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Umdlalo obuphakathi kweNgilandi nabesifazane bakuleli uphele ngokulingana ngemuva kokuphazanyiswa imvula okuholele ekutheni kudlalwe ama-overs angu-40 ngosuku lwesine.
Njengoba kuyiwa osukwini lokugcina no-55/3, amaProteas abesifazane alandela ngemuva ngama-runs angu-78, ayazi ukuthi osokhaya bebeyizintandokazi zokuwina lo mqhudelwano.
Ngenkathi iNgilandi ithola amawikhethi amabili ekuseni ngaphambi kwesidlo sasemini ngenxa yesiphazamiso sokuqala, uMarizanne Kapp noTumi Sekhunene bebeshaya kahle esiwombeni sesibili.
UKapp ushaye u-43 omuhle emabholeni angu-58 ngesikhathi uSekhunene eshaya u-33 emabholeni angu-134.
Imvula eningi eyithele ngemuva nje kuka-16:30 ngesikhathi sendawo kuvele kwachaza ukuthi makuyiwe ekhefini, kanti nomdlalo awubange usaqhubeka nokaputeni bavele baxhawulana ngemuva kwehora.
Ikhulu lokuqala kanye ne-innings yesibili engahluliwe ngo-169 emabholeni angu-263 kanye newikhethi nokunqaka, kwenze uNatalie Sciver waseNgilandi abe ngumdlali ovelele.
“Umdlalo wekhilikithi umayelana nokuziphatha kahle kanye nokwakha ubudlelwano obuhle. Kubalulekile ngempela kubadlali abane ukuthi babonakale okokuqala kulo mdlalo. Sinezinsuku ezimbalwa zokuya ekhaya ukuze sizame ukuphinde sizilolonge siphinde silungele umdlalo,” kusho uSciver ngemuva komdlalo.
Ukaputeni wakuleli uSune Luus, uncome uSekhunene wathi konke lokhu kuyithuba elihle leqembu lokufunda.
“Bekumnandi kakhulu, sifuna ukudlala kaningi. Kuningi esikufundayo kulaba besifazane. Bekuyinto enhle nentsha yokuzama ukusebenza kwiseshini ngayinye,” kusho uLuus ngemuva komdlalo.
“(USekhukhune) uyasabalala ku-Facebook njenge-Great Wall of China, usengazibiza ngesihlabani manje ngoba usifundise sonke ukudlala ikhilikithi. Sesibheke ikhilikithi manje, okuyinto esesiyijwayele.”
Ngokulandelayo la maqembu amabili azobhekana kuma-ODI amathathu kanye nakuma-T20 amathathu azoqala ngomhlaka-11 kuNtulikazi.