To the Point: The No-holds-barred Autobiography

There's something about Herschelle Gibbs - a certain quality that has endeared him to cricket fans in South Africa and around the world. Despite the frustrating on-field inconsistencies of this towering talent, and the messy and very public off-field personal troubles that have tracked him through the years, Herschelle remains one of South African cricket's best-loved sons. In his own, very frank, words, Herschelle Gibbs chronicles the ups and downs of his personal and professional life, and describes what it's been like to be part of the Proteas set-up for the past fourteen years, through the controversies of its various captains, coaches and administrators. "To the Point" is, of course, a spicy story of excess - women, alcohol, money...and plenty of runs - but underlying it all is a warm and generous man who wears his heart on his sleeve.

Author Biography

A former editor of Sports Illustrated magazine, Steve Smith is rare among sports writers in that he has always been far more interested in the people - the athletes, the players, the fans - than he has been in on-field results. He has interviewed and written about South Africa's top sports personalities over the last twelve years, and has contributed to GQ, the Mail & Guardian, TopCar, British Airways Horizons, Cosmopolitan and many other publications.