Akukho nto ingako inokuthetha kwiintsuku ezimbalwa zokugqibela - ngokusisiseko iNgilani ibambe umhlaba i-Australia yaba luthuli. Sisishwankathelo sam. I-England ikhokelwa ngu 566 ibaleka ngewiki kunye nexesha ngesandla. Pretty comfortable.…
Endaweni yoko ndiza kugxila kwigorha lanamhlanje, Joe Root.
"Bendicaphukile" ... utshilo uJoe xa ebuzwa ukuba acinge kakuhle njani 'nge-mega ton'. Ndavuya kunokuba kakhulu.
Emva kwamanqaku ambalwa asezantsi emva kokutshintsha kwakhe ukusuka kumdlalo ophakathi ukuya kuthi ga kwindawo evulekileyo bendiqala ukuzibuza ukuba ngaba unyuselo luye phezulu kwi-odolo, nangona kungenjalo ukuqhubela phambili kwendalo, mhlawumbi kwakusekuqaleni. Yintoni inkunkuma! Kwaye ngokuchanekileyo njengokugxeka kwam kwangaphambili u-Ian Bell ngokungafumani manqaku ngokwaneleyo xa kufanelekile (esinye isiqingatha senkulungwane esithandekayo kuye namhlanje)
ton egqiba namhlanje kuba Ingcambu kwakufana njengoko kuza. Ndikhe ndabona nje amagqabantshintshi. Kwaye kwakhona ubabukele. Kwaye ndibasindisile ngolunye uluvo ngomso. Yayi-TV ezukileyo. Ezinye izithonga adlale logic balwa. Indawo ayifumeneyo yayimangalisa kwaphela. Andiqondi ukuba ndimbonile ebetha ibhola ingakumbi kunzima kodwa ke wafumana amanqaku 20 imida (kubandakanya abathandathu). Kwindawo aqala kuyo ujonge ngeendlela ezininzi njengekopi yekhabhoni kaMichael Vaughan. Kwaye udlala izithonga ezizukileyo njengaye- kodwa angaphinde atshintshe iigesi ngendlela ezinokuthi zenziwe ngabanye abahlaseli. Ke waqala ngeentsuku zokudlala ngokuchanekileyo, ukuvimba ibhola kunye nokudlala uhambiso ngalunye kwiimpawu zalo, ke xa sele ebhalisile itoni yakhe wabetha enye 50, eli xesha ngaphantsi 70 iibhola. Yiloo nto imbi izinga imini enye.
The only two English batsmen of recent times who I have seen switch the pace so seamlessly are Graham Gooch and Kevin Pieterson.…not bad players to look to emulate.
Yaye phi abatsha isichotho Joe ukusuka? Kulungile kwisiphaluka uThixo ngokwakhe, Yorkshire. Idolophu enamandla iqhubeka nokuhambisa abadlali beklasi ephezulu kwiqela laseNgilane. Kuqala u-Tim Bresnan wenza i-dent enkulu kwi-Aussie yokubetha umgca emva koko wayilandela ngeyona nto ibalaseleyo kwaye iyakhathaza (yee-Aussies) kumangeno kunye ngephini. Kwaye Joe amanyathelo kwaye ibetheke ton 'zotata.
Njengokuba uthanda uFred Trueman, UGeoffrey Boycott, UDarren Gough noMichael Vaughan babengonelanga, IYorkshire iyaqhubeka nokubonelela ngomgca ongenakuqhekeka we (Sheffield) intsimbi kwicala lethu lesizwe. Ngcono nangakumbi - lowo wase-Australia enze nayiphi na impembelelo kulo mdlalo-uRyan Harris-wayedlalela neYorkshire! Zonke ngoku ngoku, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Yorkshire.
Owu ngendlela ... njengoJoe Root, UJonny Bairstow kunye noTim Bresnan bayazilawula kwii-Aussies, indawo yabo yokuzalwa isakwazi ukwenza kakuhle enkosi kakhulu ngaphandle kwabo. Basandula ukubetha iDerbyshire ngokungena kwi-innings kwaye 113 Ibaleka ngebhola entsha ibhloko uAlex Lees otyumza uhlaselo 275 ongaphumiyo. Oko kungaphezulu kweDerbyshire ephethwe kuyo nayiphi na i-innings yabo iyonke.
eliqaqambileyo elizayo xa, Yorkshire elizayo xa.
“Ibhola epinki ibonakala ingwevu / luhlaza ngombala obomvu / oluhlaza, kuxhomekeke kubukhali bayo. Ndenze ulinganiso ngobumfama bombala…”