0England lusiba yokuphulukana?

Ngoko ke, njengoko iintloko zokugqibela zokuvavanya zisondela kwimvula emanzi zitsale iipundits zikhangela into yokuncokola. Ekugqibeleni babonakala benesithukuthezi sokuthatha iipop kwinkqubo yeDRS, kwaye ayiyonto yeqakamba ukukhahlela iqela phantsi (i.e. Australia) ngokungathandabuzekiyo ingqalelo iguqukele eNgilane. Kubonakala ngathi ukuphumelela uthotho 3-0 (njengoko ngokungathandabuzekiyo uya kungqinwa malunga neeyure ezingama-30 ixesha) kwaye ukuphumelela 3 ashes series on the trot is a sign that Eng­land are “los­ing momentum”. What nonsense.

Isizathu esiphambili sako konke ukungakhathali sisantya sokufumana amanqaku eNgilane kwi 5^th uvavanyo- “olungamkelekanga” 2 Ngaphezulu. Ukuqikelela ukuba iingcibi azikathethi ngokwenyani ukuba iNgilane kufanele ukuba yenze ntoni!  Mhlawumbi kufanelekile ukuba sijolise 3.5 Ibaleka ngaphezulu kwaye iphela iphela ngexesha lokuba iiAussies ziphumelele, nangona kubonakala ngathi kum kuya kuba kukuhambisa amandla e-Australia. Ngokuchasene noko-iNgilane yenza kanye le nto uninzi lwee-pundits bezisoloko zifuna ukuba bayenze iminyaka-bedlala ibala, iimeko kunye nokubhowula okubonisiweyo kubo. Xa ibhola embi ifikile yayithunyelwa. Into ezingathembeki kuzo iingcali ngokuchanekileyo kukuba iNgilane idlala ngokulingana. Kutheni benokwenza njalo?  kakuhle, mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuhamba kancinci, Uqikelelo lwemvula oluninzi, kunye nenkcaso phantse 500 ebhodini emva kweentsuku ezi-2, Ngaba iNgilani ingaphumelela?Ukucinga ukuba uqikelelo luchanekile kwaye uninzi lwanamhlanje luya kuphulukana nemvula, kungenzeka njani ukuba iNgilane iwuphumelele umdlalo?  Masicinge ukuba sinokubakhuphela ngaphandle abantu base-Australia 2 iiseshoni. Ukuthatha ii-Aussies ezikora kwi 3 ngaphezulu koku kulindeleke ukuba benze i-180 kwezi 2 iiseshoni. Yongeza oko kwii-innings zabo zokuqala 492 inika iNgilani iyonke ukufumana i-672. Ungaze ucinge ukuba iNgilane ayikafikeleli 400 okwangoku kolu ngcelele- kungafuneka ixesha elingakanani ukufumana 672 ngesisa kakhulu 4 libalekela kulo ngalinye?  Impendulo - 168 ngaphezulu. Ke, iya kuba yile 18 susela mhla 2, zonke 90 overs izolo, 30 owuva namhlanje (eyona nto sinokuyithemba ngokwemo yezulu) kwaye 30 LOPHULISO tomorrow.So, ukuba uyakholelwa ukuba iNgilane ingabetha ngaphezulu kweentsuku ezi-4, kuba 168 LOPHULISO, ngexesha 4 libalekela kulo ngalinye, kwaye isitya se-Australia siphume i-180 60 LOPHULISO, ungagqiba kwelokuba iNgilane ibinethuba lokuphumelela. Ngaphandle koko (njengam) unokugqiba ngokuzithemba ukuba iNgilane ayinalo ixesha eloneleyo kumdlalo ukukhusela uloyiso kwaye eyona nto inengqondo ukuyenza yayikukuthintela i-Australia ukuba ithathe nantoni na kuthotho, kwaye bathathe ithuba lokuba abaqhokri baseNgilani bazame ukubetha uhlobo oluthile.
Ibhonasi eyongezelelweyo eNgilane kukuba emva 1 ii-innings ezihloniphekileyo kunye ne-Australia ngoku zivakalelwa kukuba zinomgca wokubetha ozinzileyo:  a line up that does­n’t con­vince me at all. Steve Smith isn’t good enough to get into any good test side. Shane Wat­son has once again delivered when it does­n’t mat­ter and con­tin­ues to look very vul­ner­able to LBW.  UMichael Clarke usengumdlali ohlaselayo kodwa iNgilane iyifumene inombolo yakhe - uyasokola ngokuchasene noStuart Broad kunye nebhola emfutshane ingakumbi kwaye khange abenalo nethuba lokujongana noTremlett onokuthi abonakale kuthotho lokubuya. URogers ngumdlali onesidima kodwa andimboni esenza amanqaku amaninzi "atshintshayo kumdlalo" ashiya eso sigameko sithambekele kuWarner ophindayo ongumdlali ohloniphekileyo kodwa ngenxa yesimbo sakhe uthanda ukunika amathuba. Rogers & I-Warner ayinayo ngqo iringi efana ne-Hayden & Langer does itWhen all is said and done this Eng­land side have beaten bet­ter Aus­trali­an teams already and have bats­men due back into form. Eng­land are rightly send­ing a mes­sage to Aus­tralia — give us half a chance and we’ll beat you. Play really well and we’re strong enough to hold you off. Go home with noth­ing from this series and look for­ward to see­ing us again in 3 kwiinyanga.