Pocket it next time son, advises Gibbs Senior

Gibbs took the catch at mid-wicket off Lance Klusener8217;s bowling but then fumbled the ball as he appeared to be in the act of throwing it over his shoulder in his trademark celebration routine.

8220;I have got a tendency to do that,8221; Gibbs admitted on Tuesday. 8220;But I didn8217;t have control of the ball then.8221; Gibbs blamed it on aninjured right middle-finger, suffered while batting. 8220;After I got hit, the physio brought on the spray and that numbed the finger,8221; he said. 8220;When the catch went up it was almost as though my hand didn8217;t want to close. I couldn8217;t really feel the ball in my hand and before I knew it the ball was on the ground.8221;Next time he holds a catch, Gibbs said, he would try to hold on to the ball longer. Gibbs8217; father Herman, meanwhile, advised his son on the phone from Cape Town: 8220;Put the ball in your pocket next time you take a catch and don8217;t take it out until the batsman has gone.8221;