an eye injury. Smith paved way for AB de Villiers to become the designated wicketkeeper of the side ahead of Tsolekile despite the fact that de Villiers being only a specialist keeper for the test series against England in 2012. Moreover, Smith was also alleged to have been appointed as the director of cricket of Cricket South Africa in contrast to the CSA's recruitment policy. It was revealed that the then CEO of CSA Thabang Moroe headhunted Smith to appointed him as director of cricket despite the interviewing process for the relevant job position was still taking place. However, Smith was cleared of racism allegations by two independent arbitrators who indicated there was no evidence of racial bias and indicated that there was no evidence on whether Smith had engaged in racial discrimination. CSA has also been ordered to pay Smith's costs for the arbitration process. Records Smith holds the world record of captaining in most number test matches. He is also the only test captain to play in excess of 100 test matches. (109 – 108 as captain for South Africa, and 1 for ICC). Smith holds the world record of the highest number of wins in test matches as a captain with 53 wins. Smith holds the most centuries (15) by a captain in test match wins. He also holds the world record of a non-wicketkeeper taking most catches (82) in test match wins. Fastest South African cricketer to reach 1000 test runs. Smith holds the record for scoring the most test runs as captain (8659). He along with Jacques Kallis set the record for the highest ever partnership for any wicket as debutants in T20 Internationals (84 for the 1st wicket) Graeme Smith holds an unusual record against England: In 2003, 2008 and 2012, Nasser Hussain, Michael Vaughan and Andrew Strauss ended their respective careers as England test captains as they failed to beat the Proteas in the years Smith toured England as South African captain. See also List of international cricket centuries by Graeme Smith References External links South African cricketers 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Johannesburg South African people of Scottish descent ACA African XI One Day International cricketers White South African people Gauteng cricketers Hampshire Cricket Board cricketers Somerset cricket captains Surrey cricket captains South Africa One Day International cricketers Cricketers at the 2003 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 2007 Cricket World