6. Graeme Smith, South Africa
One of the youngest captains the world has ever seen, Graeme Smith captained for South-Africa for over a decade. He led the team through one of the most turbulent times in South African cricket, The Hansie Cronje fiasco having shaken the whole cricket culture of the nation. Smith had the task to rebuild that, and did he so. Shattering all the suspicion in his abilities that people had, he hit two consecutive double centuries on the England tour of 2003, one of them being at Lords. One of the best player in the world in the 4th Innings, it’s a shame when you put forward the name of Graeme Smith, all that the people can come up with are the fact that he captained South Africa for over a decade, disregarding his immense contribution as a batsman for the country, particularly his partnerships with Herschelle Gibbs.
