Graeme Smith is a retired South African cricketer who played international cricket between 2002 and 2014. In a career spanning 12 years, he scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) on 27 and 10 occasions in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches respectively. As of October 2016, his tally of 37 international centuries places him fourth among his countrymen, behind Jacques Kallis (62), Hashim Amla (53) and AB de Villiers (45).
Smith made his Test and ODI debuts against Australia during the 2001–02 home series. His maiden century—200 against Bangladesh—came in October 2002. During South Africa's tour of England in 2003, he scored double centuries—277 at Edgbaston and 259 at Lord's—in consecutive Tests. Smith's performances in the season led to him being named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2004. His three centuries in consecutive Tests were instrumental in ensuring South Africa's series win against the West Indies in 2005. In Tests, Smith made centuries against all teams except India and Sri Lanka. He was most successful against England with seven centuries. With five double centuries he leads the list among South African cricketers as of May 2014. As of October 2015, Smith's four centuries in the fourth innings of a Test match is the second highest by any player, only behind Younus Khan, who has scored five centuries in the fourth innings of a Test. Of his 27 Test centuries, 25 came while captaining the side, and South Africa lost none of its matches on any such instance.
Smith's first ODI century came in 2005, three years after his international debut. He went on to score four more centuries the same year, the second-most in a calendar year by a South African. Smith's highest score in ODIs was 141, which he made against England in September 2009. In ODIs, he made centuries against eight different opponents, with three of them scored at venues outside South Africa. Between his debut Twenty20 International and final one in 2005, Smith played 33 matches in the format without scoring a century; his highest score of 89 not out was made against Australia in February 2006.
Key Symbol Meaning * Remained not out Man of the match Captained the South African cricket team Pos. Position in the batting order Inn. The innings of the match Test The number of the Test match played in that series H/A/N Venue was at home (South Africa), away or neutral Date Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches Lost The match was lost by South Africa. Won The match was won by South Africa. Drawn The match ended in a draw. S/R Strike rate during the innings
Test centuries + Test centuries by Graeme Smith No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref 1 1 1 1/2 Buffalo Park, East London Home Won 2 1 1 2/2 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home Won 3 1 1 1/5 Edgbaston, Birmingham Away Drawn 4 1 2 2/5 Lord's, London Away Won 5 1 1 1/4 New Wanderers, Johannesburg Home Won 6 1 1 4/4 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home Won 7 * 1 4 3/3 Basin Reserve, Wellington Away Won 8 1 2 1/2 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home Won 9 1 2 2/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Away Won 10 1 2 3/4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Away Won 11 2 1 4/4 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua Away Drawn 12 1 3 2/2 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away Drawn 13 1 2 3/3 Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban Home Won 14 2 1 2/2 Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong Away Won 15 1 3 1/4 Lord's, London Away Drawn 16 * 1 4 3/4 Edgbaston, Birmingham Away Won 17 1 1 1/2 Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein Home Won 18 1 4 1/3 WACA Ground, Perth Away Won 19 2 3 3/4 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home Drawn 20 1 2 4/4 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home Won 21 1 1 2/3 Warner Park, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis Away Drawn 22 1 1 1/2 DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral Drawn 23 * 1 4 1/2 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home Won 24 2 3 1/3 University Oval, Dunedin Away Drawn 25 1 2 1/3 Kennington Oval, London Away Won 26 1 2 2/3 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away Drawn 27 2 2 2/2 DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral Won
One-Day International centuries + One Day International centuries by Graeme Smith No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref 1 1 2 80.15 Sahara Oval St George's, Port Elizabeth Home Won 2 * 1 1 87.78 Buffalo Park, East London Home Won 3 1 1 90.69 Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban Home Won 4 1 2 100.98 Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Away Won 5 * 1 2 108.06 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Away Won 6 * 1 2 95.96 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home Won 7 * 2 2 87.28 Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong Away Won 8 1 2 105.22 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home Lost 9 1 1 87.41 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home Lost 10 2 2 89.23 Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Home Won
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