Dylan Bettencourt
Ama-Proteas kuzomele abe sezingeni eliphezulu ukuze ahlule iqembu lase-Sri Lanka ebelingakahlulwa uma sebedlala nalo kule mpelasonto.
Ama-Proteas adlale kahle kakhulu emdlalweni wabo ne-West Indies ngoLwesibili naphezu kwengxabano emayelana nomyalelo we-Cricket South Africa mayelana nokuthi bonke abadlali baguqe ngedolo, kwenza uQuinton de Kock anyamalale enkundleni.
Ukuhlulwa kweNingizimu Afrika idlala ne-Australia emdlalweni wabo wokuqala kubeke ama-Proteas emuva, kodwa ukunqoba kwawo edlala ne-Sri Lanka kuzonika iqembu ithemba lokuthi lingakwazi ukungena kowandulela owamanqamu.
Isigaba se-Super 12 sinamaqoqo amabili anamaqembu ayisithupha kanti amaqembu amabili kuphela aphezulu kwiqoqo ngalinye azongena kowandulela owamanqamu. Njengoba ama-Proteas eseqoqweni elinamaqembu afana ne-England kanye ne-Sri Lanka, ukungena esigabeni esilandelayo kungaba impumelelo encomekayo.
Umdlalo wabo ne-Sri Lanka uzoqala ngehora le -12 ebusuku ngoMgqibelo kanti uzodlalwa bukhoma ku-DStv.
➤ Abalandeli bebhola likanobhutshuzwayo be-English Premier League balindele uMgqibelo omkhulu lapho amaqembu amathathu aphezulu azodlala khona ngesikhathi esisodwa. Lona ngumdlalo weshumi weligi kanti impi yokulwela izindawo etafuleni leligi isiqala ukushuba. Amaphuzu amabili kuphela ahlukanisa amaqembu amathathu aphezulu.
I-Chelsea izithola iqhwakele esicongweni futhi izobheka ukugcina isimo sinjalo ngokuhlula i-Newcastle United kule mpelasonto.
I-Liverpool izobe inethemba lokuthi iqembu likaGeordie lingabenzela umusa futhi lishaye i-Chelsea. I-Liverpool kuzofanele iqoqe amaphuzu aphezulu uma ifuna ukugcina ingcindezi kwizimbangi zayo zase-London.
I-Liverpool izokwamukela i-Brighton & Hove Albion e-Anfield ngoMohammed Salah osefomini yokwandisa ukuhola kwakhe emashadini amagoli.
I-Manchester City imatasa yenza izinto zayo, kodwa kuzofanele ihlale esicongweni ukuze ithole amaphuzu amathathu uma idlala ne-Crystal Palace.
Omunye umdlalo ozolandela amaqembu amathathu aphezulu uzobe uphakathi kwe-Tottenham Hotspur ezokwamukela i-Manchester United emdlalweni obalulekile kwimenenja ye-United u-Ole Gunnar Solskjær. Abalandeli be-United bazobe befuna ukuziphindiselela ngokuhlulwa kwabo ngo 5-0 bedlala ne-Liverpool ngeSonto eledlule.
Yonke imidlalo ye-Premier League ingabukwa bukhoma kusiteshi se-DStv 203.
➤ I-Mamelodi Sundowns izobe ibheke ukuwina isicoco sayo sokuqala se-MTN8 njengoba ama-Brazilians engakaze ayiwine indebe selokhu lo mqhudelwano washintsha igama lawo ngowezi-2008, kanti i-Cape Town City kuphela ebavimbayo.
Ompetha bangowezi-2018 bazobhekana ne-Sundowns ngoMgqibelo enkundleni yezemidlalo iMoses Mabhida emdlalweni obhekwe ngabomvu phakathi kwamaqembu amabili amahle kakhulu.
Umdlalo wamanqamu we-MTN8 ungabukwa bukhoma ku-DStv.
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