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
although guys stood
But the other guys stood up well, although it was disappointing in the end.
both guys hundred innings mike momentum took
Both guys we put down in the first innings went on to make hundreds. We really had the momentum and Mike Hussey's hundred at the back (of the first innings) took it away from us.
both guys innings taken
If we'd taken our opportunities, things could have been really different. Both guys we put down in the first innings went on to make hundreds.
abuse bit cop expected guys needed pushing upset
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.
chase considers few freaky game guys knew momentum plan sit spoke
I actually didn't say anything, but a few of the guys spoke and we knew that momentum was going to be the key. I don't think you can sit down and plan to chase 434 runs. No one considers that. We spoke about this being a freaky game and we thought that if we could get momentum anything could happen.
bite guys knife players reminding west
We have to play with a knife to our own throats. The guys don't need reminding that the West Indies players are hurt, and that's when they can get up and bite you.
beat believed cases coming drive guys home number pressure series test
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.
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.
best chance guys winning
It's up to the selectors but we've got to go with guys who will give us the best chance of winning the game.
bit carried celebrate early enjoy guys obviously tonight winning
The guys will obviously celebrate a bit tonight because it's important to enjoy winning but we are not going to get carried away, it's still very early in the series.
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.