Herschelle Gibbs

Publication of Gibbs's autobiography To the Point in 2010 sparked major controversy in South African cricket. He recounted episodes involving sex, alcohol and drug use on tours and claimed that a "clique" of senior players, including Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and AB de Villiers, divided the dressing room and exercised excessive influence.

State of the evidence

Documented

Legal status — source text

Not applicable

Attribution

Protagonist is the complainant

Gibbs was arrested in March 2008 on suspicion of drink-driving. In a context where Cricket South Africa had also identified an alcohol problem and required treatment, he attended a rehabilitation programme. In March 2009, charges were withdrawn; he agreed to 100 hours of community service as part of the arrangements with authorities.

Attribution

Directly implicated

Course of the proceedings

1. Formally charged — Formal charge before the current outcome

Gibbs faced several disciplinary sanctions linked to nights out. In 2000, a three-match suspension followed a nightclub outing before an ODI; in November 2008, he again breached a curfew before a match against Bangladesh and was dropped from the following ODI series.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

In January 2007, a stump microphone caught Gibbs using racist and insulting language about Pakistani spectators. The ICC found him guilty of breaching its code and suspended him for two Tests.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

Following the series victory in the West Indies in April 2001, Gibbs and five other members of the South African delegation admitted smoking marijuana in a hotel room in Antigua. The team's disciplinary body fined them 10,000 rand and severely reprimanded them.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

Before the King Commission in 2000, Gibbs admitted accepting Hansie Cronje's offer of 15,000 dollars if he scored fewer than 20 runs in an ODI against India. Gibbs ultimately scored 74 and did not carry out the arrangement, but the agreement itself resulted in a six-month international suspension.

State of the evidence

Admitted by the person

Attribution

Directly implicated