Herschelle Gibbs, who was the star batsman of South Africa, has many big records, but has also been in the discussion due to many big controversies. Herschelle Gibbs' career lasted for 15 years. Herschelle Gibbs is the only batsman to hit 6 consecutive sixes in an over of ODI cricket. 19 years ago, on the night of May 11, he was caught blowing marijuana in a room at the Jolly Beach Resort in Antigua. This was the period when the South African team, under the captaincy of Sean Pollock, went on to tour the West Indies in 2001 to play Test and ODI series.
Herschelle Gibbs was accompanied by his teammates Roger Telamacus, Paul Adams, Justin Camp and Andre Nel. Cricket South Africa took strict action against all the team members including Herschelle Gibbs and fined 10,000 South African Rand. Herschelle Gibbs was also caught in the fixing trap. In 2000, Herschelle Gibbs was suspended for 6 months. Not only this, Herschelle Gibbs created history at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on 12 March 2006 while intoxicated.
Gibbs himself has revealed that he was intoxicated. Gibbs has stated in the autobiography 'To the point: the no holds-barred' that he had drunk heavily the night before that match and was in a hangover the day of the match. In that match, Australia scored 434/4 thanks to skipper Ricky Ponting's stormy innings of 164 runs (9 sixes, 13 fours) in 105 balls. Then for the first time in ODI history, a team scored more than 400. Ultimately, the result of this match was astonishing.
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