His opening partnership with Swapnil Asnodkar achieved significant success. Graeme Smith, a brilliant captain and batsman. Neymar, Messi, Suarez impress in World Cup qualifying, ISL 2020-21: Mumbai City FC ropes in Mandar Rao Dessai, ISL 2020-21: Hyderabad FC starts Level 3 training in Goa, ISL: Kerala Blasters signs Zimbabwean defender Costa Nhamoinesu, ISL 2020-21: Robbie Fowler keen on experiencing East Bengal-Mohun Bagan rivalry. [18] On 18 February 2015, Graeme and Morgan publicly announced that they would be divorcing after four years of marriage. South Africa would later on go to Australia for a test and one day series that was billed as the 'heavyweight' series. In December 2016, Smith’s girlfriend and current wife Romy gave birth to his third child, a boy. Smith holds the record for scoring the most number of test runs as captain (8659). Smith played three Tests,[12] and seven One Day Internationals for South Africa under-19s,[13] of which five were during the Under 19 Cricket World Cup. In 2003, he was appointed captain of the national team, taking over from Shaun Pollock. This article is about the South African cricketer. Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! [69], In October 2019, he was elected as an honorary life member of the Marylebone Cricket Club in recognition of his outstanding achievement in Cricket. Smith also captained the team to victory on finals day to secure the Twenty20 Cup trophy, making 64 not out from 47 balls in the final. Coming back to his wedding moments, Smith got engaged with Romy in 2018 and, ultimately, the couple got hitched. [50] Smith scored 90 runs off 55 balls in the chase, and shared in a second wicket partnership of 187 runs with Herschelle Gibbs. Smith captioned his photo as – “2 November was an incredible day! !.” The ex-cricketer also stated the wedding took place on Saturday. At the subsequent hearing no evidence could be found and charges were dropped against Smith, who immediately demanded an apology from Bravo. Smith holds the world record of highest number of wins in test matches as a captain with 53 wins. After South Africa lost to New Zealand in the quarter-finals of the 2011 World Cup, Smith resigned as ODI and Twenty20 captain. On 7 January 2009, in the third test of the series, Smith received a standing ovation from the crowd when he batted in the second innings despite a broken hand in an attempt to save the Third Test. Graeme Smith holds an unusual record in England in 2003, 2008 and 2012, Nasser Hussain, Michael Vaughan and Andrew Strauss ended their respective careers as England test captains as they failed to beat South Africa in the years Smith toured England as South Africa captain. A post shared by Graeme smith (@graemesmith49) on Oct 30, 2019 at 4:08am PDT. He scored 27 centuries and 38 fifties in his stellar Test career. He was appointed as director of cricket for South Africa national cricket team. Former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith has found love again and has tied the knot for the second time. He latterly played for the Cape Cobras but due to his international commitments, his appearances for them were limited, his last first-class game for them being in 2010. [57] The partnership beat the previous first-wicket record of 413 which had been set in 1956 by Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy. Graeme Smith was only 22 years and 82 days old when he captained his first match against Bangladesh, the youngest ever South African captain.[35]. That was the great thing about the Indian Premier League. [17] and their son, Carter McMorrin Smith, was born on the 15 July 2013. In his entire career, Smith has hit 17000 runs across all formats, including 37 international tons. in the first Test at Edgbaston,[4] and 259 in an innings victory in the second Test at Lord's. 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"You can know an opponent as a cricketer," Royals captain Shane Warne, with whom Smith had had multiple dustups in the past, wrote afterwards, "but you only start to know him as a bloke when you play in the same side. From the previous marriage, Smith has two kids – Cadence (7) and Carter (6). [60] He also scored a second-innings 154 not out in the third Test at Edgbaston, to lead South Africa to a challenging target of 281, and with it South Africa's first series victory in England since 1965. Smith gave a photo caption, which read “3 sleeps”. Smith, who hold’s the distinction of being the youngest captain of South Africa, got married to his girlfriend Romy Lanfranchi on November 2. Named one of Wisden’s Cricketers of the Year in 2004, Smith secured a second place on the Honours Board in 2008, hitting a century at Lords in the drawn Test with England. He appeared in his 100th Test against England on 19 July 2012. [47] However, their tour of Australia, and Australia's subsequent return tour in the 2005–06 season were disappointments for Smith, as they succumbed to a 2–0 defeat in Australia,[48] and a 3–0 whitewash at home. Following the 2003 Cricket World Cup and Shaun Pollock's subsequent resignation, Smith was selected as captain for South Africa's next Test. [50] The result gave South Africa in a 3–2 series victory over the Australians. They had finished day one with 405 runs on the board which was the most ever put on by a pair in a single day of Test cricket without losing a wicket. [46], South Africa won a Test series in the West Indies in 2005, with Smith scoring centuries in three consecutive Tests: 148 at the Queen's Park Oval, 104 at the Kensington Oval and 126 at Antigua. Former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith has found love again and has tied the knot for the second time. However, in February 2015, the former Proteas skipper and Morgan publicly announced that they would be divorcing after four years of marriage. Graeme Smith, who took over the role of captain at the age 22 in 2003, remains to be South Africa’s one of the best captain and batsman. He is also the only test captain to play in excess of 100 test matches. IPL 2020 DC vs RR: Who is Tushar Deshpande? [68] And with England Test cricket captain Andrew Strauss retiring from all forms of cricket right after this defeat, Graeme Smith achieved a rare feat of toppling three English captains in three tours to England. Last week, Smith posted a picture on Instagram, in which he can be seen hugging his wife Romy. During the tour of England in 2003 he made double centuries in consecutive test matches:[3] 277 (and 85 from 70 balls in the second innings) On 3 March 2014, during the third Test against Australia, he announced his retirement from international cricket.[11]. (@GraemeSmith49) Former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith has found love again and has tied the knot for the second time. It brought together players from all countries to share ideas, swap experiences and take the game forward worldwide. [51], In the first ODI against Pakistan on 4 February 2007, Smith hit an over bowled by Naved-ul-Hasan for 27 runs, and became the first player in ODI history to hit six fours off an over;[52] Smith scored 72 from 47 balls as South Africa totalled 392–6, the highest ODI total ever made against a Test nation (excluding Zimbabwe) apart from the two innings of the aforementioned Wanderers match between Australia and South Africa.

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