Dylan Bettencourt
Ukushaya ngamandla kwama-Proteas kuveze iphutha elikhulu ekwakhekeni kweqembu ngesikhathi benqotshwa okokuqala ngqa bedlala ne-Australia ebidonsa kanzima kwindebe yomhlaba i-T20, ngoMgqibelo.
Kumele badlale ngokuzikhandla uma befuna ukugwema ukuphuma esigabeni sokuqala se-Super 12.
I-Australia inqobe umdlalo wekhilikithi ngama-wicket amahlanu ihlula ama-Proteas, njengoba ishaye amaphuzu aseNingizimu Afrika ayi-118 kusasele amabhola amabili ngesikhathi abaphosayo be-Protea bezama ukuhlenga lo mdlalo wosuku ukuba bangadliwa.
Iqembu lekhilikithi laseNingizimu Afrika libhekane nesikhathi esinzima selokhu kwabheduka i-Covid-19, kodwa basaya kulo mdlalo njengezintandokazi njengoba ama-Aussies ebekezelele unyaka onzima kuze kube manje. Balahlekelwe umdlalo wabo wesihlanu wokugcina we-T20 ngaphambi kokuya e-Oman nase-United Arab Emirates kulo mqhudelwano.
U-Aiden Markham ugqame ngoMgqibelo njengoba ama-run akhe angama-40 emabholeni angama-36 kube nguyena onama-runs amaningi kunabobonke ngalolo suku, kodwa ukungabambisani phakathi kwabadlali bekhilikithi kubonakale kuyinto embi kuma-Proteas.
Ama-Proteas azodlala ne-West Indies ngoLwesibili emdlalweni wabo wesibili walo mqhudelwano. I-West Indies ilahlekelwe umdlalo wayo wokuvula ngesikhathi ibhekene ne-England futhi womabili amaqembu kumele enze isitatimende.
Njengoba isigaba se-Super 12 somqhudelwano sesiqhubeka, lo mqhudelwano kulindeleke ukuthi uqale ukushuba njengoba amaqembu aphambili emhlabeni elwela isicoco sompetha sendebe yomhlaba i-T20.
I-India iyiqembu eliyintandokazi kakhulu, kodwa umdlalo wabo bebhekene ne-Pakistan uzoqinisekisa uphinde ufakazele ukuthi banalo ikhono lokususa izimbangi zabo esicongweni.
I-England yayithathwa njengabantu abangahle baphumelele emncintiswaneni futhi ukunqoba kwabo behlula ompetha i-West Indies ngoMgqibelo kukhombisile ukuthi bangayihlula i-India futhi bathathe isicoco sabo sesibili sendebe yomhlaba ye-T20, ngemuva kokuwina ithonamenti ngonyaka wezi-2010.
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