| PROFILE |
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| SOME PERSONAL STUFF |
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| What’s on my ID |
Herschelle Herman Gibbs |
What my mates call me
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Gibbsy, Scooter
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Date of Birth
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23 February 1974
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| Place of Birth |
Green Point |
School
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Diocesan College, Cape Town
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If I wasn’t playing cricket...
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I’d be playing golf, rugby or soccer |
Pets
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I don’t have any |
Absolute no-nos
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Two faced people and dishonesty |
Family and siblings
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Herman (Father), Barbara (Mother), Lucinda (Sister), Rashard Fuller (Son)
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| FAVOURITES |
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To drink
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Chocolate Steri Stumpi |
To eat
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KFC
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To wear
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Puma
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On my feet
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Puma |
Colour
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Bottle green
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To read
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"Guide to the advanced soul" |
| Place to be when I'm not on the field |
At home in Cape Town |
| Place to eat |
Pigalle in Green Point |
| Day of the week |
Any day |
| Time of day |
Sunset |
| To drive |
BMW F1 car |
| Animal |
White Tiger |
| When not on the field |
Golf, shopping, looking for décor ideas, watching Manchester United on T.V, reading comics, visiting friends and eating out. |
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| SIZES / MEASUREMENTS |
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| Shoe size |
8 |
| Pants / shorts |
32 / M |
| Shirt / T-shirt |
M |
| Collar size |
16 1/2 |
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| DID YOU KNOW? |
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He was 16 when he made his first class debut.
One of the most famous innings includes the one day match against Australia in March 2006 when South Africa chased a seemingly impossible score of 434 runs with a ball to spare. He contributed a fast paced 175 runs off 111 balls.
Herschelle's nickname is "Scooter", Bob Higgins tells the following story of how he got it: South African opener Herschelle Gibbs, has now played 90 Tests and almost 250 one-day internationals. Gibbs made his first-class debut (and scored 77) for Western Province B in 1990-91, when he was only 16, still at school, and too young to drive. Some of his team-mates joked that since he didn't have a car they'd have to buy him a scooter to get to matches... and the name stuck.
He became the 11th South African to score a test double century.
He became the first player to smash 6 sixes in one over at a world cup ODI. This was achieved against the Netherlands in 2007 in the Caribbean.
He is an honorary citizen of St. Kitts in the Caribbean. |
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