Cricket is a sport in which most followers expect their heroes to adhere to a higher standard of fair play and sportsmanship.
Isigameko sakamuva se-'Mankading ' (ngubani emhlabeni waqamba ukuthi ibinzana?) - Ngenkathi uSachithra Senanayake waseSri Lanka ebaleka uJos Buttler waseNgilandi owayephambuke emzimbeni wakhe ngasekupheleni komgadli endaweni ebalulekile ku-ODI yokugcina nokuthatha isinqumo kulolu chungechunge kwakudumaza ukubona futhi ngokubonga kuhlala kungaziwa kakhulu.
Isigameko sokugcina engisikhumbulayo yilapho uCapil Dev eqeda uPeter Kirsten waseNingizimu Afrika, ngokusobala ngaphandle kwesixwayiso: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v = RzbFy_elb8k
Ama-akhawunti ahlukumezanayo wesithunzi sangoLwesibili athi uSenanayake uxwayise uButtler kabili noma kanye kanye. Noma kunjalo, kwakungeyona ikhilikithi. Isikhuni besingafanele sikwenzile futhi ukaputeni kufanele ngabe usenqobile isikhalazo. Akazange, Kwasekusithi thina kwesokunxele ukubala izindleko zibe nzima umdlalo.
Yini Angithandi, Nokho, I-England isebenzisa le mpikiswano engathandeki ukuvikela okunye ukusebenza okuxubene kakhulu phakathi kochungechunge lwe-ODI.
I-Sri Lanka iyiqembu elifanele - kodwa ngaphandle komshini othatha i-wicket obekungu-Muttiah Muralitharan ku-line-up ne-home advantage ubungalindela i-England iwine i-series.
Abakwenzanga kanye necala elikhulu lokho kumele libekwe kulayini wokushaya. I-oda eliphezulu lihamba ngezinyawo kakhulu futhi alihambisani. Cook, Bell, IBallance neRoot yizichazi ezinhle zomdlalo omude kepha azisebenzi kahle ngokwanele lapho inani lama-overs lilinganiselwe. UMorgan angaba ngumdlali omuhle - ngosuku lwakhe. Sekukonke ukuguquguquka kuyantuleka ngandlela thile. Lezi zinsuku amaphuzu 300 kumane nje kungokwesifundo hhayi inani eliphelele. INgilandi kuyaqabukela ibukeke ikwazi ukusondela ngokwanele kulelo nani, ingasaphathwa kwehlule. Yonke i-oda ephezulu ikwazi ngokuphelele ukushaya okuhle 50 noma kunjalo - kepha imvamisa ngesilinganiso esingaphansi kokugijima ibhola. Okungenani i-oda elilodwa lidinga ukufinyelela njalo ezibalweni ezintathu - futhi ngezinga elihle. Akufanele bathembele kuButler noChris Jordan ukuthi babe yisikhuthazi sekwephuzile ekuqhubekeni kwengqikithi ehloniphekile. Ngesikhathi abavame ukuba se-crease kuvame ukuthi kube sekwephuze kakhulu.
I-Buttler idinga ukuhambisa i-oda mhlawumbe u-Alex Hales evula ukushaya. UBopara kufanele ahambe - enganele ngokwenele nelulwane noma ahambisane ngokwanele nebhola - uChris Jordan no, nakabuyela, UChris Broad angagcwalisa ama-slots azungeza konke.
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Ngenkathi iYorkshire isayina i-bowler esheshayo uLiam Plunkett ngacabanga ukuthi wayeseneminyaka lapho ayethuthele khona waya esifundeni nge-swansong yokugcina ngaphambi kokuthatha umhlalaphansi nomsebenzi wezindaba.. Ubukeka sezinezinkulungwane ubudala. Nguye kuphela 29, Nokho, futhi usenayo iminyaka eminingi emihle owawusele kuyo. Ukuthuthela e-White Rose sekucacile ukuthi kuvuselele kabusha umsebenzi wakhe futhi ukubizwa kwe-England kwanamuhla kungumvuzo owanele.
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Noma ngubani ocabanga ukuthi u-Andrew 'Freddy' Flintoff uzobhekana nobunzima ekubuyiseleni kwakhe ikhilikithi yokuqala yeLancashire kufanele abuke lokhu kubamba okumangalisayo. Kungase kuthathe imidlalo embalwa ukuze uthole emuva ukukhanda ngokugcwele kodwa kuyabonakala yena namanje ngiyitholile. Good luck Fred (ngisho noma kuyinto umdlalo wokuqala emuva umelene Yorkshire!)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27685776
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