The Surfer

'There’s more conviction in my decision making’

Graeme Smith speaks to the Telegraph 's Lokendra Pratap Sahi just a few weeks before completing four years as South Africa’s captain:

Graeme Smith speaks to the Telegraph's Lokendra Pratap Sahi just a few weeks before completing four years as South Africa’s captain:

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My decision making as a 22-year-old probably wasn’t as good... As captain, I trust my gut feelings a lot more now... Today, there’s more conviction in my decision making... Then, for example, I wasn’t sure about giving Polly (Shaun Pollock) an extra over or two or getting (Jacques) Kallis into the attack... Things like that.

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Siddhartha Vaidyanathan is a former assistant editor at Cricinfo