Jarrod Kimber

Writer, ESPNcricinfo

How does AB de Villiers boss the IPL at 37, despite playing no other top-level cricket?

The greatest athletes are playing on longer in many sports. de Villiers is doing it in cricket (and so is James Anderson)

14-May-2021•Jarrod Kimber

No fairy tale yet for Mustafizur Rahman, but he's in there fighting

The Fizz had a unique set of skills early in his career but perhaps no one really understood how to make the best of him

03-May-2021•Jarrod Kimber

Seven ways to improve T20, starring high-res cameras, shared meals, and more

The format is evolving, but not fast enough in some areas

06-Nov-2020•Jarrod Kimber

Cricket's leaders must make sure players in T20 leagues get their salaries

What's the point of sanctioning these leagues if players' rights aren't protected?

21-Aug-2020•Jarrod Kimber

Are lefties really prettier?

Do we think that because they are rarer, and forget that there's a Chanderpaul for every Lara?

15-Apr-2020•Jarrod Kimber

The tough, uncertain life of an assistant coach in T20

Never-ending travel, no job security, late payments, and lots of competition - it's no picnic working as support staff in leagues across the world

05-Apr-2020•Jarrod Kimber

Is South Africa's outlook on spin changing?

For years the country has been synonymous with seam bowling, but with the advent of Tahir, and now Maharaj, the tide might be turning

08-Feb-2020•Jarrod Kimber

Why players are listening to commentators more than ever before

Cricketers are now willing and eager to take inputs from the former cricketers in the commentary boxes

27-Jan-2020•Jarrod Kimber

Sreesanth: the story of a fall

How the clown prince of Indian cricket is fighting his way back after a jail sentence and a ban for spot-fixing

21-Oct-2019•Jarrod Kimber (with additional reporting by Nagraj Gollapudi)

Meet Nicholas Pooran, child of franchise cricket

The West Indies dasher who made a mark at the World Cup might be the first player to come to the big time under the mentorship of the first generation of Caribbean T20 guns for hire

06-Sep-2019•Jarrod Kimber

Did you know we just had a disability cricket World Cup?

Chances are you didn't, and that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the problems faced by disability cricket

15-Aug-2019•Jarrod Kimber

Alex Carey always finds a way

From unsuccessful footballer to being the rock of Australia's World Cup batting, the wicketkeeper-batsman has fought his way through the fringes, failure and pain

19-Jul-2019•Jarrod Kimber

Nerve, skill, errors: how the greatest ODI finish played out

You couldn't have scripted the end of the World Cup final better and it will take a long time to make sense of it. But here's an attempt

15-Jul-2019•Jarrod Kimber at Lord's

Kimber: Maybe winning World Cups is not in Australia's DNA, perhaps believing they will is in ours

Most of our lives has been Australia winning, but that doesn't change the genuine problems of the team

11-Jul-2019•Jarrod Kimber at Edgbaston

The first four overs, and a semi-final we didn't think we'd have

New Zealand got to 2 for 1 after four overs, while India had 5 for 3; it wasn't the prediction at all

10-Jul-2019•Jarrod Kimber at Old Trafford

Afghanistan have hit a bump on their happy road

The World Cup's underdogs came in as fan favourites, but what they really wanted to do was win games. That didn't happen

06-Jul-2019•Jarrod Kimber

You can try, but you can never out-Pakistan Pakistan

They might have won the World Cup just once, but each World Cup really only belongs to Pakistan

05-Jul-2019•Jarrod Kimber at Lord's

Afghanistan find accidental hero in Ikram Alikhil

He wasn't part of the original squad, and he started the tournament in the lower order. What could this teenaged wicketkeeper-batsman do at No. 3? Plenty

04-Jul-2019•Jarrod Kimber at Headingley

The curious case of Phil Simmons

Afghanistan stand to lose one of the best coaches in the world because of off-field drama, and West Indies could stand to benefit (again) at their expense

03-Jul-2019•Jarrod Kimber at Headingley

Do right-left pairs at the crease work? It's complicated

In theory it's good strategy, especially when spinners are on, but a look at the recent Australia-New Zealand game says there's more to it than meets the eye

02-Jul-2019•Jarrod Kimber

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