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AmaProteas abesefomini enhle kakhulu kuwo wonke umdlalo njengoba ewine umdlalo wokunquma uchungechunge lwe-T20 bedlala neNgilandi ngeSonto ntambama.
INgilandi ikhethe ukuphosa kuqala futhi ngaphandle kokuthola uQuinton de Kock nge-over yokuqala, abashayayo bakuleli benze kahle beyiqembu ukuze bahlule izivakashi.
UReeza Hendricks ube sematheni ngo-70 emabholeni angu-50, ngesikhathi u-Aiden Markram eshaya isigamu samabhola ayikhulu kanti uRilee Rossouw ufinyelele ku-31 emabholeni angu-18.
Ukapteni uDavid Miller, odlale umdlalo wakhe wekhulu edlalela elakuleli, wenze kahle ngamabhola angu-22 kwayisishiyagalolunye njengoba amaProteas eqede ngo-191/5 ngama-overs angu-20.
Ngebhola, bekuwumdlalo kaTabraiz Shamsi. Lo mdlali (32) ukhombise ukufaneleka kwakhe njengomdlali oshayayo wesithathu ohamba phambili kwi-T20 emhlabeni ngokukhipha ama-wicket amahlanu ngendlela emangalisayo njengoba amabhola eNgilandi ehle ngenxa nje yama-overs angu-101 kwangu-17.
Manje iNgilandi isiqede ihlobo lonke ingawini ochungechungeni lwekhilikithi ngaphansi kobuholi bukaJos Buttler futhi izothemba ukwenza kangcono ngaphambi kwe-ICC T20 World Cup e-Australia, osekusele izinyanga ezimbili nje ukuthi iqale.
Ukuwina ngama-runs angu-90, kanye nokunye ukuwina ochungechungeni lwemidlalo kwenza ukuthi elakuleli libe sefomini enhle ngaphambi komqhudelwano wasehlobo.
Ngemuva komdlalo uMiller uphinde wagcizelela ukuthi konke kumayelana nokweseka inqubo.
“Bengicabanga ukuthi abadlali bethu bokuqala benze kahle. Abashayayo bashaye kahle kuwo wonke umqhudelwano. Sisheshe sakhohlwa umdlalo wokuqala saphinde sabuya ngendlela emangalisayo,” esho.
“Sisekela uhlelo lwethu kusukela ezinyangeni ezingu-18 ezedlule. Abafana bethu bebelokhu besefomini enhle futhi badlale kahle kakhulu.”
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