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Graeme Smith : Statistics, Milestones, Articles, News, Pictures

Graeme SmithFull Name: Graeme Craig Smith
Born: 1 February 1981, Johannesburg, Transvaal
Major Teams: Gauteng, Hampshire Cricket Board, Western Province, ICC World XI, South Africa
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break
Test Debut: South Africa Vs Australia at Newlands, Cape Town, 2nd Test, 2001/02
ODI Debut: South Africa Vs Australia at Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, 4th ODI, 2001/02

Graeme Smith Photos : Pic 40 : Pic 39 : Pic 38 : Pic 37 : Pic 36 : Pic 35 : Pic 34 : Pic 33 : Pic 32 : Pic 31 : Pic 30 : Pic 29 : Pic 28 : Pic 27 : Pic 26 : Pic 25 : Pic 24 : Pic 23 : Pic 22 : Pic 21 : Pic 20 : Pic 19 : Pic 18 : Pic 17 : Pic 16 : Pic 15 : Pic 14 : Pic 13 : Pic 12 : Pic 11 : Pic 10 : Pic 9 : Pic 8 : Pic 7 : Pic 6 : Pic 5 : Pic 4 : Pic 3 : Pic 2 : Pic 1

Last Test: India Vs South Africa, 3rd Test at Green Park, Kanpur, 2007/08

Last ODI: Bangladesh Vs South Africa, 3rd ODI at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Graeme Smith: The Lodestone of South African Cricket

A Special feature by Karthik Narayan

Traditionally, South Africa has always excelled in cricket; it has come naturally to this nation and they have produced Greats in every aspect of the game: batsmen, fast bowlers, amazing fielders. Gary Kirsten, Allan Donald and Jonty Rhodes are only a few to name, there are so many others; Destined to get into that elite group, a new face was introduced, a young man by name Graeme Craig Smith.

Introduced to the world as an aggressive batsman who opened the innings, Smith soon found out that his role was going to be far greater. He lofted his career opportunities with a fifty on debut against the Australians at Cape Town in March 2002. After failing in the first innings, he played the Aussie bowlers very well. Even with Hayden peppering him with some hot words and Warne spelling disaster for South Africa, he hung in there and made a battling 68 off 147 balls. That meant that he going to go a long way. Read More...

Statistics of Graeme Smith's Career :  

Test Matches : Batting and Fielding
     M    I   NO  Runs   HS    Ave     SR   100  50   Ct  St
    66   116   5  5392  277  48.57   61.38   14  22   83   0
Test Matches : Bowling
  Balls    M     R    W    Ave    BBI   5  10    SR    Econ
  1319    28    801   8  100.12  2-145  0   0  164.87  3.64
One Day Internationals : Batting and Fielding
    M    I   NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR   100  50   Ct  St
   133  131   9  5016  134*  41.11   81.80   7   36   71   0
One Day Internationals : Bowling
  Balls   M    R     W    Ave    BBI   4w  5w    SR    Econ
   1026   0   951   18  52.83   3-30    0   0  57.00   5.56

M : Matches I : Innings NO : Not Out HS : Highest Score Ave : Average Ct : Catches St : Stumped O : Overs M : Maidens R : Runs W : Wickets BBI : Best bowling in an innings SR : Strike Rate Econ : Economy