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
happen hopefully preventing sending strong ways
I think he was just sending a very strong message. But they are researching ways of preventing it in the future, so hopefully it won't happen again.
africa against australia cricket cup flaws gear hopes iron series south year
With the Cricket World Cup just more than a year away, South Africa hopes to use the series against Australia to iron out flaws and gear them up for the event.
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.
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.
bit fit hope manage obviously tuesday worry
He is a bit of a worry at the moment. We hope that he will be fit for Tuesday and we obviously manage him going forward.
chris club form hopefully occasion others rise
Hopefully Chris Burke and the others will take their club form and rise to the occasion of the international side.
aggressive character hopefully produce results
He's a more aggressive character and he's a wicket-taker and hopefully that will produce the results down the line.
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.
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,
doubt seriously
I seriously doubt we will go in with two spinners.
exploit great
It would be great if we could exploit that.
It would pretty much look like he's going home.
batting came cricket drawing minds moving needs negative option positive team teams
The whole team wanted to be positive and wanted to go for a win. Cricket needs positive games. It doesn't need teams batting out and drawing games. For us, as a team moving forward, we're young and we need to be positive. To set a declaration and to try to go for a win was in our minds the only way to play. The negative option never came in.
country excited playing quite unknown
The wicket will probably be quite dry. He's an unknown talent. He's young, he's exuberant, he's really excited about playing for his country and that's good.