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Graeme Smith and family (AFP)
Graeme Smith and family (AFP)

Cape Town – Outgoing Proteas Test captain Graeme Smith seems unlikely to be completely lost to the national cause.

He has also said that the seeds for his decision to retire, now after well over a decade at the helm, had been sown when Gary Kirsten, also a former team-mate, had stepped down as South Africa’s coach.

At an emotional press conference – both for Smith and the assembled scribes -- following the tense defeat to Australia in the decisive third Test at Newlands here on Wednesday, the 33-year-old said: “There are certain challenges to be met and I would love to play a role in helping Cricket South Africa with those things.

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