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
although guys stood
But the other guys stood up well, although it was disappointing in the end.
boys coming few good might news
We might have to have a few more boys coming over and the news isn't too good with Jacques.
ability bat bowlers credit fast showing
We had the ability to bat all day, but credit to Chaminda (Vaas) for showing some of our fast bowlers how to come and do it on these kind of pitches,
lost ourselves pick
We're disappointed we lost but we're going to have to pick ourselves up again.
africa australian crowds failure fear forward front hard looking past people playing similar south terms
We are very similar and it is a very hard place to come and tour. In the past South Africa have had a big fear of failure but I think we have come to terms with that. We have come here and I know people have called us unimaginative but we are more open. We are looking forward to playing in front of Australian crowds and playing in Australia.
both guys hundred innings mike momentum took
Both guys we put down in the first innings went on to make hundreds. We really had the momentum and Mike Hussey's hundred at the back (of the first innings) took it away from us.
great skills
We all know the skills that Polly brings, and it will be great to have him back.
accept cannot people pressure team winning
There is a lot of pressure on them. They have been an established team winning everything for so long that people cannot accept that things are not going so well any longer.
declaring felt given terms
We contemplated declaring behind, but we also felt that they should have contemplated declaring a little earlier, given we were in the box-seat in terms of the series.
both guys innings taken
If we'd taken our opportunities, things could have been really different. Both guys we put down in the first innings went on to make hundreds.
batter key point side view
I'm a key batter in the side more than anything else, and from my point of view that's disappointing, I've got a lot of starts.
batting bowling gives jacques somewhere stability
Obviously, Jacques gives us another bowling option, and he'll (also) give us a lot of stability somewhere in the batting order.
hard nice ricky seems team trying
Ricky seems to be more of a nice team environment, with everyone contributing. Everyone is going to do it their way. Ricky is trying too hard to find his own way of captaining.
definitely five four months takes
To play someone for four or five months definitely takes its toll, it's like Groundhog Day some times.