Herschelle Gibbs is seen signing paper
Gibbs in 2009

Herschelle Gibbs is a former South African cricketer who represented his country between 1996 and 2010. He made centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) on 14 and 21 occasions in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches respectively. With over 14,000 runs, Gibbs is fourth in the list of South Africa's most prolific run-scorers in international cricket.[1] Wisden Cricketers' Almanack included him among its "top 40 cricketers of 2004".[2]

Gibbs made his Test and ODI debuts in 1996 against India and Kenya respectively.[3] However, it was only in 1999 that he made his first century, when he scored 125 against the West Indies, an ODI South Africa won at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth. He followed that with another century against Australia in the 1999 World Cup, although this time in a losing cause.[4] In 2002, Gibbs made three centuries in consecutive innings, equaling a record that was previously held by two other players.[a] He was denied a fourth successive century when he remained 97 not out against Bangladesh.[6] His career-best score of 175, achieved against Australia, led South Africa to the most successful run-chase in the history of ODIs.[7] Gibbs made a minimum of one century each year from 1999 to 2009. As of October 2015, he is jointly second with Hashim Amla (both with 21 centuries) in the number of ODI centuries among his countrymen, only behind AB de Villiers (22).[b] Along with Shikhar Dhawan, Sourav Ganguly, and Chris Gayle, Gibbs holds the record for the most centuries in the ICC Champions Trophy, with three.[9]

Gibbs' first Test century, 211 not out, was made against New Zealand at the AMI Stadium, Christchurch, in March 1999. His highest score of 228 came against Pakistan at the Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town in 2003. These two are the only instances of his scoring above 200. In Tests, Gibbs scored centuries against all Test-playing teams except Sri Lanka. In ODIs, Gibbs scored centuries against 10 different teams, including all nine Test-playing teams. On 6 February 2005, he became only the second batsman, after Australia's Ricky Ponting, to score an ODI century against all Test playing nations, when he scored 100 against England. Gibbs also played 23 Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) for South Africa between 2005 and 2010.[3] He did not score any centuries in the format; his best score of 90 not out came against the West Indies.[10]

Key

Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
† He was named man of the match.
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings of the match in which he scored his century.
Test The number of the Test match played in that series (for example, (1/3) denotes the first Test in a three match series).
H/A/N Whether the venue is home (South Africa), away (opponent's home) or neutral.
Date The date on which the match began.
Lost The match was lost by South Africa.
Won The match was won by South Africa.
Drawn The match was drawn.
S/R His strike rate during the innings
(D/L) The result was determined by the Duckworth–Lewis method.

Test centuries

Test centuries by Herschelle Gibbs[11]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 211* †  New Zealand 2 2 2/3 AMI Stadium, Christchurch Away 11 March 1999 Drawn [12]
2 120  New Zealand 2 2 3/3 Basin Reserve, Wellington Away 18 March 1999 Won [13]
3 147  Zimbabwe 1 1 1/2 Harare Sports Club, Harare Away 7 September 2001 Won [14]
4 107  India 1 2 1/2 Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein Home 3 November 2001 Won [15]
5 196 †  India 1 1 2/2 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Home 16 November 2001 Drawn [16]
6 104 †  Australia 1 4 3/3 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Home 15 March 2002 Won [17]
7 114  Bangladesh 2 2 2/2 Sedgars Park, Potchefstroom Home 25 October 2002 Won [18]
8 228 †  Pakistan 2 1 2/2 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home 2 January 2003 Won [19]
9 179  England 2 1 1/5 Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Away 24 July 2003 Drawn [20]
10 183  England 2 1 5/5 The Oval, London Away 4 September 2003 Lost [21]
11 142  West Indies 2 2 2/4 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Home 26 December 2003 Won [22]
12 142  West Indies 2 3 3/4 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home 2 January 2004 Drawn [23]
13 192 †  West Indies 2 1 4/4 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home 16 January 2004 Won [24]
14 161  England 2 2 4/5 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home 13 January 2005 Lost [25]

One Day International centuries

One Day International centuries by Herschelle Gibbs[26]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 125 †  West Indies 2 1 85.61 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Home 30 January 1999 Won [27]
2 101  Australia 2 1 75.37 Headingley, Leeds Neutral 13 June 1999 Lost [28]
3 111  India 2 1 87.40 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi Away 9 March 2000 Lost [29]
4 104 †  West Indies 1 2 73.75 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Away 2 May 2001 Won [30]
5 107 †  West Indies 2 2 81.06 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Away 9 May 2001 Won [31]
6 125 †  Zimbabwe 2 1 111.60 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 23 September 2001 Won [32]
7 114 †  Pakistan 1 1 87.69 National Cricket Stadium, Tangier Neutral 12 August 2002 Won [33]
8 116 †  Kenya 2 1 92.06 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Neutral 20 September 2002 Won [34]
9 116*  India 1 2 97.47 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Neutral 25 September 2002 Lost [35]
10 153 †  Bangladesh 2 1 116.79 Sedgars Park, Potchefstroom Home 3 October 2002 Won [36]
11 108* †  Sri Lanka 1 2 117.39 De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley Home 4 December 2002 Won [37]
12 143  New Zealand 2 1 101.41 Old Wanderers, Johannesburg Home 16 February 2003 Lost (D/L) [38]
13 101  West Indies 2 1 74.81 The Oval, London Neutral 18 September 2004 Lost [39]
14 100 †  England 4 1 86.95 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home 6 February 2005 Won [40]
15 118  England 4 1 88.72 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Home 11 February 2005 N/R [41]
16 175 †  Australia 3 2 157.65 Old Wanderers, Johannesburg Home 12 March 2006 Won [42]
17 111 †  Zimbabwe 2 2 111.00 Harare Sports Club, Harare Away 25 August 2007 Won [43]
18 102  Pakistan 1 1 79.68 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away 18 October 2007 Won [44]
19 119 †  New Zealand 2 2 117.82 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home 2 December 2007 Won [45]
20 102 †  West Indies 1 2 121.42 The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home 3 February 2008 Won [46]
21 110 †  Australia 2 1 94.82 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Home 13 April 2009 Won [47]

Notes

  1. ^ Pakistan cricketers Zaheer Abbas and Saeed Anwar held the record previously. AB de Villiers and Quinton de Kock of South Africa have achieved the feat since Gibbs.[5]
  2. ^ Gibbs is joint seventh in the all-time list of leading century-makers in ODIs.[8]

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External links

List of international cricket centuries
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