Ka taƙaita labarin:  Babban abin da Grant Elliott ya yi a duniya ya zo ne lokacin da Ryan Sidebottom ya yi masa kutse a lokacin da yake wasa a Oval shekaru bakwai da suka gabata kuma ba da gangan ba a kama shi a tsakiyar babban rikici tsakanin Ingila da New Zealand. Yanzu za a tuna da shi saboda dukan dalilai masu kyau. Elliott, dan wasan da ba a san shi sosai ba wanda aka haife shi a Afirka ta Kudu amma dan asalin Kiwi ne, ya buga daya daga cikin manyan wasannin kwana daya a ranar Talata don kasar da ya yi amfani da ita a kan kasar da aka haife shi don daukar New Zealand zuwa wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya na farko. Hakan ya haifar da al'amuran farin ciki a filin wasan Eden Park na Auckland, wurin da aka fi danganta shi da cin nasarar New Zealand na rugby fiye da na cricket, kuma ya hura rai a cikin gasar da ke da ban sha'awa sosai. Grant Elliott ya yi murnar buga kwallo shida a kan Afirka ta Kudu don sanya New Zealand zuwa wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya. Daniel Vettori ya rungumi Elliott yayin da dan wasan Dale Steyn ya kwanta a kasa bayan bugun jini. Elliott, mai shekara 36, ya yi nasarar zuwa abin da zai zama wasan da ba a doke shi ba 84 a cikin Black Caps. Wannan babbar rana ce ga New Zealand kuma babbar rana ce ga Elliott mai shekaru 36, wanda bai buga wasan kirkiret na kasa da kasa ba tsawon watanni 14 lokacin da ya zama daya daga cikin kocin Mike Hesson's ya yi wahayi zuwa gare shi don wannan gasar cin kofin duniya. Elliott ya yi farin ciki yayin da yake ganawa da manema labarai bayan wasan. Elliott tabbas ba zai sake buga wani wasan ba kamar yadda ya ci 84 wanda ya baiwa New Zealand nasara mafi yawan nasara tare da kawai kwallon da za a ajiye a kan tawagar Afirka ta Kudu wanda ya kasa lokacin da ya fi muhimmanci. Kuma Elliott tabbas ba zai sake buga wasa ba kamar na shida wanda ya tashi a kan iyakar gajeren lokaci tare da biyar da ake bukata a kan kwallaye biyu daga mafi girma a duniya mai sauri a Dale Steyn. Wani mutum wanda ya yi aiki da ba a san shi ba wanda ya dauki Transvaal, Wellington da Surrey ya kasance mai tawali'u don ta'azantar da Steyn da aka yi wa rauni a cikin al'amuran da suka tuna da Andrew Flintoff's Ashes rungumi Brett Lee a 2005. Sai Elliott ya yi magana game da yadda wannan yake nufi ga kasar da...
Grant Elliott wanda aka haifa a Afirka ta Kudu ya buga wasan nasara 84 ba a cikin wasan kusa da na karshe ba. Black Caps sun kai wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya na farko tare da kwallon Elliott na karshe. Elliott, mai shekaru 36, bai buga wasan kirket na kasa da kasa ba har tsawon watanni 14 lokacin da aka zaba shi. Nasara ita ce tabbatar da alamar kai hari da Brendon McCullum ya taka. New Zealand za ta fafata da wanda ya lashe wasan kusa da karshe tsakanin Australia ko Indiya.