Jarrod Kimber

Writer, ESPNcricinfo

Trent Woodhill's brave new, data-driven world

Melbourne Stars' list manager is using facts and stats in trying to build the perfect team, making up the rules as he goes along

20-Dec-2016•Jarrod Kimber

Pakistan claim the Gabba with heart, and mind

With an application rarely seen in their batting performances overseas and a constant willingness to believe, Pakistan made history, and yet didn't quite make it

19-Dec-2016•Jarrod Kimber at the Gabba

Pakistan's ugly yet glorious day

Pakistan might have been very slow and slightly flawed on day four at the Gabba. But they triumphed over common cricket logic, as they have done so often for so long

18-Dec-2016•Jarrod Kimber at the Gabba

Pakistan give their heads away

The story of a Pakistan collapse isn't new. But this one saw them getting hit on helmets, struggling under lights, and they didn't lose their heads, they gave them away

16-Dec-2016•Jarrod Kimber at the Gabba

Mohammad Amir's Lazarus rise

The portents were bad when he went down after a fielding mishap, clutching his knee. A few minutes later he was bowling a spell for the ages

15-Dec-2016•Jarrod Kimber in Brisbane

Bangladesh's extraordinary 16 years in Test cricket

There's a case for saying they've underperformed, but considering where they started, and how long it takes to grow in cricket, their achievement is spectacular

03-Nov-2016•Jarrod Kimber

We need to talk about bouncers

What we needed from the Phillip Hughes inquest was a serious discussion on how to make our game, where 90mph bowlers are now the norm, safer

19-Oct-2016•Jarrod Kimber

Saeed Ajmal won't stop fighting

He's no longer the dangerous bowler he was at the height of his powers, but he hasn't given up just yet

22-Sep-2016•Jarrod Kimber

Yasir fight embodies Pakistan's rise

Nothing in Pakistan cricket comes easily, as Yasir's experience in England has shown, but this was their moment to savour

14-Aug-2016•Jarrod Kimber

The tail that wagged in tribute to a master

As one of their greatest batsmen of all time made arguably his last stand, Pakistan's much-lampooned tail stood as one alongside him to set up a shot at glory

13-Aug-2016•Jarrod Kimber

Ladies and gentlemen, returned once more, Younis Khan the Pakistan batting legend

Younis Khan's batting antics had drawn cricket fans into new descriptive heights in this series. But at The Oval he reminded them that he has been one of Pakistan's most gifted batsmen

12-Aug-2016•Jarrod Kimber

England escape the danger of the big bad wolf

Wahab Riaz at his best is the big bad wolf. Pakistan's enforcer. The only problem is that he does not do it enough. England felt his fire and lived to tell the tale

11-Aug-2016•Jarrod Kimber

Pakistan go the full Hafeez

Less than two sessions to bat with nine wickets in hand, it was a chance for Pakistan to secure a draw. In the space or 23 balls it all came crashing down

07-Aug-2016•Jarrod Kimber

The misery of Misbah's funkless grind

Faced with an England team who love to attack, Misbah-ul-Haq applied the handbrake to their ambitions with two sessions of dour attritional dot-ball cricket

06-Aug-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Edgbaston

Finn fights a losing battle with his demons

Steven Finn has every attribute a fast bowler could hope for, and the best judges in the game believe in him. But his battle is between the ears, not against the batsmen

05-Aug-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Edgbaston

Sohail Khan ends his exile in triumph

After five years in the wilderness, Sohail Khan seized his chance for a Test comeback and bowled Pakistan into the ascendancy at Edgbaston

03-Aug-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Edgbaston

What a difference a game makes

Most things went right for Pakistan in victory at Lord's. In the second Test, most did not

25-Jul-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Old Trafford

Masood gets it right, on a day when little else worked for Pakistan

Shan Masood was called upon as a bowler. Shan Masood survived to the close as a batsman. That offered scant consolation for a weary, error-prone Pakistan

23-Jul-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Old Trafford

When Plans A, B and C fall through

Each of the areas in which they dominated England at Lord's let Pakistan down at Old Trafford - and Alastair Cook and Joe Root made them pay

22-Jul-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Old Trafford

Keep calm. Misbah is here

Pakistan's thrilling triumph at Lord's was underscored by their captain's serenity

17-Jul-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Lord's

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