England v SA, 3rd Investec Test, Lord's SA reaping rewards of readmission

When South Africa were reintroduced into international cricket in 1991, Graeme Smith was 10 years old. He was too young to understand the changes that were taking place in the society aroundhim and, as part of the privileged few, he would not be able to see the effect of those changes until years later. Years suchas 2003 when he took over as captain and 2012 when South Africa are about to benefit from those changes. "We've been blessed that someone has harnessed the talent and brought it all together," Smith said at Lord's, when talking about the strength of the current South African side. "We arereaping the rewards now of a lot of hard work in theearly days. There would have been a lot different decisions to get to this point where we are now."