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
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.
bit pressure team
I think that they were the team that were choking, if that's the word, under pressure a little bit at the back end.
ask happened ricky
It was something that happened on the field. I think you had better ask Ricky about that.
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.
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.
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.
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.
again happens number react releases subject
We've made a number of releases on the subject and if it happens again how we react will be another thing.
ball basics work
Our basics didn't work for us today. We weren't right with the bat, the ball or in the field.
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.