Akuvamisile ukuthi ungangizwa ngijabule ngochungechunge lapho wonke umeshi wokuhlola uqeda ukudonsa, futhi kuvame kakhulu ukuthi ngigubhe i-England yehluleka ukuzuza uchungechunge. Kodwa-ke yileyo ndlela engizizwa ngayo ngochungechunge olusanda kudonswa eNew Zealand. Manje ngaphambi kwamasosha anolakaxhaka ukudweba bese ungikhipha, unginike ithuba lokuchaza ngokwami!
Ake siqale ngento ebaluleke kakhulu; ikhwalithi yokuzijabulisa enikezwayo. Imidlalo eminingi eqhathwe kulezi zinsuku ingenxa yomuntu olungiselela i-wicket ethanda kakhulu abashayayo. Lawa “wikhethi kakhonkolo” njengoba ngivame ukuwabiza kanjalo atholakale kaningi ezingxenyeni zezwekazi ezikhathini zamuva, ne-India ne-Sri Lanka ikakhulukazi bathola amaphuzu amakhulu. Lolu hlobo lwemidwebo alunikezi izinga lentokozo umphakathi onelungelo lokulindela kukhilikithi yamaTest. Ngenhlanhla ama-wickets eNew Zealand abehle kakhulu - bonke banikeze okuthile kubo bobabili abashayayo nabaphosayo, futhi ngikwenze ngokungaguquguquki kuzo zonke izinsuku ezi-5. Ngenxa yalokho konke 3 ukufana bekujabulisa, futhi kuzo zonke 3 amacala ekuqaleni kwefayela le- 5th usuku umphumela wawusenokwenzeka kakhulu okungenani 1 uhlangothi. Izinga lekhilikithi belingahlali ngaso sonke isikhathi esicongweni, kodwa akubanga kufushane kakhulu futhi ubuyimidlalo esabekayo evela kubadlali ezinhlangothini zombili.
Ngakho, sonke sasibungazwe ngokuphelele, kodwa lokho akwenele ukuthi ngiphume ngokuvula kwami. Kuthiwani ukube iNgilandi iwine ngokukholisayo, njengoba abantu abaningi babelindele? Mina ngokwami ngangingeke ngikujabulele kangako, Ngabe ngiyibeke phansi eNew Zealand ngokungancintisani futhi bengingeke ngibe nentshisekelo engako. Akukona konke lokho kumnandi ukushaya abaphikisi lapho kulindeleke ngokuphelele, ngaphandle kokuthi lokho kuphikisa kwenzeka kube yi-Australia. Ukunqoba okuphelele kwe-England nakho bekuzodikibalisa iNew Zealand kanye nesixuku sabakhaya futhi kungahle kuholele ekwehliseni izixuku nomoya omncane emidlalweni.
Ake ngifike enyameni yangempela yengxabano yami kodwa; ukuze ikhilikithi yamaTest iqhubeke nokuchuma sidinga ukuthi ikhilikithi ibe nesasasa, kepha ngaphezu kwakho konke sidinga zonke izizwe ukuthi zizwe sengathi zinganqoba imidlalo ne-series. Ukubheka ngokushesha ukwehla kweWest Indies (nokwehla okulandelayo ekuthandeni ikhilikithi lapho), nomphumela omncane ofanayo obambe e-Australia okwamanje unikeza isexwayiso esanele sokuthi ikusasa lingabamba ini. Bonke abalandeli bekhilikithi yamaTest kufanele bafune amaqembu amaningi ancintisanayo nochungechunge olusondele. INew Zealand idlule okulindelwe ngokungatholi kuphela umugqa ochungechungeni, kodwa ngokusobala ngokuba uhlangothi olungcono ngokuphelele. Le yindlela enhle yokukhuthaza nokubandakanya abasekeli abasha basekhaya kwikhilikithi yamaTest, futhi ngethemba kuzoholela eqenjini laseNew Zealand elincintisana kakhulu ngokuzayo.
“Ibhola eliphinki libonakala limpunga/eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngokubomvu/okuhlaza ngokungaboni kahle, kuye ngokuqina kwayo. Ngenza ukulingisa ngobumpumputhe bemibala…”