Graeme Smith hails Team Australia – Cricket News Update
South Africa’s Test skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Smith-c1473, has applauded the Aussies for their excellent effort to win the 2nd Test match, opining that they deserve more esteem than what they have currently.
Smith is of the view that the fans just see the Oz team in the prism of the past when they had some legends like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Gilchrist-c918. He argues that such great cricketers are hard to be found in future, but it does
not mean that the current Australian squad is not capable.
Talking to the media today, the captain said, “I think at the moment people often still look back at the Australian team that was a world-class team. There's not going to be many teams like that.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iftikhar-Ali-Khan-Pataudi-Nawab-of-c64075 Cummins, who architected the success of his team with his tremendous bowling spells.
He told, “Their debutants have stepped up. (Pat) Cummins in particular performed really well. Outside that, they've got some quality players still. Australia's players that were under pressure stepped up and made the difference at the end.”
Smith has also heaped praise on the former Australian captain, Ricky Ponting, who is currently playing under the leadership of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978. He claims it is always challenging to play against Ponting.
“I'm not too sure what is in Australia or what the set-up is but I know playing against a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377 is always a daunting task,” stated the African.
Smith’s views have come in the back drop of the nail-biting competition in the 2nd and last Test match between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757. Started on November 17 at Johannesburg, it was a fierce clash between the two titanic Test teams. After
five days of a thrilling show, the Kangaroos ended up winning by 2 wickets yesterday.
Smith, whose team won the first game by 8 wickets, is not disappointed with the defeat at all, rather he is happy with the way the Proteas played competitive cricket.
The-30-year old has 93 Test, 175 ODI and 33 T20I games to his name. He relinquished ODI captaincy after the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011.
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