Herschelle Gibbs, South Africa – Player profile

In a World Cup semi-final, Herschelle Gibbs once caught Steve Waugh and then in trying to launch the ball skyward in the time-honoured fielder’s celebration, he accidentally dropped the ball. Waugh wasn’t out. Waugh is reported to have said: “You just dropped the World Cup, mate,” which is a great quote. It’s fairly clear that he said nothing of the sort. These things are never as good as they’re reported.

Herschelle Gibbs has a magnificent record in all forms of cricket, but is sometimes dropped for mental reasons or something like that. It’s all a bit mysterious. It’s probably something which is well-documented, but we’ve somehow never happened across it.

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