Okuthunyelwe kuhlukaniswe ngezigaba: isofthiwe engadingeki

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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0Cricket Australia logoKuphi 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

1The Ashes isitshaKwenziwe 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

0The Ashes isitshaOkwesibili 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

0The Ashes isitshaisofthiwe 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

0The Ashes isitshaSenhliziyo 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

0The Ashes isitshaIzinsuku 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

0The Ashes isitshaUsuku 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

0The Ashes isitshaSekuyisikhathi ... Ashes izibikezelo

Ngakho, wezemidlalo umcimbi enkulu 2013 ekugcineni phezu kwethu, okusho ukuthi isikhathi sokuba ngihambise indaba unamathele entanyeni yami futhi ukubikezela umphumela. Ngizoqala ngokuqiniseka ukubikezela kokunqoba England. Angikho beqiniseka ka ohlangothini anqobe kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi kuyoba okungenani 2, kodwa njengoba ngicabanga ukuthi iNgilandi iyoze ibe nethuba elingcono ngizozibeka engcupheni yokuthuka “abahlaziyi” futhi ngiphakamisa ukuthi i-England ingaphatha 5 0 ngomcako.

Anginasiqiniseko sokuthi i-Australia inesipiliyoni esanele sokuhlasela ukusebenzisa i-England. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi umugqa ocija i-Australia uzonikezwa isikhathi esinzima ngabathungi base-England kanye 6 abaphathi besobunxele bazozabalaza kuma-wike amile maqondana noGraeme Swan.  Unless weath­er or injur­ies inter­vene I don’t see how the Aus­sies can outscore Eng­land consistently.

Uma iNgilandi ingenza 350+ ku-innings lokuqala (seluwinile ukuphonswa) Ngilindele ukuba bawine i-test yokuqala.  Ngicabanga ukuthi amaphuzu azoba cishe 400, 350, 300, 200 okuzonikeza iNgilandi a 150 gijima ukunqoba uzungeze ukudla kwasemini ngosuku 5. Let’s find out how silly I look by Sunday afternoon…