Smith’s hunger could be back after marriage: Wessels

Former South African cricket captain Kepler Wessels feels current Test skipper Graeme Smith’s interest in the game had taken a tumble but the hunger could be back after his recent marriage to Irish singer Morgan Deane.
Wessels told ‘Sportsday’ since Smith has relinquished his one-day and Twenty20 captaincy to AB de Villiers, he could be hitting big knocks more

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Graeme Smith marries Morgan Deane

South Africa captain Graeme Smith has married Irish singer Morgan Deane at a private ceremony in Cape Town.
The couple tied the knot at St Bernard Catholic Church in Claremont on Saturday before joining family and close friends at a reception overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
Smith, 30, proposed to Deane in April, when the opening batsman flew to Ireland in the aftermath

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Tigers’ WC dream shattered

The Proteas proved far too strong for the Tigers who failed firstly to check South Africa’s run making and later to withstand their bowling attack, folding for only 78 and thus ending their Cricket World Cup dream at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday.
South Africa secured its place at the top on the point table and among top eight moving into

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Aiming for the quarterfinals

Tigers face SA today
Prior to today’s crunch Bangladesh-South Africa match, the question on everybody’s lips was what awaited the millions of cricket crazy fans in the country? Will it be heartbreak or will today usher in an era of hope?
Shakib Al Hasan’s men can write a new chapter for Bangladesh cricket when they face off against an inform South Africa in a make or break battle at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in

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Smith knows the occasion

Graeme Smith believes the South Africa team have become accustomed to sub-continental teams and conditions as they face the Tigers at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.
The Proteas arrived in town the day after their win over Ireland last Tuesday but chose to train only yesterday, on the eve of their final group game in the

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