJoe Root uqhubeke ukuhlaba umxhwele futhi ukuphela kokukhethwa komuntu wechungechunge (ngaphandle kwaStuart Broad). Moeen Ali (kufanele ahlabe phezulu - mhlawumbe njengokuvula) futhi okuhlaba umxhwele nge-willow uma kungenjalo ngempela lesikhumba. U-Broad no-Anderson bakhothwe kahle, kwesinye isikhathi ngobuhlakani. UWood noStroke bayaqhubeka nokuthembisa okuningi. Akuve kukuhle ukubona Steven Finn emuva nakuba uma kufanelekile wonke umuntu ke yena kuqedwe. UTim Bresnan kubukeka sengathi uxoshiwe emuva nje eYorkshire. UJos Buttler waba nochungechunge olubi kakhulu ne-bat kodwa unekhono kakhulu kolunye uhlangothi lweziqu. Imibuzo izobuzwa kodwa, unikezwe uJonny Bairstow ubuchwepheshe obunolwazi ngokuphelele namagilavu. U-Ian Bell usesebenzise okokugcina ezimpilweni zakhe eziyisishiyagalolunye - angeke athembele kuye uma kunesidingo - futhi kusamele kubonakale ukuthi u-Adam Lyth uzophinde adlale ikhilikithi lokuhlola. Izikhathi eziningi wasebenza kanzima ngokugijimela okungamaphesenti ayi-10 kuphela ukuze azithole esebuyela ephaseji. U-Cook ubuye wageza kahle futhi waphathwa kahle (Ngizocela ukumethusa kwakhe e-Oval).

Akekho noyedwa ovelele i-Australia nhlobo. USteve Smith uthole abagijimayo kodwa kuma-Pitoli anobungani obunobungani noPeter Siddle bekufanele ngabe sebedlale yonke imidlalo. Lokho abavakashi ababekucabanga ukungamdlalisi kusukela ekuqaleni angisoze ngazi. Abavuli baphinde bashaya ama-run ambalwa kwathi uDavid Warner wagcina eseyiqedile leyo madevu elihlekisayo. A lot of lokhu okulandelayo ngeke ngimbone kulezi ogwini lalo godu.

Games were lost because of poor play on both sides rather than excel­lence from either Aus­tralia or England.

Ukuya phambili eNgilandi ngokusobala kungathatha izinqumo zokunqoba nokuzethemba kuya phambili kepha lokho akumele kuqoqe imifantu. U-Ali uyisidlali esisebenziseka isipele - kepha ngeke asizuze ukuwina njalo imidlalo. Ukuhleleka okuphakathi kuthambekele kakhulu ekuweni njengezinhlangothi zase-England zakudala futhi kuyakhathaza ukubona. Umbuzo wokuthi ngubani ophathina uCoco phezulu kwe-oda uhlala ungaphendulwa.

Kungakujabulisa ukubona ukuthi i-Australia yenzani ngemisebenzi eminingi kangaka yokuhlola manje ekugcineni noma esezoba yiyo.