WASHINGTON DC —
Iqembu lenguqu elimela iZimbabwe elama Warriors seliphakeme kuluhlu lwamaqembu adlala kuhle emhlabeni jikelele olwe Fifa Coca Cola World Rankings.
Uluhlu lolu olwethulwa namhlanje yinhlanganiso ebona ngezenguqu emhlabeni jikelele eye Fifa ibone leli qembu lithuthuka lisiya esibangeni esedlula kancane ikhulu-101 lisuka kusibanga se 116 mhlaka 7 wenyang’edluley kaNcwabakazi lapho kugqitshwa linhlolisiso.
Lokhu kulandela ukudlala kahle kwama Warriors ngesikhathi lidlala emicintisweni yokudinga intshatshu zokuyadlala emcintisweni we Africa Nations Championships lanqoba ele Zambia 1-0 kanye lokunqoba kwalo iqembu lakwele South Africa ele Bafana-Bafana 2-1 ngoLwesibili olwedluleyo.
Ngaphambilini leli qembu belitshaye elakwele Mauritius 3-0 lazoba ngutshiki lobhanqa lele Zambia, kanye lele Mozambique ngeviki edluleyo emdlalweni wokudinga amaqembu azadlala kunkezo yamazwe womhlaba eye World Cup lalobanje amaWarriors abevele esephumile kulumcintiswano ngoba engatholanga imiklomelo eneleyo.
Lokhu kwenze ama Warriors ahle aqansa engalaneni yamaqembu adlala kuhle emhlabeni jikelele lalobanje abalandeli benguqu besithi kusese kunengi okumele kwenziwe yileli andubana lihlonitshwe lokwesatshwa njengenqunquthela emdlalweni wenguqu ezwekazi leafrica lsemhlabeni jikelele.
Kolunye udaba oluphathelane lezemidlalo iqembu elimele iZimbabwe emdlalweni kakhilikithi lalo lidlala kakuhle ngalezi nsuku okungenza libuyele kuluhlu lwamaqembu adlala kuhle kulumdlalo emhlabeni jikelele engalaneni ye International Cricket Council ngemva kokuswelakala kulingalane okweminyaka eyisithupha.
Ekupheleni kwemidlalo emibili yama Tests phakathi kwalo lele Pakistan ngoMgqibelo, iZimbabwe izabuyela engalaneni ye ICC Test Rankings okwakuqala ngemva kokuphuma kwalo ngomnyaka ka2007 lapho elalihlezi esibangeni sesikhombisa.
IZimbabwe iyabe isidlale imidlalo ethoba minwe mbili yamaTest matches edingakalayo ukuthi ingene kule ingalane ihle iye esibangeni sesithoba munwe munye isiba phezu kweqembu lakwele Bangladesh.
Uluhlu lolu olwethulwa namhlanje yinhlanganiso ebona ngezenguqu emhlabeni jikelele eye Fifa ibone leli qembu lithuthuka lisiya esibangeni esedlula kancane ikhulu-101 lisuka kusibanga se 116 mhlaka 7 wenyang’edluley kaNcwabakazi lapho kugqitshwa linhlolisiso.
Lokhu kulandela ukudlala kahle kwama Warriors ngesikhathi lidlala emicintisweni yokudinga intshatshu zokuyadlala emcintisweni we Africa Nations Championships lanqoba ele Zambia 1-0 kanye lokunqoba kwalo iqembu lakwele South Africa ele Bafana-Bafana 2-1 ngoLwesibili olwedluleyo.
Ngaphambilini leli qembu belitshaye elakwele Mauritius 3-0 lazoba ngutshiki lobhanqa lele Zambia, kanye lele Mozambique ngeviki edluleyo emdlalweni wokudinga amaqembu azadlala kunkezo yamazwe womhlaba eye World Cup lalobanje amaWarriors abevele esephumile kulumcintiswano ngoba engatholanga imiklomelo eneleyo.
Lokhu kwenze ama Warriors ahle aqansa engalaneni yamaqembu adlala kuhle emhlabeni jikelele lalobanje abalandeli benguqu besithi kusese kunengi okumele kwenziwe yileli andubana lihlonitshwe lokwesatshwa njengenqunquthela emdlalweni wenguqu ezwekazi leafrica lsemhlabeni jikelele.
Kolunye udaba oluphathelane lezemidlalo iqembu elimele iZimbabwe emdlalweni kakhilikithi lalo lidlala kakuhle ngalezi nsuku okungenza libuyele kuluhlu lwamaqembu adlala kuhle kulumdlalo emhlabeni jikelele engalaneni ye International Cricket Council ngemva kokuswelakala kulingalane okweminyaka eyisithupha.
Ekupheleni kwemidlalo emibili yama Tests phakathi kwalo lele Pakistan ngoMgqibelo, iZimbabwe izabuyela engalaneni ye ICC Test Rankings okwakuqala ngemva kokuphuma kwalo ngomnyaka ka2007 lapho elalihlezi esibangeni sesikhombisa.
IZimbabwe iyabe isidlale imidlalo ethoba minwe mbili yamaTest matches edingakalayo ukuthi ingene kule ingalane ihle iye esibangeni sesithoba munwe munye isiba phezu kweqembu lakwele Bangladesh.