Graeme Smith raring to go in the second Test in Durban

  Greame Smith gave his thoughts on the likely outcome of Morne Morkel out with an injury, he said “We haven’t had too many injuries from our frontline in the recent past. Kyle Abott and Rory Klinevelt has ably deputised whenever we needed them.”   Vernon Philander took a lot of flak for his batting...

Greame Smith gave his thoughts on the likely outcome of Morne Morkel out with an injury, he said “We haven’t had too many injuries from our frontline in the recent past. Kyle Abott and Rory Klinevelt has ably deputised whenever we needed them.”

Vernon Philander took a lot of flak for his batting in the final overs but Skipper Graeme Smith jumped to his defense , saying “We needed someone like Vernon (Philander) who has great character and has performed in all conditions across the globe. His batting has gone from strength to strength and he is simply a captain’s delight.”

Apart from South Africa vs India, the fourth Ashes Test also starts on boxing day, “There is a buzz around the boxing day Test match. We don’t tour Australia this time of the year because these are marquee Test matches for South Africa and I’m disappointed we don’t have a new year’s Test match but we will try our best to please our fans on this festive occassion” , Smith said

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