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AmaProteas izobe ibheke ukunweba iqoqo labadlali bayo ngenkathi futhi ibheke ukunqoba kwe-ODI series behlula i-West Indies njengoba la maqembu womabili engqubuzana kumdlalo wokuqala wochungechunge lwemidlalo emithathu e-Buffalo Park e-East London ngoLwesine ntambama (1pm kuqala).
Abasubathi bazobe bedlala imidlalo emibili yokuqala e-East London, ngaphambi kokuthi bakhuphukele e-Potchefstroom emdlalweni wesithathu ngasekuqaleni kwesonto elizayo, lolu chungechunge lokuqala ngaphansi komqeqeshi omusha webhola elimhlophe u-Rob Walter.
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A inombolo yabadlali abadumileabafana no-Heinrich Klaasen kanye no-Aiden Markram, baphunyuziwe emidlalweni emibili yokuqala yochungechunge, kanti u-Kagiso Rabada no-Anrich Nortje bobabili baphunyuziwe ochungechungeni olugcwele lwe-ODI.
UWiaan Mulder noKeshav Maharaj nabo bake baba khona ikhishwe ngenxa yokulimalaokusho ukuthi abadlali abafana noTony de Zorzi, Ryan Rickelton, Bjorn Fortuin, Lizaad Williams kanye noTristan Stubbs bazothola ithuba lokuziphoqa ukuthi bangene kuhlaka lwama-Proteas ngaphambi kweNdebe Yomhlaba ye-ODI ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka.
“Kuyisiqalo esisha eqenjini losuku olulodwa. Kuyaqala ngqa ukuthi abafana baxhumane noRob ubuso nobuso. Izingxoxo uma sikhuluma iqiniso kube ukuqhubeka kwezingxoxo ebesinazo ochungechungeni lwama-ODI (e-England),” kuchaza ukapteni uTemba Bavuma.
“Nakuba umqeqeshi uRob ubengekho, ubesebenzisana futhi ezibandakanya nabafana. Ngakho-ke kithina kube wudaba lokuqhubeka ngalolo limi olufanayo nokusebenzisa leli thuba sibhekene ne-West Indies ukuze silungise indlela yethu yokudlala futhi siqhubeke sikhula kulowo mbono.
“Ngokwechungechunge uqobo lwalo, kuzohlale kuseqhulwini ukunqoba uchungechunge. Kodwa emizamweni yethu yokwandisa i-pool (yokudlala), sifuna ukunikeza abafana ithuba. Ngakho-ke sizobe sibona ubuso obusha bengena futhi singathanda ukubona ukuthi bangangena kuphi ezinhlelweni zethu ukuya phambili. “
Uchungechunge lokuhlola olukhuthazayo
Ama-Proteas azongena ku-series enqoba i-Test series, futhi nakuba efuna ukuqhubeka nefomu yabo enhle, u-Bavuma uyavuma ukuthi ukulungisa isikwati esizodlala kwiNdebe yoMhlaba yinto ehamba phambili.
“Sifuna ukugcina leyo fomu enhle iqhubeka. Sesikushilo lokho ngeke sikuzibe ukuthi lo ngunyaka omkhulu uma siqhathaniswa no-50 ngakho-ke mhlawumbe yiwona oseqhulwini,” kusho uBavuma.
Kodwa noma sekungene abafana abasha akusona isizathu sokuthi siyekethise noma silahle isifiso sethu sokuwina uchungechunge.
“Sisafuna ukwenza kahle futhi siwine uchungechunge. Kodwa kuzoba ngcono nakakhulu uma singaba nalaba buso obusha bungene ngaphansi kwaleyo ngcindezi nokungaqiniseki futhi sibeke ekunqobeni okudingwa yiqembu.
“Kunedlanzana labafana abaza kuleli qembu lama-ODI abebengabambeki ochungechungeni lwama-Test. Ngakho labo bafana bazofika belambile futhi bazokulangazelela ukuba phakathi kwabaculi abanohlonze.”
