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
australia beat capable confidence game good great guys leading opportunity side
It's a great opportunity for us to have a real good look at your guys and it will give us confidence if we can win. We must beat Australia at their game and I know I'm capable of leading the side to victory.
happen moan sit
It's not our place to sit here and moan and groan about those things. We've just got to go out and make things happen for us.
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This is a very valuable statue and we are working closely with the Henry Moore Foundation to ensure its safe return. The foundation is offering a substantial reward for information leading to its recovery.
ask happened ricky
It was something that happened on the field. I think you had better ask Ricky about that.
bowlers good job post rest steadily total win
It was a really good win for us. We batted steadily enough to post a good total and then Brett and the rest of the bowlers did a good job for us.
bit competition games
To play 12 one-day games in a competition can get a little bit much, and they need to re-look at that if they are going to have a triangular competition again.
discussed dominated few key
We know he's important to their attack. We've discussed a few things about him and we haven't just coped with him, we've dominated him at key stages.
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.
front home playing stand
When we get back home in front of our supporters, we're going to be playing for a win. We're going to back ourselves, we're going to be confident, we're going to stand up and we're not going to back down.
build team
I look at it differently. You can't just build a team overnight.
depth lack maybe
I think our inexperience showed and maybe our lack of depth at the moment.
almost relax
I think now we are 1-0 down, it's almost like the pressure's off and we can just go and relax and play.
foot increase injury left series team test time watching
His foot flares up from time to time, and with the Test series just around the corner, we don't want to do anything to make his injury worse. His workload will increase in the Tests, so we are watching him carefully. He may be left out of the team for tomorrow's match.
bit prefer sitting surprising
I prefer him to be sitting back home. It is a bit surprising for us.