Old Trafford, Manchester, tabbas ya san yadda ake samar da lokutan tashin hankali. Ko dai a wasannin Test inda kungiyoyi ke motsawa tare da yanayi ko kuma wasannin T20 lokacin da wuta ke fitowa daga sanda da kwallo, filin wasa da kuma wurin sun samar da tashin hankali, sha'awa, da kuma wasan kwaikwayo na wasanni sau da yawa. A wannan yanayin, a ranar 12 ga Satumba, 2025, Ingila da Afirka ta Kudu za su rubuta wani babi a rahoton wasan Old Trafford tare da wasan T20 na 2 na jerin wasanni uku da ke kan layi. 

Ingila ta zo ne bayan rashin nasara da wani DLS wanda ya kasance mai sauƙin gujewa kuma sun sami kansu da bayansu a bango. Afirka ta Kudu na jin ƙamshin damar samun gagarumin nasara ta 2-0 kuma saboda haka motsawa zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya ta T20 a shekara mai zuwa. Abubuwan da ke cikin haɗari suna da girma – kamar yadda tasirin wannan wasan yake – yana da 1-0 ga Afirka ta Kudu da ke shiga muhimmin wasa don ci gaba da kasancewa na jerin wasanni ga Ingila kuma kada a bar Afirka ta Kudu damar yin nasara ta 2-0 a jerin. 

Ruwan sama ya yi tasiri sosai ga wasan kurket a Cardiff, amma kwamitin cin kwallaye ya nuna Afirka ta Kudu ta ci da ci 14 (hanyar DLS). Yunkurin Ingila na samun 69 a cikin 5 overs ya kasance mai sauri, rikice-rikice, kuma abin takaici. Harry Brook, kyaftin din Ingila, ya kira shi "kadan rikici," kuma bai yi kuskure ba. 

Yanzu, matsin lamba gaba daya yana kan masu masaukin baki. Idan sun yi rashin nasara a Manchester, za a rasa jerin wasanni. Idan suka ci nasara, wasan da za a yi a Southampton zai zama yanke hukunci kamar yadda ya kamata ya zama.

Kwarin gwiwar daga gefen Afirka ta Kudu tana da girma. Sun doke Ingila a wasanni 4 daga cikin wasanninsu 5 na karshe na T20, wanda ya hada da gasar cin kofin duniya. Taurari matasa kamar Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, da Donovan Ferreira suna girma. Kagiso Rabada har yanzu shine dutsen su, bai motsawa ba.

Labarun suna da zurfi, kuma kuzarin yana da ban mamaki. Old Trafford ya shirya.

Kungiyar kurket ta farar fata ta Ingila koyaushe tana alfahari da rashin tsoro. A kwanan nan, duk da haka, akwai alamun gajiya. Rashin nasara a Cardiff ya nuna wasu matsaloli da aka saba gani: dogaro da Jos Buttler, rashin daidaituwa tare da saman oda, da rashin iya kammala wasanni na masu wasan.

Idan akwai mutum daya da zai iya yin kyau a Old Trafford, shi ne Jos Buttler. Bayan da ya buga wa Manchester Originals a The Hundred, ya san filin sosai. Hakanan yana cikin kyakkyawan tsari, bayan da ya ci cin kwallaye biyu a jere a ODI kafin jerin T20, kuma yana da tarihin wasanni masu nasara a muhimman wasanni. Buttler zai kasance zuciyar Ingila kuma.

Harry Brook na iya zama mafi haske a Ingila a fagen damben kurket, amma jagorancin kyaftin na zuwa da karin matsin lamba. Wasansa na farko na T20I a matsayin kyaftin ya kare da rashin cin kwallaye da kuma rashin nasara. Brook dole ne ya jagoranci daga gaba, ba kawai tattalin arziki ba, amma da sanda, a Manchester. Brook za a sami matsin lamba idan ya sake kasa.

Babban mai bugun wasan kurket na Ingila ya fita daga wasan Cardiff, saboda an huta shi saboda mummunan yanayi. Old Trafford ya kamata ya ganshi ya dawo kuma a cikin yanayi mafi kyau. Gudun gudu na Archer da barazanar kwace kwallaye shine abin da Ingila ke bukata don ci gaba da matsin lamba kan sabbin masu tsakiya na Afirka ta Kudu. 

Idan Archer ya yi nasara, Ingila za ta yi shiri. Idan Archer bai yi nasara ba, damar Ingila a wasan da kuma jerin wasanni na iya fara dushewa.

Afirka ta Kudu ta kasance sananne a matsayin "masu damfara" a zamanin da ya gabata, amma wannan rukunin ya yi kama da daban. Suna matasa, marasa tsoro kuma suna da lalata sosai da sandar hannun su. 

Dewald Brevis, wanda aka fi sani da "Baby AB", ba shi daɗe da zama gwarzo. Wasan bugawa da bugawa mai ban sha'awa da kuma bugawa mai inganci ya sanya shi mafi haɗari a Afirka ta Kudu. Dewald v Archer da sauran 'yan wasan Ingila masu bugawa za su zama masu buga wasan kwaikwayo.

Idan mutum daya ne ya taimaka wa Cardiff nasara, shi ne Donovan Ferreira, wanda ya buga six uku a cikin 25 da bai fita ba kuma aka ba shi kyautar gwarzon wasa. Tare da Tristan Stubbs, wani mai bugawa maras tsoro a nasa yankin, tsakiyar oda na Afirka ta Kudu ya zama kamar an yi shi a dakin gwaje-gwaje don daukar masu bugawa kamar yadda muka sani. 

Tare da Lungi Ngidi da ke fama da rauni kuma Keshav Maharaj ya fice, Rabada na bukatar yanzu fiye da kowane lokaci. Wannan fitar da Phil Salt a wasan farko a Cardiff ya tuna mana cewa shi ne jijiyar bugawa ta Afirka ta Kudu da kwallo. A Old Trafford, Rabada v Buttler na iya tantance wasan.

Kungiyoyin kwallon kafa na Ingila da Afirka ta Kudu sun yi wasa da juna sau 27 a gasar T20Is, inda Proteas ke gaba da nasara 14 ga Ingila 12 da kuma wasa daya da babu sakamakon.

Akwai wasu abubuwan tunawa masu ban mamaki:

Wannan rikici na iya kasancewa ba a matakin India da Pakistan ko Ashes ba, amma yana da isasshen juyawa, karyewar rai, da kuma manyan ayyukan mutum-mutumi.

Kurket wasa ne na manyan fafatawa – a Old Trafford, yana iya samun fafatawa da dama da za su iya goyon bayan wata kungiya ta musamman.

Wacce kungiya ta yi nasara a mafi yawan fafatawar da mutum zai yi, tana iya samun rinjaye a wannan jerin T20I.

Old Trafford yana daya daga cikin mafi tsayayyun wuraren T20 a Burtaniya, tare da matsakaicin jimlar cin kwallaye na farko na 168, kuma kungiyoyi yawanci suna tunanin cewa 180 shine maki mai tsaro don karewa.

Hasashen yanayi na Juma'a yana nuna cewa zai kasance gajimare amma bushe – yanayi masu inganci don kurket.

Hasashen nasara na yanzu na cewa:

Amma Afirka ta Kudu tana ci gaba da tafiya, kuma Ingila ba ta daidai ba, don haka wannan lamari ne mai tsauri fiye da yadda yake gani. Wasan jefa kwallon zai yi tasiri – muna fi son cin nasara a Old Trafford, kuma makasudin 180-190 na iya yanke hukuncin wasan.

Kurket ba a taba yin shi a keɓe ba. Ingila za ta so ta nuna cewa rashin nasara a gida ba ya rage girman girman kai kuma ta tabbatar da cewa mulkin ta na rinjayen T20 ba ya kan gaba da rugujewa. Ga Afirka ta Kudu, suna so su nuna cewa za su iya wuce tsofaffin tatsuniyoyinsu da kuma cin manyan wasanni a wajen gida.

A hanyoyi da yawa, wannan yaƙi ne na asali:

Afirka ta Kudu ta buga kamar ta zama mafi kyau kuma tana da rinjaye a kwanan nan, amma Old Trafford na iya juya ma'auni zuwa ga Ingila. Tare da Buttler yana wuta, kuma tare da Archer mai yiwuwa ya dawo don lalata saman oda na Afirka ta Kudu, Ingila ya kamata ta sami isasshen karfin fashewa don daidaita jerin.

Lokacin da Ingila da Afirka ta Kudu suka hadu a saman Old Trafford, wannan zai fi wani wasan sanda da kwallo. Wannan zai kasance game da girman kai na kasa da ta samu rauni da take neman dawo da ita da kuma damar motsawa ta wata kasa. Kowane gudu, kowane kwace kwallo, kowane six zai yi ma'ana.

Yayin da fitilun arewacin Ingila ke haskakawa a Manchester, sakamakon ya tabbata: wannan zai zama wani muhimmin babi a tarihin Ingila da Afirka ta Kudu.

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