Gibbs faces action for curfew violation

JOHANNESBURG, MAY 5. South African opener Herschelle Gibbs, facing police inquiry after being named in the sensational match- fixing case involving sacked skipper Hansie Cronje, faces disciplinary action for curfew violation during the recent one- day series against Australia.

The United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCBSA) will hold a disciplinary commission of inquiry against Gibbs for violating curfew at Cape Town. Team manager Goolam Raja said Gibbs had broken the rules and would have to face the consequences.

Gibbs, who is one of the five South African players named in the match-fixing case registered by the Delhi Police alleging wrongdoing during the March one-day series in India, will face the disciplinary panel on May 12, he said. South African cricket officials said Gibbs had also violated curfew in Wellington during the team's New Zealand tour and was fined 5000 rands (approx. Rs 28,000).

It is also alleged that he breached team curfew rules during the Indian tour, but Rajah said he knew of no such incident. ``I only know of the incident in Wellington. Over there Herschelle went on the town and came back late. We have rules and he had broken them,'' he said.

Gibbs is also in the media glare following reports that he was the father of a three-and-a-half-year-old love child. The child's mother, 21-year-old Liesel Fuller from Cape Town whom the batsman is said to have first met about eight years ago, has been quoted as claiming the child was conceived ``during a single night of passion'' and that Gibbs told her not to have the baby. ``But I decided to keep the baby and he gave his full support,'' media reports quoted her as saying.

When asked for his reaction, Gibbs said the matter was ``private''.

- PTI

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