Gibbs arrested for drink-driving
South African opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs was arrested in the early hours of Friday morning for drink-driving in Cape Town.
A police spokesman said that a 34-year-old man had been arrested after failing a breathalyzer, adding "we are not at liberty to implicate people by name until they have appeared in a court of law."
However, Peter Whelan, Gibbs' lawyer, admitted that his client was involved. "He was pulled over and breathalysed, but the police have yet to tell me what charge he was arrested on," he said, adding that Gibbs was released on bail of R500 (US$63) on Friday morning. He is due to appear in court on June 27.
From Cricinfo
Not good. I hope it wasnt any serious charge. Perhaps he didn't take the news of being dropped from the team very well.
Why was he dropped though? Since Gibbs is coloured they could have accomodated Nel in the team if he was in the squad. That way all the controversy could have easily been avoided or am I missing something.
South African opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs was arrested in the early hours of Friday morning for drink-driving in Cape Town.
A police spokesman said that a 34-year-old man had been arrested after failing a breathalyzer, adding "we are not at liberty to implicate people by name until they have appeared in a court of law."
However, Peter Whelan, Gibbs' lawyer, admitted that his client was involved. "He was pulled over and breathalysed, but the police have yet to tell me what charge he was arrested on," he said, adding that Gibbs was released on bail of R500 (US$63) on Friday morning. He is due to appear in court on June 27.
From Cricinfo
Not good. I hope it wasnt any serious charge. Perhaps he didn't take the news of being dropped from the team very well.
Why was he dropped though? Since Gibbs is coloured they could have accomodated Nel in the team if he was in the squad. That way all the controversy could have easily been avoided or am I missing something.