The letter was also signed by five current coaches including national fielding coach Justin Ontong, ESPNCricinfo had reported.
Images from the 1st ODI between India and South Africa in Jaipur on Sunday.
Left-arm pacer Dirk Nannes, who had fine match in the six-wicket win over Deccan Chargers on Thursday, admitted that initially he was little nervous to replace the legendary Australian pacer in Delhi Daredevils' playing eleven.
Off-spinner Johan Botha made a Test comeback while pacer Makhaya Ntini got the boot as South Africa named its Test and ODI squads for next month's tour of India.
Herschelle Gibbs has been slapped a hefty maintenance claim by his estranged wife Tenielle, which could see the South African cricketer lose a major chunk of his Indian Premier League earnings. The latest trouble marks yet another personal low for the discarded opener, who was recently arrested for drunk driving.
South African opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs as arrested in the early hours of Thursday morning for drink-driving in Cape Town, reports said on Friday. Gibbs recently signed up to play for Hyderabad in the inaugural Indian Premier League, the multi-million dollar Twenty20 event which begins on April 18, in a deal worth $575,000 dollars.
Herschelle Gibbs's appeal against a two-Test ban for abusing Pakistanis will take place via teleconference.
ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed laid the charge under the code of conduct after racist and abusive remarks were picked up on a stump microphone.
Gayle who has featured in his 27th World Cup match who had hammered 37 sixes in his 23 World Cup appearances.
Australia's Adam Gilchrist has replaced VVS Laxman as the captain of the Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League.
West Indies replaced Corey Collymore and Fidel Edwards with Dwayne Smith and Ian Bradshaw.
Former South African star opener Herschelle Gibbs revealed in his autobiography 'To the Point' that he has been offered a lucrative role in a Bollywood movie.
Strong contenders South Africa inched closer to a semi-final berth in the Twenty20 World Cup after a convincing 20-run victory over giant-killers West Indies in a Super Eight match at the Kensington Oval on Saturday. The South Africans, riding on a rollicking 55 from Herschelle Gibbs, first compiled a competitive 183 for seven and then restricted the West Indies to 163 for nine.
The former South Africa cricketer said he had given evidence to the King Commission and was cleared of wrong-doing in the match-fixing episode.
Australia bowled out South Africa for 256 to win the fifth and final one-day international by 47 runs at the Wanderers on Friday. The visitors, trailing 3-1 in the series, piled up 303 for seven earlier in the day after being put in to bat.
Herschelle Gibbs hit a sparkling century and Dale Steyn took four wickets to lift South Africa to a series-clinching 61-run win over Australia in the fourth one-dayer on Monday.
Delhi Daredevils beat Deccan Chargers by 12 runs in their Indian Premier League match against Deccan Chargers at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Thursday.
Captain Graeme Smith hit an unbeaten half century as South Africa beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in the third and final one-day international on Friday, to sweep the series 3-0.
The racist and abusive remarks were picked up on a stump microphone at Centurion.
South Africa's high commissioner in Delhi says the sword should not hang over the cricketer's head indefinitely.
Dimitri Mascarenhas hit Yuvraj Singh for five consecutive sixes in the 50th over of England innings.
Herschelle Gibbs smashed a quickfire century to steer South Africa to a series-clinching eight-wicket win over Zimbabwe.
The two players may travel to India for the ICC Champions Trophy in October.\n
Miffed at being ignored for the Test series against England, South African opener Herschelle Gibbs has hinted that he may retire from international cricket. The 34-year-old was left out of the Test side and he says he does not harbour hopes of making the cut for the ODI team either, leaving him with little choice but to think about quitting the game.
Reader Kunal Goklany sent us these pictures from the West Indies.
Afghanistan batsman Hazratullah Zazai achieved one of the rare feats in the game of cricket when he smashed six sixes in an over during an Afghanistan Premier League (APL) T20 match in Sharjah on Sunday.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith struck an unbeaten 103 on Sunday to guide his team to a nine-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first one-day international.
Former India batsman Lalchand Rajput has been appointed as the coach of Afghanistan cricket team. He replaces Inzamam-ul-Haq, who had stepped down in April this year and became the chief selector of Pakistan. Rajput has been recommended by the BCCI and has been preferred over former South African batting star Herschelle Gibbs and West Indies' Corey Collymore.
Herschelle Gibbs struck an imperious century to spur South Africa to an eight-wicket win over West Indies on Sunday and a clean sweep in the five-match series.
South Africa retained Graeme Smith as captain for another year
Cricket South Africa chief executive Gerald Majola made a promise to the government two years ago that there would be a minimum of seven players of colour in the squad for the 2007 World Cup.
South Africa would consider boycotting tours of Australia if their players continue to suffer racial abuse
All rounder Shaun Pollock and fast bowler Andre Nel would be rested and replaced by all rounder Andrew Hall and fast bowler Dale Steyn in the third and final Test against Pakistan.
South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs will miss one Test match and two ODIs after the ICC hearing.
Herschelle Gibbs' father Herman said it was an emotional reaction after he received a great deal of abuse himself from those supporters.
The questions, sent to the UCB, relate to the investigation into alleged match-fixing and corruption during South Africa's tour of India in 2000.
Herschelle Gibbs hit a fine century as South Africa cruised to a series-clinching five-wicket win in the third and final one-day international against New Zealand at Newlands
The report was compiled by the SA squad's fitness specialist, Andrew Gray, and submitted to the UCB.
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