Herschelle Gibbs

Quick Facts

Full Name	Herschelle Gibbs
Occupation	Cricket Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 23, 1974(1974-02-23)
Age	50
Birthplace	Cape Town
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Western Cape
Horoscope	Aquarius

Herschelle Gibbs Biography

Herschelle Gibbs is one of the most popular and richest Cricket Player who was born on February 23, 1974 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. He is an opening batsman, who has represented South Africa in multiple Cricket World Cup and ICC World Twenty20 tournaments. He played in the Indian Premiere League for teams such as Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers.

He was a teammate with He was teammates with Graeme Smith on the South African squad at the 2010 ICC World Twenty20., who was part of the South African squad for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.

Gibbs famously dropped a catch in a World Cup game against Australia in 1999, when he attempted to throw the ball up into the air in celebration before he had full control of it. The player that he dropped, Steve Waugh, went on to make a century and win the game for Australia, a victory which also gave the Australian side the momentum they required to go on and win the tournament. It was claimed at the time that, immediately after the dropped catch, Waugh had “sledged” Gibbs with the statement, “You’ve just dropped the World Cup”, but, in his autobiography Out of My Comfort Zone, Waugh denies this. Waugh did state, however, that teammate Shane Warne had noticed that Gibbs had developed a habit of throwing the ball in the air prematurely after taking catches and instructed his colleagues not to leave the crease too quickly if they happened to be caught by Gibbs, just in case the situation that happened to Waugh should actually occur.

Gibbs has scored two double centuries in his Test career, both contrasting innings. His first was an innings of 211 not out against New Zealand at Jade Stadium in 1999. His innings took 468 balls while his second double century, 228 against Pakistan came off just 240 balls. In that innings in Newlands, he reached a national record partnership of 368 with Graeme Smith. He has put on a further two 300-run opening stands with his captain, making them the only pair in Test history to break 300 on three occasions. He also holds the South African second wicket record, a partnership of 315* with Jacques Kallis.

He was previously married with Tenielle Povey.

Herschelle Gibbs Net Worth

Herschelle Gibbs is one of the richest Cricket Player from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Herschelle Gibbs 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Before he became serious about cricket, he played rugby, cricket and soccer.

For his role in a match-fixing scandal involving ODIs, he was banned from cricket for six month.

Herschelle Herman Gibbs (born 23 February 1974) is a South African former cricketer, who played all formats of the game for fourteen years. A right- handed batsman, mostly opened the batting, Gibbs became the first player to hit six consecutive sixes in one over in One Day International (ODI) cricket, doing so against the Netherlands in the 2007 Cricket World Cup In West Indies .

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Herschelle Gibbs Dating?

According to our records, Herschelle Gibbs married to Tenielle Povey. As of December 1, 2023, Herschelle Gibbs’s is not dating anyone.

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In the past two series against England and the West Indies he was brought down the order from the opening batsman to the middle order due to lack of form. After the move he regained form and looked more comfortable batting against the older ball. On 22 April 2006, Gibbs paid the price for his recent run- drought, and was dropped for the second and third Tests against the New Zealand cricket team. He has been short of confidence in Test cricket of late, and scored only 6 and 2 in the First Test at Centurion Park. South Africa’s chief selector, Haroon Lorgat said, “We had a meeting and agreed that a break and a fresh start next season will do him a world of good.” This decision was widely viewed as a harsh one.

Facts & Trivia

Herschelle Ranked on the list of most popular Cricket Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Herschelle Gibbs celebrates birthday on February 23 of every year.

On 15 January 2007, it was announced that Gibbs, a Cape Coloured himself would face a disciplinary panel after making racist comments during the 1st Test against Pakistan. His words had been picked up on the stump microphone saying remarks such as “go back to the zoo” and swearing to the Pakistani players and as a result heard across the world. The comments were said to have been directed at the members of the crowd after teammate Paul Harris had been abused by them whilst fielding. The Pakistani management made an official complaint to referee Chris Broad and Gibbs was banned for two Tests. He appealed against the ban but this was rejected by the ICC’s code of conduct commissioner, Richie Benaud. The ban was, however, changed to one Test, one Twenty20 game and one ODI match – all against Pakistan.