Jarrod Kimber

Writer, ESPNcricinfo

Melbourne Stars' endless struggle

With several players misfiring and a few released for national duty, Melbourne Stars have lurched from one defeat to another this season

16-Jan-2018•Jarrod Kimber at MCG

Tracing Australian cricket's indigenous past until the BBL

Cricket Australia is trying to rectify the mistakes of the past; they know they're playing catch up to sports like Australian rules football. But for the first time they are trying to find indigenous players

16-Jan-2018•Jarrod Kimber

Wristspin becomes BBL must-have

The success of legspinners in this year's Big Bash, from part-timers to franchise veterans, means that everyone wants one in their side

15-Jan-2018•Jarrod Kimber

James Vince, the T20 star but underrated cricketer

James Vince might not have cracked Tests, or even first-class cricket yet, but in T20 he averages 30 and strikes at 132. Those are good numbers

13-Jan-2018•Jarrod Kimber

Khawaja covers for Thunder's fumbles

Despite another creaky performance that highlighted the weaknesses in their side, Usman Khawaja just about proved the difference against Perth Scorchers

11-Jan-2018•Jarrod Kimber

Showbiz Short roars into T20 spotlight

For a few years, D'Arcy Short had lost his way. Western Australia coach Justin Langer had even told him to lose weight and take cricket seriously. His cricket looks pretty damn serious now

10-Jan-2018•Jarrod Kimber

The futile finale of a drained Joe Root

Joe Root started the Ashes with boyish optimism but finished it asleep in the dressing-room, ill and exhausted after a tour of perpetual scrutiny and failure

08-Jan-2018•Jarrod Kimber at Sydney

Crane's exoticism atones for lack of impact

Mason Crane was a source of endless fascination in spite of a tough first outing in Test cricket, but he bore the attention well

06-Jan-2018•Jarrod Kimber at Sydney

Pretty starts and brainfarts: the story of Vince's career

The beauty of James Vince's batting masks a consistent failure to convert starts into finishes, a flaw that would not be tolerated in a less attractive player

04-Jan-2018•Jarrod Kimber at Sydney

Warner tames the beast within (almost)

There was little in David Warner's career history to suggest he could bat Australia to a draw on a slow pitch - but he has long proved he is more than a six-hitting circus act

30-Dec-2017•Jarrod Kimber at the MCG

Shaun Marsh stands up

It may not be enough for Australia at the MCG but, in a team beset by batting problems, Shaun Marsh has played a key role in regaining the Ashes

27-Dec-2017•Jarrod Kimber

In pace we trust

How did Australia come to be seemingly besotted with out-and-out fast bowlers?

22-Nov-2017•Jarrod Kimber

Mane attraction

We get to the root of why we love fast bowlers' hair

26-Oct-2017•Jarrod Kimber

The Shahid Afridi of Kansas

Mohebullah Archiwal's story of how cricket took him from war-torn Afghanistan to middle America

13-Sep-2017•Jarrod Kimber

The best team in English T20 gets its crown

Nottinghamshire can accommodate a specialist batsman at No. 8, and still have six bowlers of varying styles who can bowl four overs each. Those resources, along with smart plans, fetched them their first Blast title

03-Sep-2017•Jarrod Kimber

Wright flicks Derbyshire's T20 switch

From being one of the worst T20 sides in the country to quarter-finalists, Derbyshire have reaped the benefit of their ground-breaking move to appoint a specialist coach

01-Sep-2017•Jarrod Kimber

West Indies' redemption story

A lot of talking, a trip to the football, forgetting what had gone before. How one of the great comebacks was scripted

29-Aug-2017•Jarrod Kimber

Drip by drip, drop by drop, West Indies lose their grip on the Test

West Indies remodelled their games and rediscovered their pride after a shellacking at Edgbaston. But they've shelled too many catches to stand a chance of victory at Headingley

28-Aug-2017•Jarrod Kimber at Headingley

Battling Holder holds West Indies' challenge together

On paper, Jason Holder looks like an obvious weak link in West Indies' team. But his fighting qualities kept his side just about in the ascendancy

27-Aug-2017•Jarrod Kimber at Headingley

Brathwaite waits no longer as long game earns its rewards

Kraigg Brathwaite's insistence on being his own man helped West Indies recover from their debacle at Edgbaston with an uplifting batting fightback

26-Aug-2017•Jarrod Kimber at Headingley

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