Jarrod Kimber

Writer, ESPNcricinfo

Afghanistan don't yearn for sympathy, they yearn only for a win

Two impassioned screams for lbw, neither of them given, told the story of an Afghanistan side who are so close to winning, but just can't get over the line

23-Mar-2016•Jarrod Kimber

Santner recovers to restate New Zealand's spin threat

Mitch Santner's first over cost 15 but by the end of Pakistran's strangled run chase his left-arm spin had again given New Zealand the look of potential finalists

22-Mar-2016•Jarrod Kimber

<i>The</i> match gets the star it deserves

India v Pakistan was not supposed to happen at Eden Gardens. But Kolkata sucked it in and Virat Kohli stole the show

19-Mar-2016•Jarrod Kimber in Kolkata

A firecracker in a steel drum

In a match including a high number of errors, it was Afghanistan's mistakes that ultimately proved more costly - but they still pushed Sri Lanka hard

17-Mar-2016•Jarrod Kimber in Kolkata

What just happened?

Our writer puts himself in the shoes of the India fans watching their team's collapse against New Zealand

15-Mar-2016•Jarrod Kimber

Ryan Campbell's Far Eastern adventure

How a wicketkeeper from Western Australia came to be Hong Kong's great hope in his middle age

15-Mar-2016•Jarrod Kimber

Playing with pride, not for pride

Scotland's long-awaited moment of success shows that winning a World T20 'dead rubber' can have real importance for Associate teams

12-Mar-2016•Jarrod Kimber in Nagpur

The magic of Afghanistan

On some days, nothing can stop them. Batsmen get away with risky shots, bowlers run through the opposition. Sometimes it seems like a higher force works in their favour

12-Mar-2016•Jarrod Kimber in Nagpur

The uniqueness of Mohammad Shahzad

There is a method to the Afghanistan opening batsman's madness. And somehow with all the swinging, hoicking, slapping and missing, he does make real runs

10-Mar-2016•Jarrod Kimber in Nagpur

After 20 matches and 17 years, Scotland still unable to tame the beast

Associate cricket is all about winning, said Scotland's captain Preston Mommsen, and in a major tournament Scotland have still to experience what it feels like

10-Mar-2016•Jarrod Kimber in Nagpur

Ticket fiasco as fans locked out of near-empty Nagpur stadium

Fans without tickets were turned away from Scotland's World T20 match against Zimbabwe at the VCA stadium in Nagpur today, as there are no ticketing facilities available at the ground

10-Mar-2016•Jarrod Kimber and Arya Yuyutsu

The start of a billion-dollar event, really?

This was the first day of one of the premier global cricket tournaments, but you wouldn't have guessed it in Nagpur

08-Mar-2016•Jarrod Kimber in Nagpur

Why isn't T20 taken seriously?

Dismiss it as cricketainment all you like but T20 is cricket. That is a fact that isn't acknowledged and respected enough

29-Feb-2016•Jarrod Kimber

How do you measure McCullum?

The excitement you felt when you watched him captain or fly through the air to save a boundary, or tapping his bat, about to face a ball - you can't put a number to it

11-Feb-2016•Jarrod Kimber

Dazzling light, murky shadow

The greatest allrounder cricket ever forgot: Aubrey Faulkner

02-Feb-2016•Jarrod Kimber

South Africa: giants without laurels

Their dominance overseas for a decade ranks among the most impressive in cricket history. So why haven't they been feted like history's other great teams?

25-Jan-2016•Jarrod Kimber

The non-believer who came to believe

Mitchell Johnson was prematurely washed up, written off, a has-been. Then he turned it all around and rocked the world

18-Nov-2015•Jarrod Kimber

The beast from Pretoria

When AB de Villiers is in his element, he monsters time, space and the laws of physics to further a craft in which he is already far ahead of the rest of the world

14-Nov-2015•Jarrod Kimber

How Younis endures through the turmoil

The tireless regularity of Younis Khan's run-scoring has provided Pakistan with a sense of certainty, something that the nation has lacked for a very long time

30-Oct-2015•Jarrod Kimber

A wild animal of batting

There are batsmen you can explain, whose magic you can unravel. Virender Sehwag was not one of them

20-Oct-2015•Jarrod Kimber

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