Jarrod Kimber

Writer, ESPNcricinfo

Australia trapped by their fear and loathing

Australia knew that the pitch for the first Test would spin, and it spun. Instead of bracing for the challenge, however, they ended up losing most of their wickets in a manner that had little to do with the track

23-Feb-2017•Jarrod Kimber in Pune

Emma Lai walks on the grass

The story of the cricket-club waitress who was playing for her national team within a year of picking up a bat for the first time

21-Feb-2017•Jarrod Kimber

Talismanic Borren still leading the fight

Few have given as much to Associate cricket as Peter Borren, and his will to win means Netherlands will keep knocking on the door

18-Feb-2017•Jarrod Kimber in Mong Kok

A loss that may have cost Hong Kong millions

At a level of cricket where survival is not guaranteed, the game between Hong Kong and Netherlands had more riding on it than most international matches - and both teams played that way

16-Feb-2017•Jarrod Kimber in Hong Kong

The summer I rocked with the Big Bash

Our correspondent tells us what he learned about the tournament through the weeks he spent on the road covering the games

26-Jan-2017•Jarrod Kimber

Why your opening bowler in the BBL needs to be a spinner

There are lessons to be learnt from the success of Tom Cooper, Michael Beer, Samuel Badree (and Dipak Patel) at the top

22-Jan-2017•Jarrod Kimber

Cricket stands on the shoulders of the female WG Grace

Baroness Rachael Heyhoe-Flint was a larger-than-life personality who was never afraid to take on cricket's male establishment, and who made it her mission to 'get things done'

18-Jan-2017•Jarrod Kimber

The art of the middle-overs batsman in T20

How does Dan Christian go about his job - different in T20 to that in other formats?

07-Jan-2017•Jarrod Kimber

There needs to be more women's cricket on TV

While there is great cricket in the Women's Big Bash League, networks and newspapers often have their staff elsewhere

07-Jan-2017•Jarrod Kimber

The impact of data mining in T20 cricket

Explaining the events of the BBL match between Adelaide Strikers and Hobart Hurricanes on January 6 using cold, hard numbers and their inferences

06-Jan-2017•Jarrod Kimber and Gaurav Sundararaman

Why doesn't cricket have proper metrics for fielding?

We now have a rudimentary fielding average in the BBL, but it's a crying shame there aren't any other, more meaningful, measures

05-Jan-2017•Jarrod Kimber

Who wins a T20 game?

Some look at the number of sixes hit, others at runs scored in an over. But could it be the team that makes the fewest errors, forced or unforced, that eventually comes out on top?

04-Jan-2017•Jarrod Kimber

Nick Buchanan's greatest night

The 25-year-old beat his injury-prone body and a six-year absence from top-flight cricket when he turned out for Brisbane Heat on Tuesday

03-Jan-2017•Jarrod Kimber at the Gabba

Hurricanes' Dunk-Kingston swap near inexcusable

How do you explain exchanging a big-hitting, big-impact player for a man with little experience and unproven potential - even if the latter is a local lad?

02-Jan-2017•Jarrod Kimber

It looks over, but thank you Misbah

Maybe it should be, maybe it is time, maybe he should walk away now and enjoy everything he has achieved, has won, has fought for. Maybe he should. But I don't want it to be over

30-Dec-2016•Jarrod Kimber

Consumed by cricket's unlikely love-in

Some will debate whether Test cricket or T20 will be regarded as the true form of cricket in the distant future, but in Melbourne the surfeit is all good

29-Dec-2016•Jarrod Kimber at the MCG

Making sense of Misbah's insane fields

Yasir Shah bowled predominantly with a six-three, leg-side field on the third day at the MCG, and it allowed the Australian batsmen to plunder

28-Dec-2016•Jarrod Kimber at the MCG

You need to work harder and smarter, Pakistan

If they want to be No. 1 again, they need to stop going into series so undercooked

24-Dec-2016•Jarrod Kimber

Steketee constructs last over to ease bad memories

After being dumped into the Adelaide Oval construction site three years ago, Mark Steketee can enjoy looking at the new stand

21-Dec-2016•Jarrod Kimber

A case for data that goes beyond mere numbers

Current stats and match numbers struggle to provide insights into the actual value a player brings to his side, underlining the need for the nature of information to evolve

20-Dec-2016•Jarrod Kimber

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