Kerry O'Keefe first caught Australia's intention as a leg-spinner who played in the Centenary Test and then signed with World Series Cricket, before emerging as one of Australia's favourite cricket commentators.

It's the period between the end of hs cricket career and his commentating gig that interests here. O'Keefe writes frankly of his alcohol and gambling-related problems and his rock-bootom moments. It's a frankness not normally seen in cricketers' autobiographies and raises "According to skull" to a level above the glib, ghost-written books usually released by cricketers, while still including the humour that O'Keefe is known for.

In my mind, "According to skull" is one of the better cricket books I have read and I wish that other cricketers follow O'Keefe's lead and dismiss the ghost writers and pen something that exposes themselves warts and all (not a euphemism). ( )