Herschelle Gibbs (Former South African Cricketer) Wife, Records, Controversies, Age, Weight, Height and More

Herschelle Gibbs was a professional cricketer who used to play for the South African National cricket team in all three formats of the game. He had to face alot of ups and downs in his personal and professional life as he was involved in so many controversies. But later he proved himself as a finest opening batsmen to be in the game for his. Check out below more interesting facts about him.

Name: Herschelle Gibbs

Nickname: Scooter

Role: Opening batsman

Cricket Career

International Debut

Test: vs India at Eden Gardens, Nov 27, 1996

ODI: vs. Kenya at Gymkhana Club Ground, Oct 03, 1996 

T20I: vs New Zealand at The Wanderers Stadium, Oct 21, 2005 

IPL: vs Kings XI Punjab at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, May 01, 2008

Career Turning Point: He came into limelight when he scored 175 in 111 against Australia where they have to chase 434. 

Major Teams: South Africa, Cape Cobras, Deccan Chargers, Durham, Durham 2nd XI, Glamorgan, Khulna Royal Bengals, Mumbai Indians, Northern Districts, Perth Scorchers, St Lucia Zouks, Titans, Western Province, Yorkshire

Records

• He is in nine batsmen in ODI history who scored hundred in three consecutive innings.
• In the year 2002, Gibbs gets the chance to become the first batsmen who scored four hundred in a row against Bangladesh.
• The monumental inning was played by him on 12th March 2006 where he scored 175 off just 111 against Australia in the 5th ODI
• Also, he scored 21 hundred in 248 games, which is still the highest score by a South African.
• Moreover, he is the second highest run scorer by scoring 8094 after Jacques Kallis from his country.

Girlfriends, Spouse, and Children

Marital Status: Married

Affairs/Girlfriends: NA

Wife:  He got divorced from Tenielle Povey after 2008 and remain single. 

Marriage Date: NA

Children: NA

Autobiography 

On November 01, 2010 Gibbs released his autobiography named “To the Point: The No-holds-barred Autobiography.

Controversies 

• During the tour of West Indies Gibbs was caught smoking marijuana and fined along with other teammates.
• Once he was involved in the match-fixing scandal with the former captain Hansie Cronje who offered him $15000 to score less than 20 runs in that innings. But he didn’t do that and scored 76. But the allegation was still against him and he was banned from the cricket for 6 months. =

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5ft 9in

Weight (approx.): NA

Eye Colour: Black

Hair Colour: NA

Personal Life

Date of Birth: 23rd February 1974

Age (as of May 2019): 45 Years

Birth Place: Green Point, Cape Town, Cape Province

Nationality: South African 

Zodiac sign/Sun sign: Pisces

School: NA

College: St Joseph’s Marist College, 

Educational Qualifications:  Diocesan College in Rondebosch

Signature: NA

Family

Father: Herman Gibbs

Mother: Barbara Gibbs

Sister: NA

Brother: NA

Coach/Mentor: NA

Religion: NA

Address: Green Point, Cape Town, Cape Province

Preferences/Favourite

Hobbies: golf and rugby 

Cricketers: NA

Lesser Known Facts 

• In 94 test matches, he took 108 catches in ODIs.
• He becomes the first player who hit 6 sixes in an over in ODI cricket against the Netherlands in 2007 world cup.
• He was an active sportsman from childhood and started his career in cricket at the age of 16 in the 1990-91 season.
• On 10th May 2010, Gibbs played his last T20 match against Pakistan. And made his career 14200 international runs at an average of 38.

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