Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Gary Ballance akarova zana risina mukana weEngland neChina - zana rake rechina mumakwikwi mapfumbamwe - izvo zvinovharazve musuwo kuna Kevin Pietersen akadzingwa achidzokera kudivi chero ballyhoo. 122 yaBallance yakanga iri tsvimbo huru ye333 yeEngland nokuda kwevanomwe vakaratidza kusiya West Indies vachida 438 isingabviri kukunda Test yekutanga. Vakapedza zuva rechina vari 98 nokuda kwevaviri pashure pokunge mumwezve mubati mukuru Chris Jordan aita budiriro. Gary Ballance akarova 122 apo England yakatora kudzora kwakasimba kweTest yekutanga neWest Indies muAntigua. Ballance anotamba chibhakera chinoparadza mukati mechikamu chake chinoshamisa paSir Vivian Richards Stadium. Ballance anopemberera kuita zana rake achitevera kuratidzira kwake kwakanaka kwazvo muAntigua. Ballance, uyo akanga ane Mukombe Wenyika wakashata, akati: 'Kwave kuri kutonhora kwechando asi innings ina dzakashata hadzikuiti iwe mutambi wekiriketi akashata. Ndingada kufunga kuti ndakanga ndagadzikana panhamba nhatu pashure pechirimo chapfuura. Kurova zana mumutambo weTest kunzwa kukuru. Unofanira kufarikanya kuita zvakanaka,' seizvo kupemberera kwake kunofadza kwezana ramakore kwakaratidzira. Kunyange nePietersen factor iripo nguva dzose Ballance akawedzera kuti: 'Ndiwo mutambo wenyika dzakawanda, handina kumbopokana nenzvimbo yangu. Ndaiziva kuti ndakanga ndaita zvakanaka kare. Handina kuuya pano ndichifunga kuti ndaizodonhedzwa. Ndakanga ndakanangidzirwa pakurova zvibodzwa uye kuwana zana iguru.' Panofanira kuva nomukana wokuti KP adzokere kuEngland nenzira inoshamisa. Asi kunoratidzika kuti hakuna nzvimbo mumutsetse nokuda kwaPietersen. Ballance ari panhamba yechitatu achiteverwa naIan Bell naJoe Root anoratidzika kuva mugove wepakati wakasimba kwazvo nokuda kweAshes muzhizha rino, apo KP achava nemakore 35. Joe Root akaumba ukama hwakasimba naBallance ndokuita kupindira kukuru kurwisa rutivi rwomusha. Midzi inokwazisa zvigaro mushure mokunge yaunza hafu yezana rake kare muzuva. Kubata kwaJordan kunoshamisa noruoko rumwe chete pabhora rinotamba bhora kwenguva pfupi Joe Root kudzinga Darren Bravo yakanga iri nguva inokosha. Ballance akati: 'Kwakanga kwakaisvonaka naCJ asi anozviita nguva dzose. Ane maoko anoshamisa.' Ballance akazvipfupikisa so'kunyanya...
Gary Ballance akarova 122 pazuva rechina reTest yokutanga muAntigua neChina. Ballance akanga ane Mukombe weNyika unogumbura achihwina mamakundano 36 bedzi mumitambo mina. England yakazivisa pa 333 nokuda kwechinomwe, ichiisa vaenzi vavariro ye 438 kuti vakunde. West Indies yakavhara pa 98 nokuda kwevaviri vanopinda muzuva rokupedzisira.