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. Ngangineminyaka kunalokho uyajabula.
After a couple of low scores after his switch from late middle order batsman to opener I was beginning to wonder if the promotion up to the top of the order, although not the natural progression, was perhaps a little early. What rubbish! And about as accurate as my previous criticism of Ian Bell for not scoring enough runs when it really mattered (another lovely half century for him today)
ton Zanamuhla unbeaten for Umsuka kwase kufana nokuthi nje uma beza. I’ve just watched the highlights. Futhi wababuka aphinde. And I’ve saved them for another viewing tomorrow. It was glorious TV. Abanye isibhamu yena wadlala logic idelela. The placement he found was simply incredible. I don’t think I actually saw him hit a ball particularly hard and yet he scored 20 boundaries (including two sixes). At the crease he looks in many ways like a carbon copy of Michael Vaughan. And he plays some glorious shots like him too – but he can also shift through the gears in a way that few other batsmen can. So he started the days play fairly circumspect, blocking the ball and playing each delivery on its merits, then once he had registered his ton he hit another 50, Ngalesi sikhathi esikhathini esingaphansi 70 amabhola. Lokho akuyona omubi usuku rate.
The only two English batsmen of recent times who I have seen switch the pace so seamlessly are Graham Gooch and Kevin Pieterson.…not bad players to look to emulate.
Futhi lapho enza Joe abasha nesichotho kusuka? Well County kaNkulunkulu uqobo, Yorkshire. The mighty county keeps on delivering top class players for the England team. First up Tim Bresnan made a major dent in the Aussie batting line up and then followed it up with an excellent and highly frustrating (for the Aussies) innings ne bat. Futhi ke uJoe izinyathelo up and ishaya 'daddy' ton.
As if the likes of Fred Trueman, Geoffrey Boycott, Darren Gough and Michael Vaughan weren’t enough, Yorkshire continues to provide an unbreakable line of (Sheffield) steel to our national side. Even better – the one Australian to make any impact in this match – Ryan Harris – he played a bit for Yorkshire too! All together now, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Yorkshire.
Oh by the way…as Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and Tim Bresnan lord it up over the Aussies, their county of birth still manages to do very well thank you very much without them. They’ve just beaten Derbyshire by a whopping innings and 113 runs with new cub off the block Alex Lees smashing the attack for 275 hhayi out. That’s more than Derbyshire managed in either of their innings in total.
bright Ikusasa sika, Yorkshire ikusasa sika.
“Ibhola eliphinki libonakala limpunga/eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngokubomvu/okuhlaza ngokungaboni kahle, kuye ngokuqina kwayo. Ngenza ukulingisa ngobumpumputhe bemibala…”