Jarrod Kimber

Writer, ESPNcricinfo

Younis gets in a tangle, Pakistan get out of one

For a while in the afternoon session it appeared Pakistan were losing their way but, after his role with the ball, Yasir Shah played a starring role again

16-Jul-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Lord's

Amir's path to new memories

What happened that day in 2010 will follow Mohammad Amir for the rest of his life, but he is young enough - and good enough - to ensure also ends up remembered for his cricket

15-Jul-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Lord's

Misbah produces his own type of magic

Here was the Pakistan captain, the mere 15 years into his career, the mere 42 years into his life, striding to the wicket with his team needing him

14-Jul-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Lord's

Facts conspire against Sri Lanka

Some may believe they were victims of misfortune but the truth is Sri Lanka's defeat was at least partly self-inflicted, not the result of a conspiracy

13-Jun-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Lord's

A not-quite-perfect special-sort-of day

Amid the rainfall and the disappointment of seeing Alex Hales miss out on a maiden Test hundred, there was still a bit of the Lord's magic

12-Jun-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Lord's

Bairstow's tatty glovework tells a tale of a neglected skill

Jonny Bairstow has gloriously fast hands when it comes to being one of the world's most in-form batsmen. But they deserted him in his wicketkeeping duties, and it's not entirely his fault

10-Jun-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Lord's

And on the third day, Test cricket rose again

Sri Lanka have been so poor, they might have mistaken for harbingers of Test cricket's doom. But the maligned sport just keeps grinding along

29-May-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Chester-le-Street

Leaden Mathews leads SL nowhere

Far from a towering, inspiring, regal presence, Angelo Mathews just stood and watched as England steamrolled his side once again

28-May-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Chester-le-Street

Artful Anderson paints a Headingley masterpiece at last

James Anderson's status as a great fast bowler may be a matter for endless debate, but there's no question of the beauty of his very best performances

21-May-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Headingley

The task gets trickier for Angelo

The Sri Lankan captain has the skill to stand up to England's bowlers, so why did he not use a review? Whatever the situation, it was surely worth it

20-May-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Headingley

A cricketer who changed the game

Charlotte Edwards started when women's cricket was in another era, and shepherded, not just the English team, but the entire game, into this new exciting present

11-May-2016•Jarrod Kimber

How Carlos Brathwaite became a star

He wanted to be able to do what his team wanted him to do. At the World T20 final, that meant backing himself to hit the sixes he had practised all tournament

14-Apr-2016•Jarrod Kimber

They came, they rallied, they won

The ills of West Indies cricket may not be solved overnight, but the victorious teams - men, women and the U-19s - have brought much joy and no little flair

03-Apr-2016•Jarrod Kimber in Kolkata

What's worked in this World T20?

Yorkers made a comeback, pure batsmen largely trumped hitters, and the myth of the par score was busted

02-Apr-2016•Jarrod Kimber

Cricket's greatest bastard

Bad boy WG Grace is easy to love but good boy WG Grace (and the accompanying legend) is hard to bear

01-Apr-2016•Jarrod Kimber

Simmons' four innings silence the Mumbai madness

At one stage you could barely hear yourself think, and then you could barely hear anything as Johnson Charles, Lendl Simmons and Andre Russell crashed the party

31-Mar-2016•Jarrod Kimber in Mumbai

A team of 11 Afridis

Afghanistan are a side who identify with their Pashtun brother in heart, mind and cricket

31-Mar-2016•Jarrod Kimber

Why Ramiz gets Bangladesh's goat

Never has a cricket nation been so riled by the words of one commentator

28-Mar-2016•Jarrod Kimber

Watson skips into T20 retirement

Shane Watson skipped from the field when he imagined Australia had won and there was still a spring in his step after Virat Kohli ensured that his T20 career ended two games earlier than he wanted

27-Mar-2016•Jarrod Kimber

Smith exposes gulf in class

It was normal for Steven Smith but something else for everyone watching, an off-side leg glance that showed just how in control Australia's captain was

25-Mar-2016•Jarrod Kimber in Mohali

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