Crik: Smith looks beyond Cronje record

From: AAP Sports News (Australia) | Date: July 22, 2008 | Copyright information

AAP Sports News (Australia)
07-22-2008
Crik: Smith looks beyond Cronje record

By Julian Guyer

LEEDS, July 22 AFP - Graeme Smith may have had to be told he'd replaced the late disgraced
Hansie Cronje as South Africa's most successful Test captain after his side's 10-wicket
triumph here at Headingley but one statistic he was all too well aware of was the Proteas'
record in England.

Smith was at the crease as South Africa got the nine runs they needed to complete a
comprehensive second Test thrashing of England on Monday with more than a day to spare.

Victory put the Proteas, ranked second ...

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