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
joining playing squad
I think he will be joining the squad (this week). I don't know if he will be playing though.
looks medical staff wait
It doesn't look good. It looks like he'll be going home, but I'll wait for the medical staff to make that announcement.
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.
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.
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.
capable personal point runs scoring
From a personal point of view, I think that is the only real disappointment -- not scoring as many runs as I know I can get and what I am capable of.
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.
create days goes looking risk role run runs
He's a high-risk bowler. There are going to be days when he goes for runs but he does create opportunities and that's what we are looking for. His role is to run in and be quick. I wouldn't like to see him out of the team.
depth lack maybe
I think our inexperience showed and maybe our lack of depth at the moment.
happening match
As things are happening on this tour, we'll probably play a match or two without him.
certainly pressure puts word
He really just puts you under pressure from the word go and he certainly did that today.
allowed sit
I think what I feel and what I'm allowed to say are two different things, so I think I'm just going to sit on the fence.
feeling might pain possibly quite tomorrow
He's not feeling any pain so he might quite possibly play tomorrow or on Sunday.
batting bowling gives jacques somewhere stability
Obviously, Jacques gives us another bowling option, and he'll (also) give us a lot of stability somewhere in the batting order.