Gibbs admits to partying

CAPE TOWN, APRIL 19. South African opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs has admitted he partied until 3:00 a.m. at a Cape Town nightclub on the day he put in a dismal performance in the second of three one-day matches against Australia last week.

Gibbs, named by Indian police as one of four South African players allegedly involved in match-fixing, said his partying before the Friday match at Newlands here had ``nothing to do with anybody.''

``I don't have anything further to say,'' Gibbs told the Cape Argus newspaper on Tuesday. ``I was at the nightclub and it has got nothing to do with anybody else.''

Gibbs made just five runs in the match, which Australia, the current world one-day champion, won by five wickets, leaving the series tied one-all.

South African cricket's convenor of selectors Rushdie Magiet declined to comment beyond saying that management never imposed curfews before a match.

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