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Graeme Craig Smith (born 1 February 1981) is a former South African cricketer and former captain of the South African cricket team Test side, having succeeded Shaun Pollock after the 2003 Cricket World Cup. He was succeeded as captain of the ODI side by AB de Villiers after the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He is also currently the overseas player and captain of English side Surrey. He appeared in his 100th Test against England on 19 July 2012. He captained his 100th career Test match on 1 February 2013, against Pakistan, on his 32nd Birthday. A tall, left-handed opening batsman, on the 2003 South African tour of England he made double centuries in consecutive Test matches:〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Individual Scores of 200 and More in an Innings for South Africa in Test Cricket )〕 277 at Edgbaston,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Scorecard )〕 and 259 at Lord's.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Scorecard )〕 The 259 is the highest score made at Lord's by a foreign player.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Lord's, London – Test matches )〕 On 24 October 2013, Smith became the second South African and 12th overall to complete 9,000 runs in test cricket in his 112th test match. Known for the success of his opening partnership with Herschelle Gibbs, South Africa's most prolific ever opening partnership, Smith has the distinction of having been part of all four of South Africa's opening partnerships of over 300 runs:〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= South Africa Highest Test Partnerships )〕 in three of them he was partnered by Gibbs, and in 2008 Smith added 415 for the first wicket with Neil McKenzie against Bangladesh, a world record opening partnership. On 3 March 2014, during the third Test against Australia, he announced his retirement from international cricket. ==Early and personal life== Born and raised in Johannesburg to parents Graham and Janet, Smith was educated at King Edward VII School. Smith played three Tests,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Youth Test Matches played by Graeme Smith )〕 and seven One Day Internationals for South Africa Under-19s,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Youth ODI Matches played by Graeme Smith )〕 of which five were during the Under 19 Cricket World Cup.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Matches played by Graeme Smith )〕 He scored one fifty in the test matches, but scored five half-centuries in the one dayers. Smith was also awarded the South African Cricketer of the Year award for his performances in the 2001–02 South African cricket season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=South African Cricketers of the Year named )〕 Smith married Irish singer Morgan Deane, at St Bernard Catholic Church in Claremont, Cape Town in August 2011. Their daughter, Cadence Christine Smith, was born 25 July 2012. A year later, the Smith's welcomed a boy, Carter McMorrin Smith, on the 15 July 2013.〔http://www.ecr.co.za/post/graeme-smith-tweets-baby-joy/〕 On 18 February 2015, Graeme and Morgan publicly announced that they would be divorcing after four years of marriage 〔http://www.supersport.com/cricket/more-cricket/news/150218/Graeme_Smith_to_divorce_Morgan/〕 Smith is also an ardent Liverpool F.C supporter.〔http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/celebrity-reds-fan-graeme-smith〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Graeme Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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