IiProteas ziqhuba kakuhle kwindebe yeehlabathi yeT20.
Iqela loMzantsi Afrika leqakamba lamadoda iiProteas liqhuba kakuhle kwiNdebe yeHlabathi yeT20 nebanjelwe eWest Indies naseMelika. uMzantsi iyiphumelele yonke imidlalo yayo emine (4) esele iyidlalile kwiGroup yayo uD nalapho amaqela ebemahlanu ngeli loMzantsi.
Umdlalo wokuqala weProteas zibethe iqela lesizwe laseSri Lank, eNew York ngomhla wesithathu (3) kule imiyo ngoMvulo ezintsukwini nalapho iye yaphumelela ngoothinti abathandathu (6) emva kokuba iSri Lanka iqhokre kuqala isenza imitsi engamashumi asixhenxe anesixhenxe (77) bephume bonke. UMzantsi waphendula ngokuqhoka amashumi asibhozo (80) iphulukana noothinti abane (4) nalapho uNortjie uye wabangumdlali obalaseleyo ethatha oothinti abane (4) yena uRabada wathatha oothinti ababini (2).
Ngomhla wesibhozo (8) iProteas bezidlala neNetherlands kumdlalo wesibini bekungomgqibelo ezintsukwini kweyeSilimela inyanga. Iye yawuphumelela uMzantsi lomdlalo wesibini.
Umdlalo wesithathu, iqela leli lizibethele iBangladesh ngomhla weshumi (10) kulenyanga sikuyo ngoothinti abane wabe uMzantsi uqhokRe ikhulu elineshumi elinesithathu (113) iphulukana noothinti abathandathu (6), yona iBangladesh yaqhokra ikhulu elinethob a(109) lemitsi iphulukana noothinti abasixhenxe (7).
Iqela loMzantsi libethe iNepal ngomtsi wamnye kumdlalo wesine (4) nobudlalelwa eWest Indies kulempela veki ngoMgqibelo kusasa. UMzantsi ubethe imitsi elikhulu elineshumi elinesihlanu (115) uphulukana noothinti abasixhenxe (7), yaphendula iNapel ngekhulu elineshumi elinesine (114) lemitsi iphulukana noothinti abasixhenxe (7).
Ngethuba bedlala neBangladesh David Miller ulincedile iqela leProteas ngethuba eqhokra amashumi amahlanu anethoba (59) emitsi kwiibhola ezingamashumi amahlanu ananye (51).
By Siphiwo Boqwana