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Johannesburg: Former South African cricket supremo Ali Bacher has lauded the 2003 Omar Henry-led selection committee for appointing Graeme Smith as national captain when he was just 22 and in the initial phase of his international career.
“(Smith) was 22 years old, had played only eight Test matches, 22 ODIs and had hardly any captaincy experience,” wrote Bacher in a special four-page supplement in a South African daily, to commemorate Smith’s centenary as a Test captain.
“We need also to doff our caps to the 2003 National Selection Committee, chaired by Omar Henry, for their vision and I would say their courage in appointing Graeme as captain,” he added.
Bacher compared his own captaincy of the South Africa national squad at the age of 28 when he took on the Australians in 1970, with Smith.
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