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. And questions need to be raised for a team with designs on the World number one test ranking.
UNick Compton angahle abe nomlando wofuzo ongafelwa wona - kepha emasontweni ambalwa nje unamahloni 30th usuku lokuzalwa akayona inkukhu yasentwasahlobo futhi untula ifomu. Ukungabaza kuhlala kimi ukuthi unekhono lomhlaba wonke elidingekayo phezulu kakhulu kwe-oda. Kunezinye izinketho eziningi laphaya futhi. UMike Carberry waseHampshire kukhulunywa ngaye njalo futhi mhlawumbe uyinhloko yomugqa (nakuba ngezinye 32 usevele uneminyaka eyishumi yesine). Kepha inketho yemvelo ingavela icindezele i-Root ukuze ivuleke. Ungumuntu ovula imvelo futhi unokuzethemba futhi, okubaluleke kakhulu, isigaba esikhulu ukuhlala endaweni ebaluleke kunazo zonke yokushaya.
Sibe sesibheka yonke enye indlela yokushaya. UCook akekho esimeni esihle kakhulu kodwa uzophinda athole ifomu lakhe. Ungumdlali omuhle kakhulu ukuthi angabanjwa emuva eminyakeni yama-20 kanye neyama-30 isikhathi eside. Trott kuyafana. Sethemba ukuthi uKP uzobuya ngesikhathi ukuze indawo yoMlotha noMsuka ibonakale iqinisekile. UBairstow ubuye waba nochungechunge oluhle kakhulu kuze kube manje futhi iNgilandi kufanele inamathele kuye - ikakhulukazi njengoba, ngocezwana emsebenzini amagilavu, he could be the long-term replacement behind the sticks for Prior.
Kunokushiywa okukodwa okucacile ohlwini olungenhla. Ian Bell. Ngizwa kaninginingi ukuthi uBell unamasu amahle kunabo bonke abashayayo baseNgilandi. Mhlawumbe kunjalo (yize lapho uPieterson esemoyeni akekho noyedwa osondela kuye ekhempini yaseNgilandi) kodwa ngokwami angikaze ngizwe ukuthi uBell uke waba ngowakhe ngempela kulayini weNgilandi. Akavamile ukuba lapho lapho kubaluleke kakhulu futhi uhlala ebonakala njengephuzu elilodwa elihle ekulahlweni (futhi KULUNGILE imvamisa iyaphuma futhi ithole amaphuzu amakhulu ngesikhathi esifanele). Ngenkathi uBell efika kule ndawo namuhla neNgilandi ididizela angikaze ngicabange ukuthi nguyena ozotakula iqembu. A nice 30 noma ngisho 40 yebo. Mhlawumbe ngisho ne- 50. Kepha bengingenakho ukuzethemba ukuthi uzophuma ayothola ikhulu leminyaka iNgilandi elidingekayo futhi lokho kwethulwe ngokufanelekile nguRoot ngokusekelwa okuvela kuBairstow. England needed Bell and he didn’t quite deliver.
Mhlawumbe nginokhahlo ku-Bell - kodwa ngiyakwethembisa ukuthi lesi akusona isinqumo esisekelwe emidlalweni emibili engemihle neze. It’s been throughout his England career that I have had my doubts and if the rest of the top order aren’t firing on all cylinders England can’t afford to carry any passengers.
“Ibhola eliphinki libonakala limpunga/eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngokubomvu/okuhlaza ngokungaboni kahle, kuye ngokuqina kwayo. Ngenza ukulingisa ngobumpumputhe bemibala…”