No regrets as Gibbs believes Proteas can end Cup hoodoo

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No regrets as Gibbs believes Proteas can end Cup hoodoo

by
The Cricket Paper Team
3 May 2019

Daniel Gallan speaks to South African great Herschelle Gibbs about his country’s hopes of ending their disappointment in cricket’s one-day showpiece event

Daniel Gallan

Grand stage: Gibbs averaged 56.15 in World Cup cricket, almost 23 more than his regular average
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Herschelle Gibbs was a batsman of juxtapositions. Infuriatingly inconsistent, he oscillated between the sublime and the bizarre with enough frequency to charge your phone.
“I was an innovator and a maverick,” he told The Cricket Paper. “Sometimes it didn’t come off but ...

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