South African batsman?Herschelle Gibbs was a maverick - he was a dasher with the bat, but he had his moments of lapses in his career. Many of them, in fact.?
He was one of the South African players involved in match-fixing in 2000, the incident brought great shame to cricket in his home country and ended then Proteas captain Hansie Cronje's career.?
Gibbs had agreed to accept $15,000 to help fix a one-day international against India. He was to score less than 20 runs in the game and the fixing money could have been his.
Gibbs, who eventually did not receive any money, had said in an interview that he "forgot" about the deal during the match in question, lashing his first two balls to the boundary on his way to blasting 74 from 53 balls.
After South Africa set an inquiry into match fixing scandal, Gibbs was banned for six months. He was lucky to escape with what seemed a minimal ban.?
Gibbs returned to the international arena as the classic prodigal and remained as susceptible to poor decision-making off the field as ever.? ??
He repeatedly refused to tour India fearing arrest and refused to even speak to Indian Police over the matter. However, Gibbs was named in the South African squad to tour India in the?2006 ICC Champions Trophy, and as a result, he had to meet with Indian Police over his involvement in the match-fixing scandal.?
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