Lubhalwe nguRazeen Gutta
Isiphetho sikaJames Anderson e-Old Trafford sizobonakala ngokuthi lo mdlali abuyele emidlalweni ye-Ashes njengoba osokhaya bebheke ukulwa nesimo sezulu esibi nokuthi badlulele phambili ukuze bawine lo mqhudelwano.
Iqembu likaBen Stokes lingase libe iqembu lesibili emlandweni ukuwina uchungechunge lwe-Ashes lisuka ku-2-0 phansi ngemuva kokuthi uDon Bradman ehole ama-Aussies ngesikhathi ewina ngo-1937.
Ukuze bakwenze, bazodinga ukushaya i-Australia e-Manchester okokuqala ngqa eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-40; kanti umdlali wabo (49) nguye ozobe ehola iqembu.
U-Anderson uthole amawikhethi amathathu kuphela emidlalweni emibili yokuvula ngaphambi kokuthi akhishwe.
Manje, njengoba u-Ollie Robinson ephumile ushayele iNgilandi iwikhethi enhle kakhulu wayinika ithuba lokushintsha umdlalo ngesikhathi edlalela ekhaya. Futhi uStokes ukholelwa ekutheni uyindoda ewufanele lo msebenzi.
“Uma ungumdlali oseqophelweni eliphezulu njengoba uJimmy aye nguye eminyakeni eyishumi edlule uzophoxeka ngokuthi akanalo igalelo eqenjini njengoba ejwayele ukwenza,” kusho uStokes engxoxweni yakhe yangaphambi komdlalo.
“Kodwa ngasho kuye ukuthi noma ngabe awuwathathi amawikhethi njengoba ufuna ukwenza ngakolunye uhlangothi uyayibona ingcindezi oyifaka kwizimbangi.”
“Ubamba isiphetho ngaphandle kokuthi kube isibopho sakhe esikhulu ngebhola. Awuwatholi amawikhethi amaningi njengaye ngaphandle kokuba nomdlalo omubi ongajwayelekile lapha nalaphaya. Azikho izinkinga ngoJimmy.”
Lo kaputeni weNgilandi wengeze ngokuthi iqembu lakhe kuzomele lisebenzise izimo ukuze lizuze.
“Awufuni ukubheka kakhulu isimo sezulu kodwa kulesi simo esizithola sikuso,
sithola ukuthi kungase kudingeke ukuthi senze ngenye indlela,” esho.
“Siyazi ukuthi kufanele siwuwine lo mdlalo ukuze sizibeke ethubeni lokuba ompetha.
“Siye emdlalweni wokugcina sihlulwe ngo 2-0 futhi besazi ukuthi kufanele siwine futhi ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kusisize kancane. Mhlawumbe ngesimo sezulu esibikezelwe singase siphinde sidlale kahle. Kuzomele silinde. Uma isimo sezulu siyilokhu esibikezelwa ukuthi sizoba yikho kungase kudingeke ukuthi senze kanjalo.”
Esithombeni esingenhla ngenhla: I-Old Trafford
Umthombo wesithombe: @bwin_uk