Jarrod Kimber

Writer, ESPNcricinfo

@ajarrodkimber

Ben Stokes makes it happen but England still flounder

England weren't poor by any means, but what they tried didn't seem to come off for them the way it did for Pakistan

25-May-2018•Jarrod Kimber at Lord's

Alastair Cook: Farmer, nurdler, hunter, and Test-match survivor

Even at his most fluent, Cook cannot avoid being ungainly. But without him on the first day at Lord's, England would have been sunk without trace

24-May-2018•Jarrod Kimber at Lord's

Ireland's maiden Test: An occasion that even made the trains stop at Malahide

A community club hosted a community sport, as Ireland rose above the emotion of their overdue arrival at cricket's highest level

15-May-2018•Jarrod Kimber at Malahide

The inevitable, indispensable Kevin O'Brien century

Kevin O'Brien isn't the best player Ireland has ever had, he's just the one who keeps producing their most important innings

14-May-2018•Jarrod Kimber at Malahide

Kimber: After the dream, the reality for Ireland

Ed Joyce, William Porterfield and Niall O'Brien have waited most of their professional career for a chance at Test cricket: their first innings were done inside eight overs

13-May-2018•Jarrod Kimber at Malahide

Pakistan's rookies Faheem Ashraf and Shadab Khan reveal the limits of Ireland's discipline

Ireland's hugely experienced debutants played a canny game, but the limits of their abilities had been revealed by the close

12-May-2018•Jarrod Kimber at Malahide

What's a washout in the grander scheme of Ireland's cricket history?

Ireland endured a disappointing first day of Test status, but they've endured greater hardships than this in the past

11-May-2018•Jarrod Kimber at Malahide

The brief and untold history of Ireland-Pakistan

This might be the first men's Test between the two nations, but their cricketing trajectories have many surprising intersections

11-May-2018•Jarrod Kimber

Ireland prepare to be judged like never before

But you get the feeling for most of the players, and the coaching staff, they just want the game to start

10-May-2018•Jarrod Kimber

Alan Lewis, Irish cricket's unknown hero

Better known as a rugby referee and the man who spotted Ed Joyce as a 10-year-old, Alan Lewis was also one of the best cricketers of his generation

09-May-2018•Jarrod Kimber

Why Andre Russell is such a big deal in T20

He's one of the few players who can make an impact on a match at just about every stage of it

26-Apr-2018•Jarrod Kimber

Why isn't Ravindra Jadeja better in T20 cricket?

Slow left-arm spinners generally do well in T20s, plus he can also bat a bit. Then why doesn't he stop runs, take many wickets, or bat quicker in the IPL?

22-Apr-2018•Jarrod Kimber

How slow can CSK keep starting before it hurts them?

Their batsmen aren't exactly explosive off the first ten deliveries they face. It hasn't hurt them yet this season, but can that last?

19-Apr-2018•Jarrod Kimber

Reverse swing: cricket's ball-tampering problem in plain sight

Everyone knows about the methods used by players to make the ball reverse, but few in power have chosen to take issue with it - until now

29-Mar-2018•Jarrod Kimber

Who do you bowl in the Powerplay in T20?

The first few overs are vital, and wickets there priceless, but teams haven't quite figured out which bowlers to use in the period

15-Mar-2018•Jarrod Kimber

The cricketer who shaped T20

Shahid Afridi was the perfect T20 cricketer even before people began to realise what that looked like, but time is finally catching up with him

13-Mar-2018•Jarrod Kimber

Ben Dunk's search for star quality

Ben Dunk's form lurches from devastating to disastrous but no matter what he does the media can't be bothered to work itself up into a frenzy

27-Jan-2018•Jarrod Kimber

The new vocabulary of T20

Forget about averages and economy - T20 analysts are now measuring 'true strike rates', percentage 'activity rate', and the phenomenon of 'unconsolidating'

23-Jan-2018•Jarrod Kimber

Is this the end for old man Hogg?

In his 47th year, Brad Hogg is leaking runs like he never used to, despite no obvious drop in his accuracy or consistency. He will keep going on forever if he can, but he's in the last year of his BBL contract, and the fairytale might just be winding down

22-Jan-2018•Jarrod Kimber

Satterthwaite's six part of rapid evolution

Run rates are up, boundary counts are rising. Sixes are quickly becoming a big deal in women's cricket

20-Jan-2018•Jarrod Kimber

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