Herschelle Gibbs
91South Africa · OP · 1996 to 2010 · on scorecards: HH Gibbs
BATTING
- Matches
- 248
- Innings
- 240
- Runs
- 8094
- Average
- 36.13
- Strike rate
- 83.26
- High score
- 175
- 100s / 50s
- 21 / 37
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 0
- Average
- -
- Economy
- -
- Strike rate
- -
- Best figures
- -
- 4w / 5w
- 0 / 0
- Catches / Stumpings
- 108 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 31
CAREER IN BRIEF
Herschelle Gibbs played 248 ODIs for South Africa in CricArcade's archive, from 1996 to 2010. The first came against Kenya at Gymkhana Club Ground, with a score of 17, and the last against India at Narendra Modi Stadium in 2010.
The most productive decade was the 2000s: 6,963 runs at 37.6 in 206 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 175 from 111 balls against Australia at Wanderers Stadium in 2006, in a match South Africa won. In all: 21 hundreds, 37 fifties.
At home the average was 37.0 across 106 ODIs; away it was 33.7 across 81 ODIs. The most runs came against Australia: 1,324 runs at 30.1 in 44 ODIs. Newlands was the most frequent ground, with 18 ODIs and 537 runs at 31.6. The scorecards record 21 player-of-the-match awards. South Africa won 154 of the ODIs Herschelle Gibbs played and lost 83.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 248 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175 | 111 | Australia | Wanderers Stadium | 2006 | Won |
| 153 | 131 | Bangladesh | Senwes Park | 2002 | Won |
| 143 | 141 | New Zealand | Wanderers Stadium | 2003 | Lost |
| 125 | 146 | West Indies | St George's Park | 1999 | Won |
| 125 | 112 | Zimbabwe | Queens Sports Club | 2001 | Won |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 44 | 1,324 | 30.09 | 3/3 |
| India | 30 | 1,064 | 44.33 | 2/5 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1,042 | 37.21 | 2/6 |
| West Indies | 29 | 1,074 | 42.96 | 5/2 |
| Sri Lanka | 27 | 621 | 23.88 | 1/3 |
| Pakistan | 25 | 595 | 28.33 | 2/3 |
| England | 23 | 635 | 28.86 | 2/4 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 735 | 52.50 | 2/4 |
| Bangladesh | 11 | 506 | 63.25 | 1/4 |
| Kenya | 9 | 410 | 51.25 | 1/2 |
| Ireland | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0/0 |
| Canada | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0/0 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 72 | 72.00 | 0/1 |
| Scotland | 1 | 0 | – | 0/0 |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 106 | 3,556 | 37.04 | 10/14 |
| Away | 81 | 2,564 | 33.74 | 6/11 |
| Neutral | 61 | 1,974 | 37.96 | 5/12 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 39 | 1,097 | 29.65 | 2/4 |
| 2000s | 206 | 6,963 | 37.64 | 19/33 |
| 2010s | 3 | 34 | 17.00 | 0/0 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newlands | 18 | 537 | 31.59 | 2/1 |
| Wanderers Stadium | 17 | 719 | 44.94 | 3/2 |
| Kingsmead | 16 | 457 | 30.47 | 1/2 |
| St George's Park | 15 | 642 | 49.38 | 2/3 |
| SuperSport Park | 11 | 109 | 10.90 | 0/0 |
| Mangaung Oval | 10 | 372 | 41.33 | 0/2 |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v Kenya, 1996 at Gymkhana Club Ground
- Latest in the archive: v India, 2010 at Narendra Modi Stadium
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 23 February 1974
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm bowler
- Balls faced (career)
- 9,721
- Ducks
- 22
- Four-wicket hauls
- 0
- Most common batting position
- 2nd
- Strike rate, overs 1 to 10
- 70.5
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 91.8
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 136.9
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 43.7
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 63.2
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 4,312 balls faced in that period.
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