10 fastest runners in the cricket world

#3 Herschelle Gibbs

There are batsmen and there is Gibbs, there are fielders and there too, there is Gibbs. He was the flamboyance that bolstered the confidence of a resurgent Proteas setup. His batting had the callousness of a rock band, his fielding - the precision of a surgeon.

As Shaun Pollock galloped into his delivery stride, Gibbs would be seen prancing in, licking his fingers while his eyes remained set on the ball. He made backward point his backyard - his speed and accuracy meant that a lot of the short and wide garbage that bowlers dished out once in a while had the cover of Gibbs’ impregnable fielding and unassailable speed.

It’s too sad that he is remembered most for having dropped Steve Waugh in the famous semi-final of the 1999 World Cup.