Congratulations Graeme Smith: Smith form a relief for AB:

AB de Villiers may have been named man-of-the-series after South Africa concluded their battle against Sri Lanka on Sunday, but the Proteas captain was a happy man for another reason. His predecessor and close friend Graeme Smith had returned to form and showed his hand with a fine 125 off 143 balls. It was not enough to win the fifth Sunfoil one-day international as they went down by two wickets at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, but De Villiers was just thrilled with himself for having never lost belief in Smith. “I told the press that he was going to come through, and I’m very happy for my man,” the skipper said afterward. “Biff did extremely well.

KES Community congratulates Graeme on his return to form-long may it last!