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 cricket means tick winning
We've always wanted to play positive, winning cricket, and if we can win this series, it means we can put a tick against this summer.
front home playing stand
When we get back home in front of our supporters, we're going to be playing for a win. We're going to back ourselves, we're going to be confident, we're going to stand up and we're not going to back down.
defensive forced game
We?re 1-0 up in the series. We were forced into being defensive and getting through this game and that?s what we did.
definitely five four months takes
To play someone for four or five months definitely takes its toll, it's like Groundhog Day some times.
both brought decide whether
We need to look at the wicket. We brought him out as an option. We need to decide which way to go. Whether to play Nicky or him, or both of them.
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.
bit competition games
To play 12 one-day games in a competition can get a little bit much, and they need to re-look at that if they are going to have a triangular competition again.
discussed dominated few key
We know he's important to their attack. We've discussed a few things about him and we haven't just coped with him, we've dominated him at key stages.