South Africa Test captain Graeme Smith has signed a three-year contract with Surrey to captain the English county.
The Australian leg-spinner was accused of sledging Sussex batsman Matt Prior during a county game last week.
Ricky Ponting came out in defence of Australia teammate Shane Warne over the sledging row.
An overhead television camera suspended by cables crashed to the ground in the Olympic Park on Monday, lightly injuring at least three people among the crowds below, the latest in a string of mishaps to hit South America's first Games. A TV news report showed two of the injured looking dazed, sitting on the ground near the heavy black camera housing. One woman, bleeding from her head as medics arrived, was taken away on a stretcher. The other walked from the scene wearing a neck brace.
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