Okuthunyelwe kuhlukaniswe ngezigaba: Test Cricket

0Indlela yokuphatha inkinga efana eNgilandi

Ngandlela-thile ngijabule ukuthi iNgilandi yehlulekile ukuthola igoli elibhekene neSri Lanka. Ukube bekwenzile lokho ngabe kubonwe ngabaningi njengohlobo oluthile lokuphunyuka okuyisimangaliso. Isekela odongeni, ukuzivikela kwe-stoic lapho ama-chips ephansi. It must not, Nokho, khipha ekusebenzeni okubucayi. Okweshumi nantathu amalulwane asidedisile. Umlotha wokugcina enhlabathini yesiNgisi wanqotshwa yize, hhayi ngoba amalulwane ethu futhi isithombe sonke asikaze sithuthuke kusukela lapho.… Funda Article Full

0International Cricket Council logoTest omdlalo wekhilikithi - sazi kanjani ngiwusindise?

Emuva ngenyanga kaMashi ngonyaka owedlule (Hewu, ngempela ukuthi kudala??) Mina waloba missive emfushane ngekusasa test omdlalo wekhilikithi futhi yini engase yenzeke kulowo mdlalo eminyakeni ezayo. Inspired by watch­ing a fas­cin­at­ing dual between bat and ball as Bangladesh took on Sri Lanka I waxed lyr­ic­al about the game and the subtle battles and tac­tic­al rami­fic­a­tions that make test crick­et, well test­ing. Unfor­tu­nately, you may recall dear read­er, the art­icle was nev­er­the­less based on a sad note – the crowd – or more accur­ately the lack of the crowd – rejoicing in the contest.

kababaningi abahlakaniphileyo (futhi ezithile ezingahlakaniphile) sages have put their think­ing caps on to pon­der how to bet­ter push the claims of test match crick­et. Test match crick­et is a dis­cip­line that must not be allowed to die. It is the very essence of crick­et and at the very apex of the won­der­ful game. If test match crick­et dies then so too does the heart and soul of the sport.… Funda Article Full

0ENgilandi abadinga Moore ekilasini ehlobo

Ukuxolisa okokuqala ngenxa yokuntuleka kokushintsha kwakamuva - konke kungenxa yokufika okusha ekhaya okusho ukuthi ngiphaphama (nokulala) amahora alawulwa ngokuphelele yizikhathi zokudla kwamabhodlela kanye noshintsho lwe-nappy - yebo i-bambino encane isifikile. Give her about 18 years and she’ll be play­ing for England.
Nokho; ukuze ibhizinisi.
Well, ukwenza paraphrase uWilliam Shakespeare ngandlela thile, lokho kwakubusika bokunganeliseki e-England. Ngemuva kokusebenza okuhle kakhulu kuma-Ashes iningi belingacabanga ukuthi ngeke likhulu. Kwenze - ukuhlulwa okuhlazisayo ngokumelene neNetherlands (noma ngabe 'kwakuyi-ruble efile') kufakazelwa i-coup de grace. Ngaphambi nangemva kwalokhu ukuphuma kwesikhashana kwe-shambolic kuye kwaba nokulimala okuphezulu kwabezindaba - abasekho ngumqeqeshi u-Andy Flower, umpetha ophakathi nendawo Jonathan Trott nenkosi yesiphalaphala uGraeme Swann. Futhi-ke vele kukhona lonke uhla oluzungeze uKevin Pietersen. I-Gloveman Matt Fore nayo izoyibuka ngokwethuka ihlombe lakhe njengoba abanye besongela indawo yakhe ohlangothini.… Funda Article Full

0Australia ukuwapheka ngesitimu kunokuwabilisa on empini yokulwa Proteas

Lapho iNgilandi ihlangana ne-Australia ochungechungeni lokugcina luka-Ashes, like abaningi, wacabanga ukuthi izivakashi zizogcina i-urn ngesikhathi semidlalo emihlanu edlule. It was always going to a tough­er battle than the sum­mer show­down but vic­tory was expected.

Isidlali somdlali i-England besinamandla kakhulu, kwakungewona they? Ngaleso sikhathi, ngaphandle kokuma kwe-maestro ye-oda eliphakathi uMichael Clarke, i-XI ehlanganisiwe yezinhlangothi zombili ngabe ibuswa amabhubesi amathathu. Ngaphandle kwe-skipper Clarke obengenza uhlangothi oluhlangene? Mhlawumbe uDavid Warner kaMichael Carberry? URyan Harris kufanele abe nguChris Tremlett noma uTim Bresnan? Impela eyangaphambili, mhlawumbe eyokugcina. Indawo yeShane Watson? Mhlawumbe - kodwa ngubani Wayeyosebenzisa buyisela? On ubuso, Nokho, Izwe laseNgilandi livele ngokugqamile. Funda Article Full

2ENgilandi naseWales Cricket Board logoBonke entsha England, ngaphandle KP

Ezindabeni ezinkulu kakhulu zekhilikithi zosuku i-England isimemezele ukuthi uKevin Pieterson ngeke asaba khona ezinhlelweni zabo, ngokuhlakaza ngempumelelo amalulwane abo aholayo. Lokhu sekungishukumisele ekugcineni ukuthi ngibhale i-athikili yami yokuqala selokhu uchungechunge oluyingozi lomlotha lwaqala cishe 2 izinyanga ezedlulile. Ngithanda ukukunikeza umfundi okhipha isexwayiso, ukuthi kanzima njengoba ngizama ukuhlala nginethemba mayelana nomdlalo omkhulu kunezinsuku ezithile lapho lokho okudinga ukushiwo kungazizwa kukuhle impela. Lokhu kungenye yazo…

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0Umlotha emlotheni, ENgilandi ukuze Dust

Ngoba lokho engizakukwenza ukukusho kungase I awiswe okuvela phezulu ... kodwa ngiyajabula ukuthi lezi zihloko Ashes isezingeni kuphele. Impela nje i-Australia idlale kangcono kakhulu kunesamba sezingxenye zabo kanye ne-England, ngoba ingxenye enkulu, abso­lutely diabolical.

Ngokuqinisekile njengoba nobusuku obulandelayo usuku ama-Aussies aqoqe umdlalo owucekela phansi ongu-5-0, siphinde siguqele iNgilandi ngesamba esibuhlungu esingafanelwe ukufakwa kumugqa wamazwe omhlaba. Izivakashi manje zidinga ukubuyela emuva, hlanganisa futhi uthathe izingcezu zalolu hambo olunobungozi olungahle lube ngaphansi.… Funda Article Full

0Australia Boxing Clever

Ubusika bamaNgisi buyinto embi. Cold ezimanzi, the sea­son also means no home crick­et whatsoever.

UKhisimusi ungomunye wokukhanya okukhanyayo enkungwini yamakhaza futhi ukungeza kulokhu umcabango womdlalo wokuhlola wonyaka oqala nge-Boxing Day futhi uvame ukubanjwa ngaphansi kwesibhakabhaka esiluhlaza kanye namazinga okushisa afudumele kungenye evusa umcabango nalowo engizowuphakamisa ubhiya obandayo ukuze.

Izivivinyo zoSuku lweBoxing ziye zabanjwa njalo ngonyaka 1980 (ngaphandle kwalokho 1989 lapho kudlalwa umdlalo wosuku olulodwa vs eSri Lanka (i-boo - ed) naseMelbourne Cricket Club e-Australia - aka-MCG). Baphinde babuswa izixuku ezithile ezinkulu (eziye zasondela izinombolo eziyisithupha ngezikhathi ezithile).... Funda Article Full

0Australia isitsha lula ukunqoba kwabo Ashes

Ngokuzimisela okunesihluku futhi kungumbulali wemvelo ofanelwe yimpisi ejaha unyamazana olimele, Aus­tralia duly com­pleted the rout of a demor­al­ised Eng­land this morning.

I-England imane ayilwenzanga lolu chungechunge futhi i-Australia eyakhiwe kabusha ibambe yonke into nobuthakathaka nayo yonke inselelo yokuhlazisa okuyilokhu kusekuhle.

Ukuwina uchungechunge lomlotha wesine olandelanayo bekungokuhleleka okude futhi bekuyinto engaphesheya kweNgilandi. I-urn manje ibuyela e-Australia (ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, noma kunjalo!) and we no doubt won’t hear the end of it from our cous­ins on the oth­er side of the planet.

Njengoba uCook avumile engqungqutheleni yakhe yabezindaba yangemva komdlalo, I-England idlalwe kuzo zonke izindawo nentando, Ngiyasola, funa ukunqoba okungu-5-0. Akuyona neze nesitayela sabo ukuthatha unyawo lwabo off the gas. Impisi uye wabanjwa inyamazane, manje usefuna ukuqedela yonke intambo yokugcina emnandi.… Funda Article Full

0Ukwehluleka Kwe-First Innings - Isikhathi Sokucabanga, England

Lokhu missive yakamuva imibango efika kini ivela embhedeni wami ogulayo. Yebo, mfundi othandekayo, Njengamanje ngilele embhedeni ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku kanti abanye bathokozela ipenti lasemsebenzini noma abahlanu kubungcwebe bendawo bendawo. Ngokuzimisela, yini engaba yimbi kunokuzwa sengathi ukufa kufudumele ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku?

Well okungenani, Ngizwa kuthiwa ukhala, kunginikeza ithuba lokuthi ngibhale lo msindo omfishane ngemuva kosuku lwesibili lwempi yomlotha wokuvula.

Futhi nginovalo lokuthi isihloko sanamuhla sibuyela emuva endleleni ethile enyathelwe kahle - isb. Abagadli baseNgilandi bevumela uhlangothi phansi futhi. ... Funda Article Full

0The Ashes isitshaIgalelo Okokuqala England

Ngakho-ke uMlotha usaqhubeka futhi futhi ngaphandle kwesimanga esikhulu kuze kube manje. I-Australia iwine i-toss futhi yahlaselwa, I-England yaphuma nebhola futhi yenza impilo yaba nzima kwabadlali abalinganiselwa kwabase-Australia abebeshayisana. Indoda yosuku ngaphandle kokungabaza uStuart Broad, obekumele ngabe uthulise bonke manje ngaphandle kokuzwiswa kakhulu ngabagxeki bakhe.… Funda Article Full