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
aggressive bowl field hopefully mix produce tough wants wickets
He wants to bowl in the tough situations, he wants to bowl when the field is up and he wants to bowl at the death. He wants to be in the mix of things and he's a much more aggressive character, he's a wicket taker - at least he wants to take wickets - so hopefully that will produce wickets down the line.
areas ball both
He (Clark) was unbelievable. He got the ball in the right areas and got it to go both ways.
hall takes unlucky
Hall would be unlucky but an all rounder takes out an all rounder.
bit decent jacques looks serious
Jacques looks a bit more serious and he could be out for a decent period, but we are not too sure.
felt session
(Kallis) said that he got through yesterday's session fine. He felt it with one or two shots, cross-bat shots.
ball both move potential ways wonderful
He was unbelievable, he got the ball to move both ways and he was consistent. He has wonderful potential.
decision felt fitness last passed test
He's come through really well in the last two days. He's felt nothing, he's passed his fitness test and we'll make a decision tonight.
today
He had a re-scan today and it doesn't look good. It would pretty much look like he's going home.
club fantastic good season
He has had a good season and his club have had a fantastic season.
african courage example follow incredible south strength
He is a South African icon, and all South Africans look up to him with pride. His dignity, strength and courage have been incredible and we can only try to follow his example on the field.
bowls difficult handle
He is difficult to handle when he bowls like that.
bit fit hope manage obviously tuesday worry
He is a bit of a worry at the moment. We hope that he will be fit for Tuesday and we obviously manage him going forward.
bit worry
He is a bit of a worry at the moment.
against cricket means tick winning
We've always wanted to play positive, winning cricket, and if we can win this series, it means we can put a tick against this summer.