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
build team
I look at it differently. You can't just build a team overnight.
africa beginning build calm later next occasion played spin tour
He's a pretty calm guy, and he doesn't let the occasion get to him. I thought he played the spin superbly, and that bodes well for where we are going at the beginning of next season. (South Africa tour Sri Lanka later this year.) Hopefully, from here, he'll build on that and make it even better.
sure
I'm sure those performances are just around the corner.
australia compares cricket greatest match matches repeat struggle test tied west
Incredible. We'd struggle to repeat a match like that. I think it compares with the tied Test between Australia and the West Indies at Adelaide as one of the greatest matches in cricket history.
against battles coming harder mentally prepared recent silly tougher
It's something we're pretty well prepared for now after coming off the back of the recent battles against Australia. We're tougher for the experience, we're mentally harder now and I think that will be advantageous for us if there is any silly stuff.
batting cricket drawing itself morning needs positive team teams
Everyone in the whole team wanted to be positive this morning and go for a win. Cricket itself needs positive games. It doesn't need teams batting out and drawing games.
difficult quite score
Not only did it seam, it was quite two-paced, which made it difficult to score freely.
against australia evening game massive nice tight win
It's nice to win a tight game against Australia and it's a massive evening for all of us. We have got to come back down to earth.
bit feeling relaxed
I'm feeling a little bit more relaxed now and a little bit happier.
easy loose shots
It was not easy to bat. But there were too many loose shots by our guys. We have just got to play better cricket.
closer drawing final india matter ourselves reach target tired tours
No matter how tired we are after the tours to India and now here we have to find a way of drawing ourselves closer for the final 10 days. It is our target to reach the final and to win it.
against bit confidence game gives good next win
It was a good win for us at the end of the day. It gives us a bit of confidence going into the next game against Australia.
african believe certain chance few hopefully opportunity produce risks run south team
It won't be 'this is the only chance you're ever going to get', it will be a run (of games) and hopefully he can take the opportunity and can produce something. As a South African team I believe we need to take a few more risks with certain selections going forward.
beat commitment
They didn't beat us just in the cricketing department. They beat us with the commitment and passion.