On 1 February 1981, Graeme Smith was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is one of the most prolific former cricketers and captains of South African cricket team.

Achievements:-

•  As a non-wicketkeeper, Smith holds the world record by taking about 82 catches in the test match wins
• In a test match wins, as a captain; he holds the most number of centuries i.e. 15
• Considered the fastest South African cricketer to reach 1000 test runs
• As a captain, he played 108 matches in Test series, 149 in ODI and 27 in T20
• For Western Province, Smith has played seventeen matches scoring 1,312 runs which nearly equal to 4 centuries
• In his 112th test match, Graeme became 2nd South African and overall, the 12th batsman to complete 9,000 runs in Test cricket