Graeme Smith
Graeme Smith
Graeme Craig Smithis a former South African cricketer and former captain of the South African cricket team Test side, having succeeded Shaun Pollock after the 2003 Cricket World Cup. He was succeeded as captain of the ODI side by AB de Villiers after the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He is also currently the overseas player and captain of English side Surrey. He appeared in his 100th Test against England on 19 July 2012. He captained his 100th career Test match...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth1 February 1981
children school years
No one seriously disputes that today a woman in Afghanistan is less likely to die giving birth to a child, that the child is more likely to reach the age of five years old, and having reached the age of five that child is far more likely to have a chance to go to school.
dream player thinking
Tendulkar is a world class player and a great ambassador for the game. As a youngster I watched the games and that's where all my dreams started. You watch Tendulkar on TV and you think that I want to be like that one day
school writing development
When I was asked to write a message for your brochure I gladly accepted as I remember my first school tour of England was Wales. The experience proved extremely useful in my development of a cricketer.
sides hamburgers shirts
I stole a shirt off Jacques (Kallis) and a pullover off Harry (Paul Harris) that still had his hamburger stain on the front left side of it.
leadership political world
The Taliban has a huge leadership problem at a critical political moment, another caliph has announced himself to the world, and the Taliban has been silent. And that is getting noticed by militants across South Asia.
bit chasing surreal
Chasing 434 is a bit surreal for us. But it was an unbelievable wicket and the batsmen were all able to play their shots.
chris club form hopefully occasion others rise
Hopefully Chris Burke and the others will take their club form and rise to the occasion of the international side.
certainly pressure puts word
He really just puts you under pressure from the word go and he certainly did that today.
australia heat lifting maybe moments people rather seeing series taken tame tense time watch
For the first time in a while, Australia is seeing a competitive series at home. Everyone has taken to it. Everyone is lifting their game. There's always a lot of heat on the ground. There's always going to be tense moments and maybe heated moments, but I think that's what people would rather watch than a tame game.
africa beginning build calm later next occasion played spin tour
He's a pretty calm guy, and he doesn't let the occasion get to him. I thought he played the spin superbly, and that bodes well for where we are going at the beginning of next season. (South Africa tour Sri Lanka later this year.) Hopefully, from here, he'll build on that and make it even better.
aggressive character hopefully produce results
He's a more aggressive character and he's a wicket-taker and hopefully that will produce the results down the line.
create days goes looking risk role run runs
He's a high-risk bowler. There are going to be days when he goes for runs but he does create opportunities and that's what we are looking for. His role is to run in and be quick. I wouldn't like to see him out of the team.
feeling might pain possibly quite tomorrow
He's not feeling any pain so he might quite possibly play tomorrow or on Sunday.
bit feeling relaxed
I'm feeling a little bit more relaxed now and a little bit happier.