Gibbs: One last chance, please
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
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Rob Houwing, in his comment piece on the Sport24 website, laments the absence of Herschelle Gibbs in the Bangladesh series, and writes that despite Gibbs' lack of form and his problems off the field, South Africa are still in need of a player of his class.
The Proteas’ one-day team is in transition, and it needed to be after the 0-4 humiliation in England. It cried out for new blood, but whenever that requirement arises, you also need a few old-stagers to stick around and provide stability.
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Gibbs is an enigma, wrapped in a contradiction. He is a compass that either ensures good courses or goes crazy; a GPS, to use more modern lingo, that is alternately focused and orderly like his wardrobe at home and then ziggy-zaggy haywire.
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo