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I-Australia iphunyuke emizamweni kaBen Stokes ngesikhathi ihlula iNgilandi ngama-runs angu-43 ukuze ihambe phambili ngo 2-0 ochungechungeni lwemidlalo emihlanu ye-Ashes.
Lo mdlalo obushubile unikeze inani lawo eligcwele elijabulisayo kubo bonke abase-Lord’s nasemhlabeni jikelele njengoba ufinyelele esiphethweni phakathi kweseshini yesibili ngeSonto.
Ngesikhathi umdlalo uqala bekuzothatha lukhulu ukuthi iNgilandi idlule emgqeni. Mhlawumbe yingakho kube buhlungu nakakhulu kuBarmy Army ngesikhathi ifomu kakaputeni wabo ingazange yenze mehluko.
UStokes uqale ngoBen Duckett obebhekene naye enkundleni kodwa ngokushesha iye yayekwa indaba yama-overs akaliwe ngokudlalwa kahle kwakhe ngama-runs angu-83 emabholeni angu-112.
Konke okwenzekile bekusemqondweni wawo wonke umuntu futhi ubuqotho bukaJohnny Bairstow buye baveza imibuzo ngesikhathi ekhishwa ngendlela ebiyimpikiswano kakhulu.
Ukushaya kokugcina kweNgilandi kube ama-runs ayishumi nje kuphela njengoba u-Alex Carey emkhiphe ngemuva kokuthi ehle enkundleni elandela ibhola elifushane.
Imibuzo iye yaba khona mayelana nokuba semoyeni womdlalo kodwa kuye kwanqunywa ukuthi iwikhethi ibingaphakathi kwemithetho futhi ingcindezi ibikumuntu oyedwa ukuthi aguqule indlela yomdlalo.
Futhi uye wakwenza lokho.
UStokes ushaye ama-runs angu-155 emabholeni angu-218 ngesikhathi eshintsha amagiya ngesitayela esithile ngemuva kwesidlo sasemini. Kodwa naye ungumuntu.
Ngesikhathi uJosh Hazlewood esengenile umdlalo uvele washintsha nezimbangi zasheshe zalahla ithemba ngendlela abedlala kahle ngayo.
Selokhu kube nokwethulwa kwebhola emdlalweni awukho umdlalo oseke wabona amabhola amafushane namaningi kangaka ephonswa. Futhi lokho kuyisize kakhulu i-Australia.
“Nakanjani sizwe sengathi kumele simemeze kodwa i-Australia iye yashintsha izinhlelo zayo futhi lokho kuye kwashintsha izinto kimi. Kuye kwadingeka ukuthi ngishintshe uhlangothi. Lokho kunzima kakhulu kodwa bekuwumdlalo omangalisayo,” kusho uStokes ngemuva komdlalo.
“Siwine ngo 2-0 kodwa sisalelwe yimidlalo emithathu. Siwine ngo 3-0 sibhekene ne-Pakistan, sawina ngo 3-0 sibhekene ne-New Zealand – ngakho sikholelwa ekutheni singaphinde siwine.”
“Ezinye izinto mayelana nomdlalo wanamuhla ukuthi bengibheke onompempe ukuthi bazomemezela i-over yini kodwa bathi cha,” kusho ukapteni weNgilandi mayelana newikhethi kaBairstow.
“Ekupheleni kosuku kwenzekile obekumele kwenzeke. Ukube izinto zihambe ngendlela ehlukile bekuzodingeka ukuthi ngicabange ngalesi simo bese nginquma ukuthi ngenzeni. Sekwenzekile futhi sekwedlule.”
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