Former South Africa star Herschelle Gibbs begins new innings as coach of Kuwait men's team

Sport360 staff 15:31 07/03/2018
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  • Gibbs has kick-started his coaching career.

    Former South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs has been appointed as the new coach of the Kuwait national team.

    Gibbs was officially appointed as the coach of the middle-east nation on February 18 during the conclusion of Kuwait Cricket’s annual general meeting, the Kuwait Times reported on Tuesday.

    The maverick Proteas cricketer was in the news recently after India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin responded with a match-fixing jibe to his Twitter banter.

    Gibbs was on hand to attend the AGM at the Kuwaiti capital, where he was called on to the stage by the president Haider Farman.

    During the meeting, plans were also laid out for the men’s team preparations for the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 qualifiers in April.

    On his part, the South African expressed excitement on his appointment and stressed the importance of fitness and team work to achieve short and long term goals.

    The gifted former batsman has 90 Test caps, 248 ODI and 23 T20 appearances for his country in a 15 year long international career.  He scored over 8,000 runs in the one-day format with the help of 21 hundreds while scoring over 6,000 runs in Test cricket on the back of 14 tons.

    He is most fondly remembered for smashing an 111-ball 175 against Australia at the Wanderers to help South Africa chase down a world-record 434 in an ODI during 2006.

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