Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Alastair Cook anofanira neimwe nzira kuvhara ruzha runopofumadza runoputira cricket yeEngland ndokuisa ngwariro pane icho chave chimwe chezvikamu zveTest zvinokosha zvikurusa zvebasa rake. Kukundwa neWest Indies muhondo yeTest nhatu inotanga pano paMuvhuro kunongova kusingafungidziriki kumukuru weEngland uyo ari kuda zvikuru kudzivisa kutsauswa nechinjo dzinoshamisa dziri kuitika kumativi ose. Zvinhu zvakawanda zvave zvichiitika, kubvira pakufa kwaPaul Downton, kufungidzira kunopoteredza mutungamiriri mutsva wekiriketi uye chiratidzo chinogara chiripo chaKevin Pietersen, zvokuti Test yokutanga yakanga ichiri pedyo haisati yanyatsooneka. Alastair Cook mumambure pamberi peTest yokutanga muWest Indies yeimwe nhevedzano inokosha zvikuru nokuda kwebasa rake. VaCook nevamwe vavo vekuEngland vanotaura mashoko mashomanana panguva yekurovedza pamberi peTest yekutanga neMuvhuro. West Indies (zvingabvira): K Braithwaite, Smith, Samuels, Chanderpaul, Darren Bravo, Blackwood, Ramdin (kaputeni uye wkt), Holder, Benn, Taylor, Roach. England (zvichida): Cook (kaputeni), Trott, Ballance, Bell, Root, Stokes, Buttler (wkt), Jordan, Broad, Tredwell, Anderson. Vatongi: Steve Davis (Australia) naBilly Bowden (New Zealand). Mutambi wepaTV: Bruce Oxenford (Australia). Mutambi wemutambo: Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe). TV neRADIO: LIVE Sky Sports 2 (kubva na2.30pm) uye BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra (kubva na2.45pm). Mikana yemvura inonaya pamazuva ose mashanu nemhepo ine simba iri kumativi ose ichakanganisa bowling nokuita kuti kudzokera shure kunokosha. 26°C. Bva Cook anoziva kuti iye, nomurairidzi Peter Moores, havagoni kubvumidza kudonha-kune muizvo zvinofanira kuva mugove unodhura zvikurusa wepurogiramu inosetsa yeEngland yeTest 17 mumwedzi mipfumbamwe inotevera. Munguva dzisina kunyanyisa kunetsa, kuoneka kwaJimmy Anderson kwechi100 muTest uye mikana yake yokuwana vanhu vana vaanoda kuti apfuure Sir Ian Botham uye kuti ave mutambi anotungamirira muTest muEngland aizotonga purogiramu. Nenzira yakaenzana, kudzoka kwaJonathan Trott, uyo anoratidzika kuva akagadzirira kuvhura naCook, mwedzi 18 pashure pokunge asiya rwendo rweEngland rweAshes mumamiriro enyonganyonga chiitiko chinokosha icho chave...
Kwave kuri mazuva mashomanene akaitika chibviro chokusvika kweEngland muCaribbean. Pasinei nokudzingwa kwaPaul Downton, Cook ari kungofunga nezvemitambo yeTest. England inotamba neWest Indies mumutambo wokutanga weTest mitatu kubva Muvhuro. Pietersen akarova zvine simba 170 nokuda kweSurrey kurwisa Oxford MCCU. James Anderson achaita muedzo wake wechi100 Muvhuro. Jonathan Trott anodzokera kumutsara weTest mushure memutsara weAshes.