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Last Updated: Thursday, 12 October 2006, 11:36 GMT 12:36 UK
Gibbs questioned over corruption
Peter Whelan and Herschelle Gibbs
Gibbs (right) arrived with his lawyer Peter Whelan
Indian police have said South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs could be questioned further about match-fixing allegations dating back six years.

But he will not meet them during his team's Champions Trophy involvement.

Gibbs was grilled for two and a half hours on Thursday about a 2000 match in India in which he had agreed to underperform in exchange for money.

Delhi police said they would like to interview three former South Africa cricketers but would not reveal who.

Gibbs, 32, has already served a six-month suspension from his board but senior police official Deependra Pathak said the South African inquiry findings were "not enforceable in India".

"As the investigations move forward we have already told him he might be needed again," a police spokesman said.

Gibbs will now be able to rejoin his South Africa team-mates in Mumbai as they prepare for their first match of the ICC Champions Trophy against New Zealand on Monday.

Gibbs and his attorney visited the Delhi police headquarters, but did not talk to the massed ranks of reporters afterwards.

The Western Province batsman travelled to the Indian capital from the South African team's base in Mumbai, where he arrived on Wednesday from South Africa.

"Gibbs cooperated very well during two and a half hours of questioning and he promised to make himself available in future also," Narayan said.

Fearing arrests by police, Gibbs and team-mate Nicky Boje have each missed two tours to India since being implicated in the international match-fixing scandal.

The crisis was sparked by an admission by late captain Hansie Cronje in 2000 that he had taken money to influence matches.

Cronje was banned for life and later died in a plane crash.

Left-arm spinner Boje was found not to have acted illegally by South African cricket authorities. He is not a member of South Africa's Champions Trophy squad.

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