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
against arrive game moment trying work
What we are trying to do against them at the moment does not work and we'll have to arrive with a new game plan.
batter key point side view
I'm a key batter in the side more than anything else, and from my point of view that's disappointing, I've got a lot of starts.
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.
fearful possibly sold
We are fearful it is possibly going to be sold for scrap, which would be a travesty.
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.
areas ball both
He (Clark) was unbelievable. He got the ball in the right areas and got it to go both ways.
hall takes unlucky
Hall would be unlucky but an all rounder takes out an all rounder.
ball both move potential ways wonderful
He was unbelievable, he got the ball to move both ways and he was consistent. He has wonderful potential.
decision felt fitness last passed test
He's come through really well in the last two days. He's felt nothing, he's passed his fitness test and we'll make a decision tonight.
today
He had a re-scan today and it doesn't look good. It would pretty much look like he's going home.
club fantastic good season
He has had a good season and his club have had a fantastic season.
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.
best performance team
This was probably the best team performance in one-day internationals under my captaincy,
australia credit cricket days nine test took win
What's disappointing is that we had opportunities to win the game. But their batsmen made the most of their opportunities and credit to them. It took nine days of Test cricket for someone to really win a day. And that was yesterday, which Australia won.