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
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South African crowds are going to support us but we also expect them to be dignified and not cross the lines that were crossed in Australia.
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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.
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He is a South African icon, and all South Africans look up to him with pride. His dignity, strength and courage have been incredible and we can only try to follow his example on the field.
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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.
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Obviously, Jacques gives us another bowling option, and he'll (also) give us a lot of stability somewhere in the batting order.
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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.
hall takes unlucky
Hall would be unlucky but an all rounder takes out an all rounder.
bowlers roll
I think it's a wicket the batsmen would like to roll up and keep, but the bowlers would like to bury.
bowls difficult handle
He is difficult to handle when he bowls like that.
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It would be great if we could exploit that.
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I actually didn't say anything, but a few of the guys spoke and we knew that momentum was going to be the key. I don't think you can sit down and plan to chase 434 runs. No one considers that. We spoke about this being a freaky game and we thought that if we could get momentum anything could happen.
massive tough worked year
This is massive for him. Life's all about opportunities and he's had a really tough year being up and down but through performances he's worked his way back into the squad.
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I think it's great to have a character, I certainly love having characters in my team and Nelly is certainly one of them.
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The conclusion that we have come to as a team is that it bothers Warne tremendously that he is not the Australian captain.