Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Izvo Alastair Cook akaita pano, zvikurukuru muawa yokutanga yeinnings yake, zvakanga zviri pachena. Ichocho chinofanira kuva mufanikiso wake kubva zvino zvichienda mberi uye kana akapfuurira nenzira yaakatamba nayo muno muGrenada, mazana iwayo achauya zvakare. Izvi zvaikurudzira zvikuru mutungamiri weEngland asi pakupedzisira zvakashungurudza zvikuru nokuti akanga asingagoni kupfuurira kune zana iro rinokosha zvikuru. Chinetso chaCook chave chiri vapikisi vanomudzivisa kuwana zvibodzwa munharaunda umo agara achibudirira. Iye akatambura apo iye akatsvaka kuita nhambo nokupfura uko iye kashoma kushandisa kare. Innings yaAlastair Cook muzuva rechitatu muGrenada yakanga iri chaiyo, zvikurukuru awa yokutanga yacho. Cook akashanda nzira yake kuenda kunokurudzira 50 asi nenzira inoshungurudza akanga ari kunze achitamba Shannon Gabriel pa 76. Asi hazvina musoro kutaura kuti mutambi anorova uyo akarova mazana 25 muTest haagoni kupfura bhora. Chokwadi anogona. Chinokosha kwaari hakusi kutamba dhiraivhi nguva isati yakwana, apo bhora riri kufamba-famba uye mwero wake pamupendero hauna kunyatsonaka. Zvichida yave ichitamba makwikwi akawanda ezuva rimwe chete, zvichida yave ichingova bedzi dzvinyiriro yokurova makwikwi makuru zvakare, asi Cook ave achitsvaka bhora nokukurumidza zvikuru. Pano akasiya bhora kunze kwedanda ndokuita kuti vabhora vauye kwaari, uko kwaida simba rakawanda romurangariro nokudzikama. Kurohwa kwacho kwaizogara kuri ngozi panhandare iyi asi Cook akanga akarurama kuedza kurova ikoko nokuti kucheka ndechimwe chezvinhu zvake zvikuru. Maziso ake akavhenekera apo akaiswa bhora pfupi, rakapamhama naShannon Gabriel. Asi bhora rakanga risina kukurumidza, Cook akanga apinda muchipfuramabwe nokukurumidza, kona yaibva kumativi ose ewiketi yakamubaya uye kumucheto kwomukati kwakauya mukutamba. Haagoni kuzvinyevera amene nokuda kwokutamba pakusununguka. Chokwadi, ndinoyemura ushingi hwaCook uye kuisa pfungwa kwaakaratidza pakurova kunononoka ikoko nokurova kunononoka zvisingadaviriki. Kaputeni weEngland anorova shure kwechivanze padivi apo Jermaine Blackwood anovhara. Cook akasiya bhora riri panze risina kugwinha ndokuita kuti vatambi vebhora vauye kwaari, asi akamhanyira apo chisarudzo chakamuka....
Alastair Cook naJonathan Trott vakaisa mubatanidzwa wokutanga we125. Cook akarova 76 inokurudzira asati atamba bhora rakafara pamakumbo ake. Kaputeni weEngland akaita kuti vatambi vebhora vauye kwaari uye vaitaridzika kuva vakasimba. Trott akanga ari wokutanga kubuda nokuda kwe59 asi airatidzika kuva akasununguka zvikuru.