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Gibbs prepared to ‘party on behalf of SA’

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“IF WE end up winning, I will celebrate on behalf of all South Africa!”

These are the words of Herschelle Gibbs, and anyone who knows anything about the 50-year-old Proteas legend, knows that’s going to be one helluva party.

Gibbs played 361 times for the Proteas. This was divided between 90 Test matches, 248 One-Day Internationals and 23 T20Is. More importantly, he went to the crease in three World Cup semi-finals: Edgbaston 1999, St Lucia 2007 (both ODI

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