Graeme Smith Quotes (87 Quotes)

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.

He was unbelievable, he got the ball to move both ways and he was consistent. He has wonderful potential.

We always knew we were capable of this. We have looked to become more aggressive, and that's the way we will need to be if we want to win the World Cup.

We've lost our real, out-and-out strike bowler but then again, it's an opportunity for someone else to take their chance. We'll look at the wicket in Sydney and decide - we've been calm on tour so far and we'll continue to be.

It's something we're pretty well prepared for now after coming off the back of the recent battles against Australia. We're tougher for the experience, we're mentally harder now and I think that will be advantageous for us if there is any silly stuff.

I seriously doubt we will go in with two spinners.

I think Melbourne was good for us in that we won very convincingly and probably gave South Africa a few other things to think about.

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.

We have come here a little bit more open and enthusiastic, and open to advice and to see things. We have really enjoyed ourselves here. We are as best prepared as we can be.

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.

He was still in some pain, and we will continue to assess him. A final decision will be taken before the start tomorrow morning.

It was a good win for us at the end of the day. It gives us a bit of confidence going into the next game against Australia.

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.

We have to play with a knife to our own throats. The guys don't need reminding that the West Indies players are hurt, and that's when they can get up and bite you.

We want to keep the momentum we picked up with that win over Australia.

It was not easy to bat. But there were too many loose shots by our guys. We have just got to play better cricket.

He's not feeling any pain so he might quite possibly play tomorrow or on Sunday.

Sometimes, when you're batting with an injury, it helps you to focus your mind, and I'm hoping that will be the case. The medical staff would rather I waited until the second Test, but I really want to get out there and play.

I think it would be the perfect place for him to make his debut with his height and that.

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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.

The whole game could have been different. Those were key moments. If we'd held onto our chances, we might have had a lead of 100.

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.

Australia really barraged them last night.

Coming out of the Test series, a lot of the guys who were here believed going back home we could beat them. We didn't take our chances. We had them under pressure on a number of cases in the Test series and just didn't drive it home.

He really just puts you under pressure from the word go and he certainly did that today.

The wicket will probably be quite dry. He's an unknown talent. He's young, he's exuberant, he's really excited about playing for his country and that's good.

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.

We had the ability to bat all day, but credit to Chaminda (Vaas) for showing some of our fast bowlers how to come and do it on these kind of pitches,

Our basics didn't work for us today. We weren't right with the bat, the ball or in the field.

He is a bit of a worry at the moment. We hope that he will be fit for Tuesday and we obviously manage him going forward.

We thought after having gone through their top order twice in Centurion and with the moisture in the wicket here, we backed ourselves to get a big chunk in their batting order.

Coming in to today I felt a lot better about my game. I was more settled and a lot calmer in my head and obviously bowling well does add to your confidence.

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.

His foot flares up from time to time, and with the Test series just around the corner, we don't want to do anything to make his injury worse. His workload will increase in the Tests, so we are watching him carefully. He may be left out of the team for tomorrow's match.

Everyone in the whole team wanted to be positive this morning and go for a win. Cricket itself needs positive games. It doesn't need teams batting out and drawing games.

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.