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
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.
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.
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.
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.
bit feeling relaxed
I'm feeling a little bit more relaxed now and a little bit happier.
sure
I'm sure those performances are just around the corner.
australia compares cricket greatest match matches repeat struggle test tied west
Incredible. We'd struggle to repeat a match like that. I think it compares with the tied Test between Australia and the West Indies at Adelaide as one of the greatest matches in cricket history.
certainly pressure puts word
He really just puts you under pressure from the word go and he certainly did that today.
feeling might pain possibly quite tomorrow
He's not feeling any pain so he might quite possibly play tomorrow or on Sunday.
australia heat lifting maybe moments people rather seeing series taken tame tense time watch
For the first time in a while, Australia is seeing a competitive series at home. Everyone has taken to it. Everyone is lifting their game. There's always a lot of heat on the ground. There's always going to be tense moments and maybe heated moments, but I think that's what people would rather watch than a tame game.
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.
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.
happen moan sit
It's not our place to sit here and moan and groan about those things. We've just got to go out and make things happen for us.
difficult quite score
Not only did it seam, it was quite two-paced, which made it difficult to score freely.