Njengoba ngibhala lokhu ngizama ukuthola iprozi efanele engenzi ukuthi ngihlangane nanjengomunye 'waseNgilandi omncane' ongumqondo ongenangqondo futhi onomqondo omncane obona bonke labo 'bangabezizwe' njengokuthile okufanele kwesatshwe nokuzondwa.
Abadlali baphesheya kwezilwandle baphesheya kwezilwandle abanjengoCurtley noCourtney noMaster Blaster Viv Richards basizile ukukhanyisa isifunda sesizini kumasizini edlule futhi baletha injabulo ezigidini. Bonke abalandeli bafuna ukubona abadlali abasezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu embukisweni - nami uqobo ngifakiwe.
But I do want to have a little grumble about the extent of the abuse of the spirit of the term ‘overseas’ player.
Okwamanje izifunda zivunyelwe ukumela umuntu oyedwa phesheya ngasikhathi sinye - okungaphansi kwalokho 10 iphesenti lokwakheka okuphelele kwe-XI yokuqala. Kufanele kube elula. Kodwa ngeshwa, impilo ayikaze ibe…
Manje imingcele iya ngokuya ifiphala. Kwaqala ngokunyuka kwenani labadlali beKolpak (azenzanga yini amakhamera?!?) futhi manje kubonakala kungaba imidlalo kakhulu seziqalile. Ngenkathi ngibheka ngokushesha kuma-county ins nasemigwaqweni yesizini ezayo ngabona izigaba ezimbili ezingeziwe ukusiza izifunda zizungeze umoya womdlalo.
EUP (EUPassport) futhi SOUL (isanda kuthola ipasipoti). Okwamanje angazi ukuthi lokhu kuzozibonakalisa kanjani ekwakhekeni kweqembu kodwa ngizobe ngibheke iso entuthukweni, ukumaka amazwi ami.
Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso kuyahlekisa ukuthi abadlali abamele, ezingeni eliphakeme lamazwe omhlaba, izwe lokuzalwa kwabo ngandlela thile lingaphunyuka ekuthathweni njengomdlali waphesheya kwezilwandle. Kumele ngigcizelele ukuthi ayikho imithetho yekhilikithi noma yobugebengu ephulwayo kepha ikhilikithi ngumdlalo osezingeni eliphezulu. A more noble game if you will – that’s part of its appeal – and anything that diminishes the spirit of such a magnificent game is to be rejected.
Filling a team with players who are overseas in everything but name reduces the opportunity for home grown youngsters to be able to play for England.
Uvivinyo lungase lube elula - aphume XI - konke kodwa munye (futhi konke uma isifunda sikhetha ukungayi kumdlali waphesheya kwezilwandle) kufanele afanelekele ukudlalela i-England. Akufanele ngabe sebevele bamele esinye isizwe ngaphandle kokuphikisana ezingeni lentsha.
Nginokukhathazeka okwandayo kokuthi amakilabhu abheke ukugcwalisa uhlangothi lwawo ngabadlali abaningi 'baphesheya kwezilwandle' - ngokuqagela okungafanele ukuthi abadlali abanjalo, ngamandla, better than home grown talent.
Ngilindele ukuphawula lapha kusuka kubantu abakhononda ngeNgilandi XI yamanje - kepha lokho ngolunye usuku…
“Ibhola eliphinki libonakala limpunga/eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngokubomvu/okuhlaza ngokungaboni kahle, kuye ngokuqina kwayo. Ngenza ukulingisa ngobumpumputhe bemibala…”