Ngakho, njengoba yokugcina yokuhlola amakhanda ebhekiswe imvula ofakwe ukudweba pundits athungatha okuthile ingxoxo emayelana. Bagcina babonakala sengisilethe nesithukuthezi ukuthatha sivele ngesikhathi uhlelo drs, futhi hhayi Cricket ukukhipha iqembu ngenkathi siphelela phansi (i.e. Australia) ngakho-ke ngokungenakuphikwa ukunakwa kuphendukele eNgilandi. Kubukeka sengathi ukuwina uchungechunge 3-0 (njengoba nakanjani kungaqinisekiswa esikhathini esingamahora angama-30) futhi ukunqoba 3 ashes series on the trot is a sign that England are “losing momentum”. What nonsense.
Okuthunyelwe okumakiwe: isofthiwe engadingeki
1I-Australia ibambe isandla esiphakeme - kumdlalo wenjoloba ofile
Izinsuku ezimbili e-Australia futhi impela zinesandla esiphakeme. Kodwa manje. Umlotha uyanqotshwa futhi uwinwe ngokuqiniseka ngalokho. Lo umdlalo ofana nenjoloba efile futhi ukhumbuza kakhulu uchungechunge lomlotha wasendulo lapho iNgilandi yayivame ukukhipha ukusebenza okuhle kwesigqoko lapho urun yayiphethwe ama-Aussies. Abadlali abahlale behlisa iqembu ngezikhathi ezithile ngokuzumayo bazophatha iminyaka emihlanu noma bathole ikhulu bese kuthi isilinganiso sabo sibheke ochungechungeni olungokomlando. Funda Article Full
03-0 eNgilandi ... sifundeni?
Ingihlabe kude eholidini ngoba esidlule 2½ amasonto futhi ngingafundile ithuba ukubhala mayelana ikhilikithi. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, kuye kwaba 2 ngaphezulu Ashes ukufana test futhi eNgilandi liye enwetshiwe phambili kwabo ngo 3-0. Njengoba kwase zonke izinhloko ukukhuluma ngezwa ungazange lokho abakushoyo, kanjalo lapha kukhona ezinye imicabango yami, uninfluenced by the pundits.
0Kuphi Australia sekunje?
Ngakho, Test yesibili uphezu, naseNgilandi baye bayinqoba icubungulisise, futhi nalo, pheze ngokuqinisekile lalilokhu Ashes. Baningi ingxoxo isivele lekugcilwe kulokho Australia ongayenza ukuze uthole aqhoshe emuva kulolu chungechunge, nokuthi bangakha kanjani kabusha uchungechunge lokubuya kulobusika e-Australia. Ukugxila kukolayini wase-Australia, ngakho-ke ake sibheke ezinye izinombolo kusuka kwelokugcina 2 izivivinyo… Funda Article Full
1Kwenziwe uJobe - I-England Thatha i-2-0 lead
umsebenzi. I-Australia ijabule.
Abanayo impendulo ngempela kumaqhawe ahlanganisiwe we Root (amakhulu eminyaka kanye nama-wike ambalwa), Bell (ithoni ebaluleke kakhulu ye-innings enehafu ehle ngekhulu lesibili (nakuba kufanele ukube wayesezulwini out, wabanjwa, on 20-kuxaka) futhi Swann (9 ngamawikhedi). Kumele kukhathazeke izivakashi lapho umdlali wazo wesibili omuhle kakhulu, Watson, Ngabe inqubo yakhe ivezwa ukuhlaselwa yiNgilandi ngendlela enkulu - wayesaphinda futhi a LBW Isisulu namuhla.… Funda Article Full
0Okwesibili Ashes Test - Ukuhamba in a Yorkshire Wonderland
Akukho okuningi engingakusho kulezi zinsuku ezimbalwa zokugcina - ngokuyisisekelo iNgilandi ibeke i-Australia othulini. Lokho kufingqa kwami. I-England ihola phambili 566 isebenza ngama-wikikhi nesikhathi ezandleni. Pretty comfortable.…
Esikhundleni salokho ngizogxila kwiqhawe lanamuhla, Joe Umsuka.
"Bengikhathazekile ukushaya izingcingo"… kusho uJoe lapho ebuzwa ukuthi uzindla kahle ngama-'mega ton' amnandi namuhla. Ngijabule futhi.… Funda Article Full
0isofthiwe engadingeki: Second Test — Day 1
Ngakho, ngolunye usuku ithatha bezijabulisa Test yekhilikithi iphelile, bese umdlalo wokuhlola wesibili usulungile futhi uqhubeka ngempela. Kuyajabulisa namuhla ukuthi akuzange konakaliswe yiziphi izinqumo ezingezinhle (ngu umpires noma abadlali), kodwa mina nganengwa booing oyiphutha Jimmy Anderson. Ngizoxoxa kancane ngalokho kamuva, kodwa okokuqala ezinye izibikezelo (wavuma usuku sekwedlule isikhathi)... Funda Article Full
0Senhliziyo beckons emva isiphetho nervewracking
HEWU!! Yeka umdlalo. Kuyavunywa izinqumo ezihlasimulisa umzimba (uma zihlanganisa 3rd umpires) mhlawumbe wawenza wasondela kancane kunokuba bekufanele ube njalo (nakuba zombili izinhlangothi wahlupheka) but what a fantastic advert YET AGAIN for test match cricket.
Ukungena kulolu chungechunge kubukeka sengathi kuzoba nzima ukuya e-Australia. Ephepheni kunabadlali abathathu kuphela, at best, bekuyokwenza iNgilandi iqale i-XI eqenjini lase-Australia - uClke, I-Watson ne-Siddle. Bambalwa abantu ababanikeze ithuba. Kepha ngemibukiso ethile yobuqhawe bakubonile lokho, uma kuziwa Ashes okungenani, njengeqembu bakhulu kunesamba sezingxenye zabo ngazinye. Funda Article Full
0Izinsuku Sesibili Nesithathu - Isidala Esilungile Sabona
Ngithukuthele izolo ebusuku ngakwazi eNgilandi ukukwazi ukuhluthwa emihlathini yokunqoba ngokwehluleka ukufaka inombolo yokuqala yeminyaka engu-19 11 unogwaja ngaphandle (isizwe yisinqumo esithusayo sokuba ngumphenyi) bese kulandela ukulandela kwabo iskripthi ngokulahlekelwa ama-wike amabili ekhilikithi lapho ephendula (uqaphele aphinde - Isinqumo olushaqisayo) ukuthi angikwazanga ukubeka ikhibhodi kwi-laptop.
Kubukeka sengathi namuhla kungenzeka kube wusuku lwesibili lokuthula komsakazo kodwa iNgilandi ikwazile ukumba ngokujulile futhi yabona ezinye kuze kube manje lapho isalondolozwe khona amadoti namabhodlela (Anderson eceleni). Udlale kahle uChops no-KP ngeminye iminikelo emihle kodwa ikakhulukazi ku-Ian Bell. Ngibe ngomunye wabagxeki bakhe abaphambili bokufika sekwedlule isikhathi - kodwa kuphela ngoba ebengazitholi nezikolo ezinhle uma zibalulekile. Kodwa namuhla kwase kuyisikhathi ukwandisa plate futhi lokho wakwenza, ngisizwa ably ngu-Broad kwelinye icala.… Funda Article Full
0Usuku Esikhulu Battle. Ukudumazeka
Engingakusho nje ngemuva kosuku lokuqala lomlotha wasehlobo ukuthi ngiphoxekile kakhulu. Ukuhlolwa komdlalo wekhilikithi okumangazayo kungcono kakhulu yebo, kepha umaka oqinile obekwe phansi yiNgilandi ebusayo ngokumelene neqembu lokuhlola elijwayelekile, akukho.
Aged 33 I am used to England folding against far superior Aussie teams but this time round it was meant to be different.
Ephepheni i-England kufanele ibambe le nkatho. Ama-bow Bows aphakeme kakhulu futhi amalulwane engxenye ephezulu kakhulu kunokwawo.… Funda Article Full
“Ibhola eliphinki libonakala limpunga/eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngokubomvu/okuhlaza ngokungaboni kahle, kuye ngokuqina kwayo. Ngenza ukulingisa ngobumpumputhe bemibala…”