Dylan Bettencourt
Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi isimo esizungeze iqembu lekhilikithi laseNingizimu Afrika besingasihle kahle ikakhulukazi muva nje.
Ukulahleka kwemali engenayo, ukuvakasha okuhoxisiwe, ukulalelwa kwezinguquko kanye nokunye okuningi kwehlise iqembu laseNingizimu Afrika ukuba liqale phansi selokhu kwaqubuka i-Covid-19, kodwa iNdebe Yomhlaba ye-T20 ingaba yithuba lokuthi ama-Proteas aqhakaze futhi.
Ama-Proteas awakaze ayinqobe iNdebe Yomhlaba ye-ICC T20, kodwa mhlawumbe ukungabi nengcindezi yokwenza kahle kuzokwenza isayidi likaMark Boucher libe lihle njengoba isisindo sezinto ebezilindelekile besivame ukusinda kakhulu kuma-Proteas.
INingizimu Afrika ibalwa kuma-Super 12 kulo mqhudelwano osingathwe yi-Oman ne-United Arab Emirates.
U-group A uphethe i-England, i-Australia ne-West Indies.
Ama-Proteas nokaputeni wabo uQuinton de Kock bazoqala umqhudelwano wabo ne-Australia ngoMgqibelo ngohora leshumi nambili ntambama ngesikhathi sase-Afrika, bukhoma ku-DStv channel 201.
➤Kulindeleke umdlalo omkhulu osatshwa kakhulu ebholeni lase-England njengoba i-Manchester United izokwamukela i-Liverpool ngeSonto e-Old Trafford.
Lezi zinhlangothi zombili zinenqwaba yezindebe ezinkulu eziyi-128 phakathi kwazo futhi kungenzeka ukuthi izinhlangothi eziphumelele kakhulu ebholeni lomhlaba ezake zabonwa. Bavuselela umbango wabo kule mpelasonto njengoba kukuningi okusengcupheni ekuqaleni kwesizini.
I-Liverpool indizela phezulu, ilandela ngephuzu elilodwa ngemuva kwe-Chelsea ehleli endaweni ephezulu neqhawe labo laseGibhithe uMohammed Salah odlala ibhola elihle kakhulu emsebenzini wakhe, eshaya amagoli ayisikhombisa futhi washaya amabili emidlalweni yakhe emihlanu edlule.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi i-Manchester United ihlupheke kancane emidlalweni yakamuva, yawina imidlalo emibili kwemihlanu. Umphathi wabo u-Ole Gunnar Solskjær ubhekene nengcindezi eyengeziwe yokwethula imiphumela njengoba umsebenzi wakhe usengcupheni.
Ama-Red Devils awadingi lutho olungaphansi kwawo wonke amaphuzu amathathu ngeSonto, kanti ukuhlulwa singabona iqembu lase-Manchaster lehlela endaweni ye-11 uma imiphumela kweminye imidlalo ingahambi ngendlela. Ukunqoba kwe-Liverpool kungaholela ekutheni iqembu lingathola indawo ephezulu ku-Premier League.
Umdlalo ulindeleke ukuba uqale ngehora le-5.30 ntambama ngesikhathi sase-Afrika ngeSonto futhi ungabukwa bukhoma esiteshini i-DStv 203.
➤Kusasele imijaho eyisithupha kanti amaphuzu ayisithupha kuphela ahlukanise uMax Verstappen noLewis Hamilton njengoba i-Formula One ibheke eMelika.
Iqembu le-Red Bull lizobe libheke ukuhlula uHamilton kule mpelasonto, kodwa i-Austin Grand Prix ibe yindawo ejabulisayo yokunyathela eqenjini le-Mecerdes eselinqobe imijaho emihlanu kweyisishiyagalombili kule sekethe.
Kulokho okuqiniswe kakhulu Isizini ye-Formula One iminyaka eminingi, yonke imijaho ishiya abalandeli onqenqemeni lwezihlalo zabo, belinde ukubona ukuthi ngubani ozodla umhlanganiso emjahweni wesicoco.
Lo mjaho ulindeleke ukuba uqale ngeSonto ngehora lesishiyagalolunye ebusuku ngesikhathi sase-Afrika esiteshini se-DStv 215.
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