YES YES YES YES YES! Finally he retires prolly the most useless SA captain we ever had hope they call it a draw today so we can get rid of him.
I will never understand how people can think the way you do about Smith... He has the best record of any player as a captain...
Heres an article where they rank him second in the last 2 Decades behind Ponting
http://www.sportskeeda.com/2013/02/0...t-two-decades/
He is a phenomenal cricketer and his average speaks for itself... SA have achieved so much with Smith at the helm, its actually really disappointing to have people slate him after everything he's done for SA Cricket...
He was a fantastic servant to the team for the majority of his career and took on an immeasurable weight with the captaincy at 22, none of his 27 hundreds have been in a defeat and he steered SA to some magical moments (Series wins in Aus/Eng). Sure his form has been up and down but his average speaks volumes for someone with the responsibility of opening the batting and captaining the team.
Sure you may not like him or have your own opinion but credit where credit's due, SA is losing a very respected player and captain
No you should be fair in your assessment. He lead the Proteas to the series win over Australia, in Australia, one of his finest moment, as an example. You may not like him, but let's acknowledge what the team has accomplished while he was captain.
Agree with Krusy, TOM and Solitude.
Last edited by Fivel; 04-03-2014 at 10:13 AM.
Biff will be missed, but he's time has past. He was one of the best test captains we've ever had, and the Proteas have reached the top under his leadership. It is a shame that his form is not up to par currently, as I would've like him to leave on a high note.
Well there he goes... last time he will ever bat in a Test game for us !
Last year or so he lost it, but over his career he was a great Captain and Opener.
Wow...Proteas...if you decide to play kak, you play as kak as possible...
We are currently 34/3 already, and Biff is out for 3. So in his last test he only made 8 runs. Which is still 8 more than Tendulkar made in his last test outing...