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South African
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South Africa
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SA
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Graeme Smith
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Left-handed batsman (LHB)
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Off Spin (OB)
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46
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3735
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4914
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11/12
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277
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1145
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8
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8287
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2/145
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57/-
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91
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3389
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3987
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6/19
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134
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686
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10
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6550
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-
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-
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3/30
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36/-
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26 April
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2006
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(born , and 259 at
Lord's Cricket Ground . His score of 259 at Lord's is, in fact, the highest score at the ground by a foreign player. The previous record was 254 by Sir Donald Bradman. He is also an occasional
Off Spin bowler with the ability to take wickets and has shown an ability to contain batsmen with low full tosses at the death in ODI matches.
He joined English county
Somerset as captain for part of the 2005 season and scored a century in their notable victory over tourists Australia.
Despite receiving much criticism when he was initially chosen to captain South Africa, Smith has since earned the respect and recognition of the international cricketing community. This was shown when he was selected to captain the ICC World XI in the ICC Super Series Test Match between the ICC World XI and Australia in October 2005.
He also captained South Africa in their win over
Australia in their
One Day Internationals (ODI) series win in a prolific 5th ODI in
Wanderers Stadium , Johannesburg, on
March 12 ,
2006 . South Africa beat Australia by achieving the highest score ever recorded in an ODI, 438-9. Smith played a vital role in setting up the victory. He scored a blazing 90 runs off only 55 balls and was involved in a second wicket partnership of 187 runs with
Herschelle Gibbs .
