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
advice decision decisions doubts good hard maybe offering pressure puts undermines
I don't think he undermines his effectiveness but I think he puts him under a lot of pressure when it comes to decision making and maybe he doubts his own decisions sometimes because Shane is offering so much advice all the time. It's hard to sift through what is good and what is not good, at times.
boys coming few good might news
We might have to have a few more boys coming over and the news isn't too good with Jacques.
africa few gave good melbourne south won
I think Melbourne was good for us in that we won very convincingly and probably gave South Africa a few other things to think about.
carry form good last looking year
My one-day form has been very good over the last year and I'm looking to carry it on from India.
club fantastic good season
He has had a good season and his club have had a fantastic season.
definitely good needed top
We needed one good partnership in our top five. It was a definitely gettable total. Polly and AB showed what was needed.
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.
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.
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.
players rest
The players really long for a rest of only 10 days.
backed batting chunk gone order ourselves top twice
We thought after having gone through their top order twice in Centurion and with the moisture in the wicket here, we backed ourselves to get a big chunk in their batting order.
difficult doubt tour
This tour was without doubt the most difficult one of my life.
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.
best performance team
This was probably the best team performance in one-day internationals under my captaincy,