Ngakho, the 2016 ikhilikithi sekuvuniwe futhi kubadlali kuthiwa emuva ibuse tabloids futhi TV. What did we make of this year in international cricket and domestic cricket.
England v Sri Lanka
Well, asifundanga kakhulu ukuthembeka. Uchungechunge oluhlanganyele ngokudabukisayo lwe-1‑ ne-Sri Lanka kabusha ngemuva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi kwabadlali babo abaningi ababaluleke kakhulu eminyakeni edlule. Ngokombono weNgilandi konke ongakwenza ukushaya iqembu eliphikisayo elibekwe phambi kwakho futhi benze lokho kanye, noJonny Bairstow ethatha izihlonipho, nokuthola indawo yakhe eqenjini laseNgilandi ngekusasa elibonakalayo. Abaphosayo benze okuncane njengokujwayelekile, kanye no “Rooooot” noKaputeni Cook benza okunye. Abanye abashayayo abasezingeni eliphezulu kusabonakala ukuthi bayindawo yokukhathazeka yize u-Alex Hales enze ngokwanele ukuvikela indawo yakhe yokuvula okungenani esikhathini esifushane.
I-gripe yami enkulu kwakuyindawo yemidlalo yokuhlola. Asisizi iNgilandi, futhi asikhiqizi imidlalo yokuncintisana yekhilikithi ethokozisayo uma sidlala owokuqala 2 imidlalo yokuhlola ehlobo ezindaweni zokuhlola ezisenyakatho kakhulu ezweni. Futhi nesimo sezulu kungenzeka ukuthi asisohlangothini lwethu. Ukuhlanganiswa okuvelayo kwamazinga okushisa aphansi kanye nemiphumela yezinsuku ezi-3 - 4 kwenza izimo ezinzima kakhulu zezimali kubasingathi bemidlalo enjalo. Usizi lwezezimali lukaDurham nokulahleka okulandelayo kwesimo sokubamba izivivinyo kanye nokwehliswa kule sizini okungenani ngokwengxenye kubangelwe yisikhathi sezivivinyo ezidlalwe lapho.
INgilandi ePakistan
Yeka uchungechunge oluqhakazile. IPakistan iyiqembu elihle kakhulu, futhi ngezinye izikhathi babedlala ikhilikithi ehamba phambili ehlobo. Ukube bekwazile ukungaguquguquki bebengakwazi futhi ngokunokwenzeka bekufanele bawine uchungechunge, kepha iNgilandi inguhlangothi olukujezisa uma uyeka ukuqapha kwakho futhi iPakistan ibe nezikhathi ezimbalwa kakhulu lapho ziyeke khona ukuhlushwa kwazo. Ezimweni ukudonsa okungu-2-2 kube umphumela omuhle, futhi wathumela ngokufanele iPakistan phezulu kwamazinga okuhlolwa omhlaba. Isilinganiso sohlangothi oluhle impela yikhono lokwenza ezimeni zangaphandle, futhi Pakistan wenza lokho. Okuhlaba umxhwele nakakhulu umoya obekudlalwa ngawo imidlalo, konke okuhlaba umxhwele kunikezwe omunye umlando phakathi kwezinhlangothi nokubhonga okuqondiswe kuMohammad Amir.
Ubusika baseNgilandi obuzayo
Ukudlala ekhaya kweNgilandi bedlala nePakistan akungishiyi ngizizwa nginethemba ngohambo lwabo lwasebusika e-Bangladesh nase-India. Ngilindele ukuthi iNgilandi iwine eBangladesh, njengoba Ngineqiniso ukuthi nabaningi bayawuthanda, kodwa-ke nami ngilindele ukuthi benze umsebenzi onzima ngakho, futhi abe nesikhathi onzima kakhulu ku India. Kuzogxilwa kubaphosayo, neNgilandi entula izinketho eziningi zekhwalithi ye-spin, kodwa uma abashayayo bedlala neNgilandi bangamangaza i-India futhi okungenani kufanele bakwazi ukudonsa ngokulingana. Nginokungabaza okukhulu ngabashayi bamanje baseNgilandi abenza lo msebenzi eNdiya. Besithembele kakhulu kuCook, Umsuka, futhi oda aphansi. Sidinga abanye abadlali abanekilasi ukuze badlale isikhathi eside se-spin. Ngingathanda ngempela ukubona ukukhumbula okuphindwe kabili kweBell neKP - bobabili abenze ama-run amaningi eNdiya esikhathini esedlule, kepha izingulube zizondiza ngaphambi kokuba lokho kwenzeke. Ngokungekho kwabo ngibikezela ukwehlulwa kochungechunge oluyisihluthulelo kweNgilandi ezandleni ze-India esanda kuqala emhlabeni.
I-County Championship
Siyakuhalalisela iMiddlesex. Njengomuntu oqhoshayo waseYorkshire ngangiphoxekile impela ngokuthi iYorkshire ayikwazanga ukuwina i- 3rd isihloko esilandelanayo, kodwa Yebo, uma uhlangothi olulodwa lulokhu lubusa umqhudelwano uba kancane, ngakho-ke bekukuhle kukhilikithi ukubona isihloko sishintsha izandla. Injabulo yosuku lokugcina yayiyinhle futhi kuyisikhangiso sangempela somdlalo wesifunda, nethuba lokuphila kakhulu ngosuku lokugcina lwesizini lokho 3 izinhlangothi ezehlukene zingasinqoba sonke isicoco. Next season I’m looking forward to the title returning to it’s home back here in Yorkshire 🙂
Kukonke
Ihlobo elihle. Kwakukhona ukungabi khona kwehlazo, ikhilikithi eningi ethokozisayo, kanye nokuqhubeka okucacile komoya wekhilikithi ukuthi ukuvakasha kweNew Zealand kwavuselela kabusha iminyaka embalwa emuva. Let’s hope England can carry the positive energy from the summer forward and surprise us in the subcontinent.
“Ibhola eliphinki libonakala limpunga/eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngokubomvu/okuhlaza ngokungaboni kahle, kuye ngokuqina kwayo. Ngenza ukulingisa ngobumpumputhe bemibala…”