In his fifth year at the helm after becoming his country's youngest captain aged 22, Graeme Smith leads as he bats - like granite.

Perhaps the highlight of his leadership was the win over Australia last March, when he fired 90 from 55 balls to help his side to a world record 438-9 in the deciding match.

Smith overcame a difficult run of form in the home one-day series against India, in which he scored only one run in his first three innings, to plunder three sixes in a 79 as his team recorded an emphatic 4-0 win.