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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, so let’s look at some num­bers from the last 2 tests

I-England ihlasele 4 izikhathi futhi wenza inani elilandelayo:

  • 215
  • 375
  • 361
  • 349-7

I-Australia ihlasele 4 Izikhathi futhi wenza lezi nemathothali:

  • 280
  • 296
  • 128
  • 220

Ngakho, yini Kusitshelani lokhu?  Well - England ubhale 3 izikolo ngempumelelo 350+ nge 1 ama-innings ampofu esivivinyweni sokuqala. I-Australia yehlulekile ukudlula abangama-300 bebonke 4 innings, futhi ngithumele 2 izikolo ezimpofu kakhulu. Ngakho, there is clearly a prob­lem with Aus­trali­an bat­ting. Let’s have a look at some numbers

  1. Watson: 13+46+30+20 (isilinganiso 27.25)
  2. Rogers: 16+52+15+6 (isilinganiso 22.25)
  3. Cowan: 0+14 (aver­age 7)
  4. Khawaja:14+54 (aver­age 34)
  5. Clark: 0+23+28+51 (isilinganiso 25.5)
  6. Smith: 53+17+2+1 (isilinganiso 18.25)
  7. Hughes: 81*+0+1+1 (isilinganiso 20.75)
  8. Haddin: 1+71+7+7 (isilinganiso 21.5)
  9. ukuthi: 98+14+2+16 (isilinganiso 32.5)
  10. Starc: 0+1 (isilinganiso 0.5)
  11. Siddle: 1+11+2+18 (aver­age 8)
  12. Pattinson: 2+25*+10*+35 (aver­age 18)
  13. Harris:10+16* (aver­age 13)

Ngakho, ngaphandle kwe-Starc (ngubani yaphela for test kwesibili) ama-Aussie Bowlers enza umnikelo omuhle ngokuncishiswa kwe-bat 71 phakathi kwabo Imininingwane per Innings (ngisho ngaphandle Agar sika 98 basanikela cishe 50 ugijimisa i-innings phakathi kwabo - ukubuyisa okunengqondo UBrad Haddin wenze umnikelo owamukelekile futhi uqinile ngokuqinile ngemuva kwama-wicker (ngaphandle kokuphonsa ukaputeni wakhe ekuqaleni ashutheke iduma)

So let’s look at the bats­men. Cow­an has rightly been dropped. Phil Hughes has­n’t been con­vin­cing des­pite his aver­age. Both open­ers have made starts in every innings but have failed to go on. Clarke has been under-par but is improv­ing with each innings. The weak­est link in terms of per­form­ance and from watch­ing him play has been Steve Smith, kodwa ufake isandla ebholeni - ukuthola ama-wickets amaningi kuno-Ashton Agar. UKhawaja ubukeke kahle, amagoli aphezulu kuma-innings wesibili ovivinyweni lwesibili bese kuthi okwesibili kuClarke agijime ngokuphelele ekuhlolweni kwesibili. Inkinga enkulu ye-Australia ukuthi ayinayo ikhwalithi eyenele ekujuleni - badinga ngokuqinile ukuthola enye i-batsman. Bacabanga ukuthi ngeke bakwenze lokho, yini okunye abangayenza?  Yebo - alikho iphuzu lokuthwala umuntu ongaziqhubeki, ngakho-ke kungani ungangenisi esinye isitashi bese uzama ukwehlisa izikolo zase-England!  Kungenzeka ukuthi ama-wike kulo lonke lolu chungechunge (nakuchungechunge oluzolandelwa e-Australia) izonikeza okuningi kuma-spinner. I-Australia kufanele ilethe uFawad Ahmed ngokushesha okukhulu. Lokhu kuzosusa nengcindezi kwi-Agar encane engathola ama-run ambalwa nge-bat uma inenhlanhla. Kungasho nokuthi bangaphikisana noSteve Smith owenze okuncane kakhulu nge-bat. Ukudlala nayo 5 bowl­ers may even focus the minds of some of Aus­trali­a’s batsmen.

Noma kunjalo, lokho ngeke kwenziwe ngokwanele - kungathola amanye ama-wikethi ambalwa, kodwa amalulwane ase-Australia abenzanga okwenele. Watson, UClkeke noKhawaja bangabakhethi abaphephile okwamanje. Ngakho-ke kwehlela kuRoger noHughes. Ngihlabe umxhwele kakhulu ngendlela uRoger adlale ngayo, kodwa angicabangi ukuthi noma yikuphi bekukuhle ngokwanele ukucacisa indawo yabo. UDavid Warner ukufakwa esikhundleni semvelo kukaRoger, noma engenzanga kahle i-Australia A.

Ngakho ubani buyisela Hughes?  Ngingasho ukuthi kufanele babe nesibindi futhi babuyisele i-batsman ekilasi elinolwazi olukhulu ngokumelene ne-England… Simon Katich. UKatich wenze ama-run amaningi emidlalweni yeligi kule sizini futhi usezibeke phambili ukuthi azodlala kulolu chungechunge.

Ngicabanga ukuthi ngokweqiniso lezi zinguquko eziya kulayini oqondayo zenza i-Australia ibukeke kakhulu ekuwineni umdlalo ukwedlula noma iyiphi inhlanganisela yeqembu lamanje, yize kunjalo iNgilandi iseyisohlangothini olungcono. Inkinga kuphela manje ukugembula 5 ama-bow Bowers lapho ubukade uzama ukwenza ama-run kuphela 4 izinduku. Ngakho, nakuba kubonakala nokhahlo, Ngicabanga ukuthi ngilahle i-Agar futhi ngilethe yonke eyindilinga… I-Moises Henriques yenze kahle ekhilikithi le-Sheffield Shield futhi inolwazi oluncane lokuhlola. Ubuye ngesandla sokudla, which would nul­li­fy some of the threat from Graeme Swann and bring more bal­ance to the Aus­sie bat­ting line-up. He is also a use­ful bowler.

Nakhu line-up I wayezohamba nalabo

  1. Watson
  2. Warner
  3. Khawaja
  4. Katich
  5. Clarke
  6. Henriques
  7. Haddin
  8. Pattinson
  9. Siddle
  10. Harris
  11. Ahmed

Uma u-Ahmed engatholi ama-wike, u-Agar angabuya futhi. Ngokuya kokushaywa kukhona ezinye izinketho - futhi i-Australia kufanele icabange ngalolu chungechunge lwamanje - Umuntu oyedwa ongakwesobunxele nguGeorge Bailey owayengukaputeni ophikisana nabanqobi base-Australia uhlangothi lwe-trophy futhi lwenziwe 55, 55 futhi 4 (aver­age 38)

Okokugcina, kukhona amaphutha asobala kakhulu ngendlela i-Australia edlale ngayo. Okokuqala kumele bafunde ukusebenzisa i-DRS kahle - bebechithekile ngayo kulolu chungechunge. Amanye amalulwane abo anobuthakathaka obuthile ngqo futhi abangasebenza futhi kufanele basebenze kanzima kubo. UWatson ikakhulukazi unomkhuba omubi wokudlala ngaphesheya komugqa futhi uphume LBW - umdlali wekhono lakhe nesipiliyoni akanazo izaba zokungasebenzi futhi athuthukise amaphutha anjalo.

Lapha nginethemba lokuthi i-Australia iguqise izinto ngokwanele ukwenza umdlalo olandelayo okungenani incintisane - ngemuva kwalokho ukuyanelisa ngokwengeziwe ukwedlula lapho sekusondele!

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