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ShareDURBAN: Former South African cricket chief Dr Ali Bacher has said it was a big mistake to send Herschelle Gibbs to India for questioning by the Indian Police six years after the scandal broke out in 2000.
"I am not so certain that I would have taken such a risk. Why should we open old wounds, particularly during a world cricket championship," the veteran cricket administrator said.
Bacher was referring to the interrogation of Gibbs by Delhi Police, hardly a week before South Africa were to start their campaign in the elite Champions Trophy tournament being in India.
"I have interacted with the Indian media for 15 years and you can be assured they will not back off on this issue until the South African team departs for home," said Bacher who was in charge of South African cricket when the match fixing scandal broke out in 2000.
Bacher was speaking to the 'Star' newspaper in Johannesburg following reports that Gibbs had spilled the beans on Derek Crookes and two other South African cricketers about their alleged involvement in match-fixing during the 2000 tour of India.
Gibbs had skipped the previous two tours of India fearing arrest before agreeing to be interrogated in the presence of his lawyer this time around.
