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Steve Smith is a marvelous player.
One of my highlights of being a Proteas player is that at one stage we were the No. 1 team across all formats.
I think ‘A’ sides are extremely important, as close as you can get to international cricket. You are often playing against internationals from different countries and it definitely bridges the gap between our domestic game and international cricket.
There’s so much in favor of batsmen these days. Fields are small, two new balls, powerplays, bats have got bigger than they used to be, the list can go on.
If you are just constantly doing the same thing, good batters can adjust.
Great fast bowlers don’t have to worry about whether the track is flat or green. They’ll find a way to get wickets.
I will play until I can’t play anymore.
In my opinion Test cricket is the best version of this game. It tests you mentally, physically, emotionally.
When I first started the biggest thing I wanted was for the opposition to acknowledge me.
I love winning. Maybe it’s more that I hate losing?
I would love to bowl 160 km/h. Any fast bowler would love to do that. But for me that is almost impossible.
With my work schedule, it’s difficult for me to spend quality time with my dogs. But whenever I’m home, I make it a point to spend as much time as possible with my dogs.
If I wanted to do anything in the coaching world, I would probably need to upskill myself.
When I bowled to batters like Michael Vaughan or Jacques Kallis who were classical, technically perfect, sound batters, I always found that I could get them out.
The workload with Test cricket was too much as I want to extend my career for as long as I can.
What inspiration will other fast bowlers have if they don’t have anybody to inspire them to become fast bowlers.
If you are playing in the right conditions, there is always motivation to bowl fast. If you are playing in the wrong condition then you want to be a batsman.
If I’m only going to play one more match, I want to take a wicket with every ball, not try and defend a boundary.
When I am off the field, I am the calm, very quiet kind of easy-sailing ocean, and then when I am on a hot streak with a cricket ball, I can be the most disastrous waters you have ever been in.
From the moment I became an established international cricketer I always had a strong feeling that I should be doing some ‘good’ while I had that profile, using it to try and make a difference.
There’s a lot of guys who can bowl 150 km/h when you give them the ball when they’re fresh in the morning, but can they do it late in the afternoon when it’s boiling hot and they’re bowling their 20th over for the day? I want to be able to do that and I want to be the only guy who is able to do that.
Once I step over that white line I become The Bowler.
If you want to bowl a yorker, you have to land it; if you want to bowl a bouncer you have to be on the money.
When you are in the company of greatness, there is only one thing to do: to raise your game.
Form is difficult. You can’t predict form, it is up and down for any player.
With Test cricket, it’s very important that you are bowling at high speed but T20 cricket is a great way to be versatile.
Traditional cricket has gone out of the window. It’s gone. T20 cricket has changed the game.
Normally if I am on holiday I’ll be planning a fishing trip or a surfing trip.
I mean everyone’s always spoken about fast bowlers and especially myself as a strike bowler, but I look at myself as somebody who could hold down the runs, you know, over 200 games, I’ve taken a lot of wickets but I’ve got a pretty decent economy rate.
Sport can take a back seat, your health is the most important.
In a World Cup you don’t have anywhere to hide.
It might sound very cocky or naive of me, or self-centered, but I want to win a World Cup for my country.
We spend on average 220 days of the year out of the country. It’s a long time to be away from your family especially when your children are growing up.
In South Africa, we kind of like looking for things that unite people in big, big groups.
You got to be street smart I suppose when you bowl in India. You can’t bowl at the same pace at the same place. Guys will work you out.
The more ‘A’ side cricket that can be played, it will keep the fringe of international cricket interested.
It’s terrible to consider never playing another Test again but what’s more terrifying is the thought of never playing again at all.
In South Africa, you can get away sometimes because of the bounce. You may get away with full wide balls. In India, it does not bounce and finds the middle of the bat and goes flying to point or extra cover for four.
The thing I’ve got to concentrate on for South Africa is bowling at good pace and if the ball is in the right area that will cause enough trouble.
It’s important to get under your opponent’s skin and let them know that you are coming for them out in the middle. When you do that, half the battle’s won!
I’m lucky because not only do I have the chance to experience the thrill of winning, but I also get to bowl really fast. Those two things are the best feelings in the world, better than any drugs – not that I’ve tried any.
Every ball matters – if with the last ball the opposition need four to win, and you’ve gone for 96, can you get that out of your mind and bowl a dot ball and win the game?
World class players don’t become rubbish overnight, especially over one tour.
South African cricket, we’re pretty resilient.
AB de Villiers is probably my favorite cricketer, he is an incredible batter and a good friend.
Test matches are what really drive me to perform.
I have started not to take things too seriously, loving life is my motto.
Do I like being No. 1? Absolutely. Who doesn’t?
If you’re playing Test cricket you could bowl 20 overs in a day. I could play about five T20s in that space.
I love playing cricket. I wake up every morning and I can’t see myself doing anything else.
I could bowl really fast and as the years went on I started to develop more skills – I learnt how to swing the ball a little bit, use the crease a little bit more. But I knew what my skill was and that was to run in and bowl fast.
But I love bowling in India, the grounds are quite flat whereas in South Africa you feel you are running uphill.
Pace is the most important thing. That is the one thing that I have had throughout my whole career.
I’ve never chased records.
If you’re not going to the World Cup expecting to win, then you probably shouldn’t go.
You get guys that are good. Then you get guys that are excellent. And then you get AB de Villiers.
I don’t want a new ball when I am bowling in the subcontinent. I want an old ball that can’t get hit out of the ground. I want a ball that when I bowl doesn’t have true bounce, so that the batsman can’t hit it.
I think it’s really difficult for women to be involved with sportsmen that travel, or men to be involved with men or women, whoever it may be.
I have four dogs – Sadi, a Retriever, and Oscar, Ruby and Bella, who are Yorkies.
I would love to win a trophy for South Africa in white ball cricket.
