Dylan Bettencourt
UChris Greaves owazalelwa eNingizimu Afrika, owayengumshayeli wezimpahla ku-Amazon, udlale umdlalo omuhle kakhulu edlalela i-Scotland ukuze ihlasele i-Bangladesh emdlalweni wabo wokuqala we-T20 World Cup ngeSonto.
I-Scotland iwine amahlandla ayisithupha idlala nezintandokazi zika-group B i-Bangladesh, emi endaweni yesithupha emhlabeni. Ama-Greaves athole ama-run angama-45 emabholeni angama-28 kuphela, kanye nokuthola amawikhethi amabili ngebhola.
“Siyaziqhenya ngama-Greaves,” kusho ukaputeni we-Scotland uKyle Coetzer.
“Ubethutha amaphasela e-Amazon kungekudala, manje usengumdlali ovelele”.
UGreaves, ongenayo inkontileka ne-Scotland Cricket, ujabulile ngomsebenzi wakhe omuhle kakhulu ozungeze iqembu eliphezulu.
“Besisesimweni esinzima,” kusho uGreaves.
Uthe kumele nje bakhe kabusha ama-innings ukuze bahlale kulo mdlalo futhi kumele babone ukuthi bazokwenzenjani.
“Kusobala ukuthi akuhambi ngendlela obekuhamba ngayo. Bengijabule ukuba yilowo muntu. Ukuthola amaphuzu ebhodini, kusho ukuthi unesizathu sokuqhubeka uphose i bhola,” esho.
Edlale umdlalo wakhe wokuqala edlalela i-Scotland kule nyanga, uGreaves ufeze iphupho lakhe ngemuva kokujabulisa umgcini we-wicket wase-England uMatt Prior ngesikhathi somdlalo wamanethi lapho iNingizimu Afrika eyatshela uPrior ukuthi unephasipothi yaseBrithani futhi wayebheke ukudlala ikhilikithi elisezingeni eliphezulu e-United Kingdom.
Ngemuva kokuthi uPrior ecele i-imeyili kaGreaves, uGreaves kudingeke ukuthi abelane nge-imayili kamama wakhe njengoba ebengenayo eyakhe, kodwa futhi ubengalindelanga ukuzwa impendulo evela eNgilandi.
Umangale ngenkathi uPrior ebhala futhi esiza wonke umuntu ukuba ajoyine ikhilikithi yase-Durham futhi kamuva wafeza iphupho lakhe lokudlalela ikhilikithi ekhokhelayo e-Scotland.
I-Scotland manje seyizithola isendaweni yesibili etafuleni, ngemuva kwabaphethe ngokuhlanganyela i-Oman ehlule i-Papua New Guinea ngama-wicket ayishumi ngeSonto.
Amaqembu amabili aphezulu azodlulela phambili futhi azobhekana nabanqobi bamaqembu e-Super 12 aqukethe amaqembu ayisishiyagalombili adlala ikhilikithi enhle kakhulu emhlabeni.
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