Cricket SA: Graeme Smith’s to-do list

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Loads of challenges for a man who seems a bit short of knowledge about the domestic game

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Another incident of Smith being caught short on local cricket knowledge was during the 2019 New Year’s Test against Pakistan at Newlands, where West Indian legend Michael Holding battled to get an answer from Smith about who Theunis de Bruyn’s replacement should be. Boucher has won a fair bit with the Titans, but when he was shorn of his international players he was found wanting. Kallis is SA’s greatest all-rounder but he’s never coached at franchise or provincial level for long enough for a conclusion to be drawn about his coaching ability.

Plenty of former players are coaching around the world, such as Australia’s Justin Langer, England’s Chris Silverwood and Pakistan’s Misbah-ul-Haq. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.One of SA cricket’s enduring transformation crimes took place under Smith’s stewardship when Highveld Lions wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile couldn’t get a Test look-in despite sparkling domestic and SA A form.

 

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