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You Are Here >> Back to Team >> Back to Players Graeme Smith View All Photos Player Profile Share this page: Date of Birth : 1 February 1981 see more Country : South Africa Teams : South Africa, Rajasthan Royals Playing Role : Left handed opening batsman, offspin Height : 6 feet 4 inches Trivia : Nicknamed Beefy for his bulky body and his batting style of muscular leg side play. see more Star meter : X NewsDesk : Cricketing career Test ODI T20 Test Matches Smith made his test debut against Australia in 2002 and scored an impressive 68 in the second innings. Eyebrows were raised when the selectors handed over this tall, muscular lad the captaincy of the South African test side in only his 9th test, but Smith showed good leadership skills and passed almost all the challanges that came his way. Smith showed his mettle as a batsman in his 11th and 12th test by scoring consecutive double tons against England, which included a double century at the famous Lords! Smith's greatest test achievement is leading South Africa to their first test series victory in Austtralia in 2008-09. ODI Matches Smith made his odi debut against Australia in 2002 and made a well compiled 41 while opening the batting in a losing cause. Smith has an awkward, unusual batting technique and generaly prefers the leg side. Having just played 22 odi's, Smith became the youngest odi captain of South Africa at only 22 years of age. It was under Smith's captaincy that South Africa did the unthikable, They chased down an imopossible target of 434 at Jo'burg against Autralia. Smith laid the foundation of that victory by scoring 90 off just 55 balls. T20 Smith made his t20 debut against New Zealand in 2005. Smith has been scoring runs consistently in this format and has a pretty good average. He more than often gets South Africa off to blazing start. Smith has been picked by the Sahara Pune Warriors in the ipl. Statistics Graeme Smith as batsman at international level Format Mts Runs Ave Best 100s 50s Test 91 7457 49.71 277 22 29 ODI 166 6142 39.88 141 8 43 T20 31 958 33.03 89* 0 5 Message Board Start New Topic Type Your Topic Type Your Answer   Topic Started by