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
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Australia has always been a scary and daunting prospect for South African teams.
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The whole game could have been different. Those were key moments. If we'd held onto our chances, we might have had a lead of 100.
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South African crowds are going to support us but we also expect them to be dignified and not cross the lines that were crossed in Australia.
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Definitely. We're not disappointed with the fact that we got bowled out in the last innings, the disappointing thing for us is that we had opportunities but didn't take them. We always knew that batting last against the two spinners would be difficult but it was in the middle of the game that we lost it.
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Coming out of the Test series, a lot of the guys who were here believed going back home we could beat them. We didn't take our chances. We had them under pressure on a number of cases in the Test series and just didn't drive it home.
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Coming in to today I felt a lot better about my game. I was more settled and a lot calmer in my head and obviously bowling well does add to your confidence.
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I think what I feel and what I'm allowed to say are two different things, so I think I'm just going to sit on the fence.
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I think at the WACA the new ball is going to be the most dangerous part of batting.
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I think it was a very strong performance. The top six we had is very young in terms of age and games and to go up against some of the best bowlers in the world and to play the way we did today showed a lot of character.
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I think everyone who had the ball really worked hard today, I don't think the pitch provided a lot for anyone,
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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.
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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.
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I think it's a wicket the batsmen would like to roll up and keep, but the bowlers would like to bury.