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
accepts bowling offer surprise
I won't surprise me at all if he accepts the offer to become England's bowling coach.
abuse bit cop expected guys needed pushing upset
Our guys are pretty upset about it, something needed to be done. We expected to cop a bit of abuse but this was pushing the limits.
ball hard pitch provided worked
I think everyone who had the ball really worked hard today, I don't think the pitch provided a lot for anyone,
ball basics work
Our basics didn't work for us today. We weren't right with the bat, the ball or in the field.
bowlers roll
I think it's a wicket the batsmen would like to roll up and keep, but the bowlers would like to bury.
certainly characters great love team
I think it's great to have a character, I certainly love having characters in my team and Nelly is certainly one of them.
bowl huge meant
It is a concern, it was a huge loss. It meant myself and (Justin) Kemp had to bowl when we didn't want to.
capable personal point runs scoring
From a personal point of view, I think that is the only real disappointment -- not scoring as many runs as I know I can get and what I am capable of.
pressure test
If anything, they (Australia) have been under more pressure than us going into this test match.
apply carrying cup five four point seem using
If the super-sub is not going to apply at the World Cup in 2007, then there doesn't seem any point in carrying on using it for four or five matches.
against arrive game moment trying work
What we are trying to do against them at the moment does not work and we'll have to arrive with a new game plan.
fearful possibly sold
We are fearful it is possibly going to be sold for scrap, which would be a travesty.
chase considers few freaky game guys knew momentum plan sit spoke
I actually didn't say anything, but a few of the guys spoke and we knew that momentum was going to be the key. I don't think you can sit down and plan to chase 434 runs. No one considers that. We spoke about this being a freaky game and we thought that if we could get momentum anything could happen.
assess continue decision final start taken tomorrow
He was still in some pain, and we will continue to assess him. A final decision will be taken before the start tomorrow morning.