Description
Gazza: The Gary Kirsten Autobiography is the autobiography of South African cricketer Gary Kirsten, covering his international cricket career and the experiences that shaped his life in the game. Kirsten reflects on the end of his playing career, his first international century and the pressure and emotion surrounding some of the most significant moments of his time representing South Africa.
He also gives his account of the match-fixing scandal that affected the South African team, including the meeting at which Hansie Cronje told the players that they had been offered money to throw a match. Throughout the book, Kirsten describes the principles, discipline and determination that underpinned his career as a dependable member of the national side.
A good choice for readers interested in South African cricket, sports autobiographies, international cricket and first-hand accounts of the pressures and defining moments of a professional sporting career.
