Herschelle Herman Gibbs is the full name of Herschelle Gibbs. He was born on 23 February 1974 in Cape Town, South Africa. He was born in a middle-class family as his father was a small businessman. His parents have always been supporting him and his career as a cricketer. For schooling, he went to St Joseph's Marist College where he was included in the school cricket team. He later joined Diocesan College where he played an important role in the college cricket team. He also played football and rugby along with cricket. He was very good at fielding as he was agile and strong.
He started his ODI career back in 1995. Since then he was an intricate part of the team winning them matches on many occasions. He has scored a total of two double centuries over the course of his career in test matches. The first one was against New Zealand when he mad 211 in 1999. This innings came off in 468 balls and the second one was 228 which came in just 240 ball which is around run a ball in a test. The second double hundred was in partnership of his captain Graeme Smith that he made against Pakistan. He has been most famously known for hitting six sixes in an hour which has only been managed by Yuvraj Singh of India in an international match.
He has also been involved in many controversies throughout his career. He was once investigated for match fixing when Hansie Cronje made allegations that he was involved in match-fixing as well. He was reported offered $15000 from Cronje for making less than 20 runs. He, however, made 74 runs and was hence spared from charges as he had made more runs. The firing was against a match with India so he was about to be questioned by Indian police.
He on many occasions avoided going to India as he feared he might be put in jail for fixing. He was however quizzed by the police when he went on the tour of India. He was however spared after questioning. He has also been alleged of sledding as he was caught by the stumps microphone saying, Go to Zoo to one of the Pakistan players. The issue boiled over and he was fined by the ICC for it. He once dropped an important catch in the world cup when he was playing against Australia. He was later told by Steve Waugh that he just dropped the world. He has scored three centuries in continues matches that have made him the only four players in the world who has achieved this feat.
He is a married man having been married to his longtime girlfriend. He hovered had a divorce later on as he had certain issues with his wife. He is also very active on social maid platforms such as twitter as well as facebook. He also posts pictures daily on Instagram. His net worth is estimated to be around $20 million.
| Birth Date: | 23 Feb, 1974 |
| Age: | 46 yrs |
| Occupations: | Rugby union player Cricketer Association football player |
| Citizenship: | South Africa |
| Birth Place: | Green Point, Cape Town |
| Education: | Diocesan College |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | Cricketer |
| Net Worth 2021: | 3 million |
