About the Author

Richard Boock has been a columnist with the Sunday Star-Times since 2007, having previously been the New Zealand Herald's chief cricket writer for 10 years. He wrote Stephen Fleming's autobiography, contributed to the internationally-acclaimed Ground Rules and ghosted New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori's autobiography. An award-winning journalist, he was voted the country's best sports columnist for three consecutive years by the New Zealand Sports Journalism Association and in 2009 was named the Qantas Sports Columnist of the Year.