Okuthunyelwe okumakiwe: Alastair Cook

2T20BROADside eNgilandi mayelana abadlali kokuphumula

Njengoba ngihleli ngilalele i-T20 freak-show (imshaya kabi noma iyiphi insipho esekelwe kumfazi ayibukayo) Kade ngicabanga impikiswano edaleke ngemuva kokuthi i-England iphumule abadlali abahlanu abalulekile ochungechungeni lwe-ODI.

UCaptain Cook, Bell, Graeme Swann, UJimmy Anderson nokaputeni we-T20 uStuart Broad bonke baphakamise izinyawo futhi bavumela i-England entsha ebukeka ibambe ama-Aussies ochungechungeni lwemidlalo emihlanu.

Owayengukaputeni uMichael Vaughan uke washo amazwi akhe futhi uStuart Broad uxoshile emuva. Abezindaba baye bagxumela kwimpikiswano enempilo futhi bayivusa yaba umugqa. Funda Article Full

1The Ashes isitshaI-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

1ENgilandi naseWales Cricket Board logoAussies Tonked - Manje Phambili

Okokuqala ukuxolisa kokungabuyekezi isayithi sekwephuze kakhulu - kanye nomunye umbhali waleli sayithi bengikade ngihamba nge-Europe.

Singabantu emuva ngaleso sikhathi, ngakho ungesabi.

Ngakho, I-England igoqe u-Ashes ngokusebenza kahle kwengquza ngosuku lokugcina ukuze ithumele futhi izithumele ngempela. Kuningi sekubhaliwe mayelana nokusebenza kweNgilandi kanye, ikakhulukazi, Ukusebenza kukaStuart Broad. Kwakukuhle kakhulu, ekupheleni.

Ngakho-ke ngizogxila kokuthile okuhlukile, a-isikhungo off kancane uma kuthanda.

Lapho i-Australia isencithakalo iminyaka embalwa emuva (kubonakala kudala manje!) iphutha elilodwa elenzelwe bona bekungekhona ukopha izingane ezisencane ezizayo ngakho baba nethuba lokuzwa ukuphakama nokukhithika komdlalo wekhilikithi wokuhlola.… Funda Article Full

0The Ashes isitsha3-0 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.

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0England v New ZealandEngland vs New Zealand: Test Second, Day 5

Futhi kwenzeka kanjalo.

I-England yagoqa ukunqoba okukholisayo ngaleyondlela ithatha uchungechunge 2-0. Kwaba kancane lula kakhulu. Isimo sezulu kuphela esingasindisa i-New Zealand ekunqotshweni okuthile. lana, kodwa nje hhayi ngempela anele, bese i-England inyukela epuletini ikhombisa isigaba sabo sangempela.

Bangohlangothi olungcono kakhulu kuneNew Zealand futhi bakukhombisa. Ukuhlaselwa kwe-Bowling ikakhulukazi kulo lonke uchungechunge kwenziwe kahle kakhulu yize ukuhlaselwa kweKiwis kungazange kwenziwe kabi kakhulu noma. Funda Article Full

0England v New ZealandEngland vs New Zealand: Test Second, Day 4

Ubuningi bosuku oluqinile namuhla… uma isimo sezulu silungile kusasa i-England icishe izuze futhi uma isibhebhethekisa phansi imidwebo ingahle ibonakale.

Kepha kufanele kube sekuphelile konke ngokunqoba okunethezekile, mhlawumbe nge-innings. Ukupheka bekufanele ukuthi kusebenze ukulandela okulandelayo. Noma ngabe iNgilandi yagcina ilahlekelwe ngabe isenze isitatimende esisobala sezinhloso zayo futhi yabeka umaki phansi ukuthi ungumlingisi onolaka nonobuntu ongathathi iziboshwa. Esikhundleni salokho uthathe inketho yokuzivikela.… Funda Article Full

0England v New ZealandEngland vs New Zealand: Test Second, Usuku 3 - I-England Bowing

Kunezihloko ezahlukahlukene engangikhethe ukuthi ngibhale ngazo ngemuva kosuku lwesithathu lovivinyo lwesibili ochungechungeni lwase-England naseNew Zealand.

Izingqinamba eziphuma ngokushesha nje 1) okunye ukusebenza okumnandi okwenziwa ngabaphethe i-England ngokumelana nomugqa we-Kiwi omubi 2) ukubuyela esimweni esihle sesikebhe esiseceleni kwasekhaya nokuvula i-Alastair Cook 3) ama-wike amane we-Swann noma 4) Isinqumo esiphikiswa kakhulu yiNgilandi sokungaphoqeleli ukuthi kulandelwe (icishe iqinisekise ukunqoba kochungechunge kodwa kunciphisa kakhulu amathuba okuphumelela kumdlalo nesibikezelo semvula). But today I am going to swerve a little left of centre and focus on some­thing entirely different…

Bathi zonke izinsuku usuku lwesikole futhi namuhla ngifunde okuthile okusha namuhla… I-moustachioed enkulu yangaphambili ye-oda u-Aussie slugger uDavid Boon ungunompempe ongumlingisi walesi sivivinyo. Ngithanda ukucabanga ukuthi ngikwazi ukuyiqonda kahle imicimbi yekhilikithi yomhlaba kepha ukukhushulwa kweTasmanian yeTismism njengonompempe emhlabeni 2011 kuyinto edlule kimi kepha iyinto engijabulisa kakhulu.… Funda Article Full

0England v New ZealandEngland vs New Zealand: Test Second, Day 2

Kuqala ngqa enkulu enkulu ye-cherry ebabazekayo ngokuhalalisela omunye umfana waseYorkshire uJoe Root ngekhulu lakhe leminyaka. UJoe - obuye waya esikoleni esifanayo nami nomlobi engikanye naye kule webhusayithi (Ama-King Ecgberts eSheffield) - Umane esisefweni ekilasini. Ukuvimbela ukulimala uzoba inhlanganisela yaseNgilandi iminyaka eminingi ezayo.

Kepha uJoe eceleni kufanele akhathazeke ngale ndlela, noma ukuntuleka kwayo, we-oda eliphakeme laseNgilandi. Futhi imibuzo idinga ukuphakanyiswa yeqembu elinemiklamo yokuhlolwa kwenombolo yokuqala yomhlaba… .. Funda Article Full