Graeme Smith not looking to captain the Test side for long – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011 but Gary Kirsten stopped him from doing so.
The Proteas started the mega event last year as one of the hot-favourites but they failed to even qualify for the semi-finals, when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754.
This was a massive blow for South Africa, who have the reputation of choking in international events and are yet to clinch a single World Cup, despite being one of the major cricketing forces since the last two decades.
The left-handed opener resigned from 50-overs leadership after the tournament but continued to captain South Africa in the longer version of the game. The 31-year-old expressed that he just wanted to play as a player in Tests as well but the national team’s
coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Kirsten-c58527 changed his mind.
"After the World Cup, when things were tough, it certainly was something that was on my mind," "Gary played a role in me keeping the captaincy. He talked me into doing it for longer and he was the reason I decided to carry on," Smith said.
Smith has already played 99 Tests, 181 One Day Internationals and 33 T20s for his country and has scored more than 15 thousand runs at the ultimate stage of the sport.
The opening batsman further added that he does not plan to carry on leading the Test team for a long time and wants to concentrate only on his batting, come the twilight period of his career.
The Proteas skipper added, "I don't know if I will captain the Test side for as long as I play. I've only just turned 31 and I feel I still have a lot to offer from a batting perspective but I certainly don't see myself captaining until the time I retire."
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 next month and they would love to have their captain in form as a victory in the Test series will make them the number one ranked team in the world.
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