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
captain experience facets game help impart jacques knowledge talent vice welcome
The appointment of Jacques as vice captain is most welcome because he has so much talent and experience to impart to the other players. His knowledge of all facets of the game will help my captaincy considerably.
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.
feeling might pain possibly quite tomorrow
He's not feeling any pain so he might quite possibly play tomorrow or on Sunday.
massive tough worked year
This is massive for him. Life's all about opportunities and he's had a really tough year being up and down but through performances he's worked his way back into the squad.
cup experiment five might next playing six
The ICC might not be too happy, but I think the experiment should end now. If we're not going to be playing with super-subs in the World Cup next year, why should we keep playing with them for the next five or six games?
bit carried celebrate early enjoy guys obviously tonight winning
The guys will obviously celebrate a bit tonight because it's important to enjoy winning but we are not going to get carried away, it's still very early in the series.
australian bothers conclusion team
The conclusion that we have come to as a team is that it bothers Warne tremendously that he is not the Australian captain.
awesome occasion touring
The MCG is an awesome occasion for any touring team.
contribute involved last matches nice players seen team winning
The last two matches have seen the whole team involved and it's nice to have a team where all the players contribute to winning the game.
ahead both creating game hard major mean nations playing teams
The game is about creating pressure. He's probably come out ahead in this game. But the whole series, two major nations competing, we've come here and we mean business. Both teams are playing the game very hard and very tough.