Gibbons two-year ban slashed on appeal

Treadwell Gibbons Jr. has had his two-year ban overturned on appeal by the Bermuda Cricket Board and will instead have to sit out eight matches.

Gibbons, who has previous misdemeanors on file, entered into a heated exchange with Arnold Manders, the board's director of cricket development, during a Premier Division match in June. Manders, who was umpiring, had adjudged Gibbons lbw shortly before the row. It emerged that Gibbons had already been given out lbw in the match by Manders' colleague but that decision had been rescinded after he protested.

Gibbons was found guilty of showing serious dissent at an umpire's decision, threatening to assault an umpire and using foul language or gestures that seriously offend, insult, humiliate, intimidate or vilifies another person on the basis of that person's race, religion, colour or ethnic origin. He has served three matches of the eight already and will sit out the remaining three games this season and the first two next season.

In 2003 Gibbons was thrown out of the Under-19 squad for fighting during a practice session.