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SNTV spoke to Graeme Smith at the Oval in South London on Thursday about retiring from international cricket and his relationship with new team mate Kevin Pietersen.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Graeme Smith, Surrey captain (Question: have the last few weeks been a whirlwind since your international retirement):

"Yes, it has. I mean how I'm going to handle retirement - it could be interesting! I'm looking forward to the next six months, this is my primary focus now, to really make the most of the next period with the club. Obviously the club wants to do well, I want to do well and I think there's a lot of motivated players up there. Hopefully we can get the cricket up to the stature of the club."