[Abstract from Graeme Smith’s interview given to the Wisden magazine]
Q. Most satisfying conflict resolved?
A. I’m not sure the conflict was resolved, but it was comforting to know I was backed up. It happened in Bangladesh during a one-day international against India. I caught Sourav Ganguly scuffing up the pitch with his studs and I took him on, I had a real go. The satisfying aspect for me was the way my team backed me up when they saw me getting involved. I knew we were fighting together and backing each other up. I’d been told about Sourav’s tactic of being really “nice” and over-friendly when confronted about something he’s done and, sure enough, he started trying to be best buddies with Mark Boucher and some of the other guys - but they were having none of it. In fact, they went at him as hard as I had.