Due in court on June 27

Gibbs arrested for drink-driving

Cricinfo staff

March 28, 2008

South African opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs was arrested in the early hours of Friday morning for drink-driving in Cape Town.

A police spokesman said that a 34-year-old man had been arrested after failing a breathalyzer, adding "we are not at liberty to implicate people by name until they have appeared in a court of law."

However, Peter Whelan, Gibbs' lawyer, admitted that his client was involved. "He was pulled over and breathalysed, but the police have yet to tell me what charge he was arrested on," he said, adding that Gibbs was released on bail of R500 (US$63) on Friday morning. He is due to appear in court on June 27.

Several indiscretions over the years have sullied Gibbs' precocious talent as one of the most attacking batsmen of his generation. He came close to being sent home from the South African Under-19 team's tour to the West Indies in 1992 after staying out all night, and he was suspended and fined for agreeing - and then forgetting - to under-perform in a one-day international against India in Nagpur in 2000.

Gibbs, who was left out of the South Africa squad for the tour of India, recently signed up to play for Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League in a deal worth US$575,000.

© Cricinfo

Add to del.icio.us | digg this | Stumble It What's this? If you liked this article and would like to share it with others on the web who might be searching for good content on cricket, you may use these buttons. When you add them to any of these sites, you "social bookmark" them for others to find and rate. More on del.icio.us>> More on digg>> More on stumbleupon>> Close

England v New Zealand fantasy cricket now available Enter your teams here Cricinfo Magazine online - our new home for features and comment Ask Steven, Numbers Game & more Cricinfo on the go - our mobile services WAP, Genie and Mobicast

Stories

Cricinfo XI: I fought the law

Players/Umpires

Herschelle Gibbs

Teams

South Africa