Underrated batsman. Underrated opener. Underrated captain. He might arguably the best opening test batsman of the modern era. And perhaps the best captain in the modern era.

Never have I seen a captain deliver as consistently when the team needed it most. Captain courages being a very fitting nickname

I love this player.. Graeme Smith, probably the best captain post Steve Waugh era. He saw some tough time early in his career, didn't get support from the team but gelled up easily after and then became a legend in Cricket. Superb temperament, hard batsman to dislodge, great fielder and best team player. 100's - 27 100 test matches as captain. 117 test matches Love him surely in my all time XI with Matthew Hayden

That edgebaston knock was next level. I remember that game well, flintoff looked like he was going to trigger a collapse in front of a crowd that was absolutely HEAVING. Instead Smith took it pretty much all on himself to stand up and go toe to toe with them. He single handedly stopped their momentum and then counterattacked with Boucher. Ridiculously special innings.

Had the pleasure of meeting my hero at a book signing in Cape Town. A gentleman and an inspiration. Easily my all time favourite sportsman.

That 154 at Edgbaston was one of the great Test knocks of all time

His records in England that too opening the batting speaks volume about his technique, determination and skills.

For me the best side in world was South Africa 2006 to 2015 never losing a test series away from home the windies were brilliant during 80 to 95 but South Africa had a brilliance above rest during their time having a perfect team

Graeme Smith was my motivational coach, his honesty , straight forwardness, his determination and courage to never give up really stays in my heart forever, I remember the the broken finger game against Australia, I had the commenti on I cried so much at work they thought I was crazy .

the man who promoted and believed in AB devilliers and gave cricketing world a batting monster ABD...thank you Graeme Smith

Absolute giant of a man in true sense... Tough, determined and leading from front... I saw that series in eng where he scored truckload of runs 277, 259 .. Him and Hayden batting together... That would be a sight

Made captain in his early twenties. When he wasn't even settled as a cricketer. People just debut as cricketers. He almost debuted straight as the South African captain and the rest is history both being leading a side initially with seniors , batting himself to make himself a an impact and then later brought Steyn Ab Amla into the side and started the proteafire drive. What a cricketer. Best thing he had , a huge temperament. Took South Africa to the very top . A great great of the game . Three South African cricketers could've easily crossed the 10k test runs . Graeme Amla and Ab but they never cared about it. Just went away after being close to it but that's why they played the game. To forever question why didn't they continue . But that's them. They achieved everything

Most prolific opener Graeme Smith vry illustrious timing especially wid new heavy ball from right under da noses of fielders leaving dem in utter disbelief & uncertainty, no matter Mr Graeme Smith holds all da record of partnerships, captaining SA in 100 tests winning 54 wid himself leading wid example taking 90 catches scoring almost 9000 runs while captaining South Africa is a vry Great & vry unique feat achieved by vry Great captain Legend of Graeme Smith

My dad is a big fan of Graeme Smith. #love from #SriLanka 🇱🇰🌹❤️

In his captaincy south africa took that no 1 test team status from Australia which was a huge task and they maintained that position for a good 8,9 years

Underrated, under appreciated legend of cricket

Pure genius. Best captain in long format

my favorite player. lots of love for him ..pure master class batsmen in test

Most test matches won as a captain even more than waugh, ponting, Lloyd. That is some record and that was some team steyn, kallis,Smith, de Villiers, boucher, morkel, gibbs, philander, amla, duplessis

Good player all around.....good humble attitude and I always enjoyed watching him bat

A captain who deserved a world cup.

A great captain ,tough guy and a great player

Wonderful insights Graeme

Biff, Hash, Kalahari, Mr 360°, Steyn Gun, Philander, Morkel. These fellas terrorized the whole world!

Graeme smith and Kevin pietersen two of the best batsman of my era and two of the best batsman to listen too on batting tips and techniques

What a top bloke!

Most valuable cricketer. But underrated talented cricketer. why

Best 4th inning player ☺️☺️

Great stuff Graeme and congratulations on a wonderful career.

The best captain i have seen taking the Proteas side to number one test playing nation what a achievement for greatest test captain i have ever seen after Hansie Cronje 🙏🙏🙏😄🙌🙌

Greame Smith the game changer of South African cricket

Very special talent.

My all time favorite south african player♥️

You are the best captain in world

Awesome batting from Graeme Smith

Can't take my eyes off that bat. Gorgeous blade.

Great Captain and Batsman

Legend forever

I loved him most

One of my all time favorite batsman

south africa's 2nd best captain after Hansie Cronje.

Greame Smith and Stephen Fleming are the best international captains.

Legend

Takes us back to a time when SA batsmen commanded respect

Leadership is written all over him..

love gm epic

What happens if greame Smith and Stephen Fleming open the batting and Ricky ponting and Micheal Vaughan are in top order batsman?

Most number of captancy in test, 109 test

When Australia was dominating the world ,there Was South Africa to defeat them

After his retirement SA never looks settled.

Best captain for me after greatest Steve Waugh.

He crippled the three top English captains

Straight from our captain

He was born in 1978 not 1981

He retired so early at 33

Kam se kam ise 2015 world cup tak khelna chahiye tha.

Strangest clip ever...starts by saying "vs India" then show Mark Waugh and Aus crowd then India (maybe) bowling and Smith clipping ball then slow mo with Aus fielders in slips. Just weird.

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I have seen zaheer khan got him a lot of times.

besides captaincy - he carried a burden - no pun intended!!!

Interesting. Smith is British.

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