Born on February 1, 1981, Graeme Craig Smith is a former South African cricketer and captain of the South African cricket team Test side, having succeeded Shaun Pollockafter 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 on 1 February 2013, against Pakistan, on his 32nd Birthday.
A tall, left-handed opening batsman, on the 2003 South African tour of England he made double centuries in consecutive Test matches: 277 at Edgbaston and 259 at Lord’s. The 259 is the highest score made at Lord’s by a foreign player. On 24 October 2013, Smith became the second South African and 12th overall to complete 9,000 runs in test cricket in his 112th test match.
Known for the success of his opening partnership with Herschelle Gibbs, South Africa’s most prolific ever opening partnership, Smith has the distinction of having been part of all four of South Africa’s opening partnerships of over 300 runs: in three of them he was partnered by Gibbs, and in 2008 Smith added 415 for the first wicket with Neil McKenzie against Bangladesh, a world record opening partnership. On 3 March 2014, during the third Test against Australia, he announced his retirement from international cricket.
Born and raised in Johannesburg to parents Graham and Janet, Smith was educated at King Edward VII School. Smith played three Tests and seven One Day Internationals for South Africa Under-19s, which five were during the Under 19 Cricket World Cup. He scored one fifty in the test matches, but scored five half-centuries in the one dayers. Smith was also awarded the South African Cricketer of the Year award for his performances in the 2001-02 South African cricket season.
Smith married Irish singer Morgan Deane, at St Bernard Catholic Church in Claremont, Cape Town in August 2011.Their daughter, Cadence Christine Smith, was born 25 July 2012. Smith is also an ardent Liverpool FC supporter.
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Questions of this week:
1. Who will lead the Indian team in T20 World Cup?
2. For which team Manpreet Gony played in IPL-6?
3. Name Indian shuttlers who entered QFs of Swiss Open?
4. Name the teams which have qualified for T20 Cricket Tournament, being organized by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee at MA Stadium, Jammu?
5. Who is Saba Karim?
Answers of the last week:
Answer of last week: 1. Sri Lanka 2. RR 3. 7 wickets 4. Vimarsh Kaw 5. president Indian Style Wrestling Association.
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