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
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,
bowler calm continue decide far lost opportunity strike sydney tour
We've lost our real, out-and-out strike bowler but then again, it's an opportunity for someone else to take their chance. We'll look at the wicket in Sydney and decide - we've been calm on tour so far and we'll continue to be.
accepts bowling offer surprise
I won't surprise me at all if he accepts the offer to become England's bowling coach.
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.
backed batting bowlers chunk created gamble hours paid three
We backed our bowlers to take a big chunk out of their batting order, and in the first two or three hours we created a lot of chances. But I would have to say the gamble hasn't paid off.
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.
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.
bowl guy risks team tough wants
As a team we've got to take more risks and he's (Botha) a guy who wants to bowl in tough situations.
add bowling coming felt head obviously settled today
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.
against age best bowlers games six strong terms today top
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.
bowlers roll
I think it's a wicket the batsmen would like to roll up and keep, but the bowlers would like to bury.
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.
bowls difficult handle
He is difficult to handle when he bowls like that.
andrew bowling hall
If Pollock doesn't play, Andrew Hall has been bowling superbly in the one-day series.