Graeme Smith Bit Quotations

To play 12 one-day games in a competition can get a little bit much, and they need to re-look at that if they are going to have a triangular competition again.

He is a bit of a worry at the moment. We hope that he will be fit for Tuesday and we obviously manage him going forward.

He is a bit of a worry at the moment.

Jacques looks a bit more serious and he could be out for a decent period, but we are not too sure.

I think that they were the team that were choking, if that's the word, under pressure a little bit at the back end.

Our guys are pretty upset about it, something needed to be done. We expected to cop a bit of abuse but this was pushing the limits.

We have come here a little bit more open and enthusiastic, and open to advice and to see things. We have really enjoyed ourselves here. We are as best prepared as we can be.

The teams are matched up pretty well. If anything, we need to pick it up a step in our ruthlessness on the field. We need to finish things off. We may just get a bit tense, and that comes down to inexperience, playing the best team in the world. I think 1-0 down is disappointing, but it hasn't hurt us and in a lot of ways, I'm very positive about us. As captain, I feel we're very close to hitting the mark ...and we're going to come back hard in Sydney.

It was a good win for us at the end of the day. It gives us a bit of confidence going into the next game against Australia.

I'm feeling a little bit more relaxed now and a little bit happier.

I prefer him to be sitting back home. It is a bit surprising for us.

Chasing 434 is a bit surreal for us. But it was an unbelievable wicket and the batsmen were all able to play their shots.

The guys will obviously celebrate a bit tonight because it's important to enjoy winning but we are not going to get carried away, it's still very early in the series.