Jarrod Kimber

1 week ago | goodareas.co | Jarrod Kimber

UK readers can get their copy of the book here:Two things can be true - and often are - at the same time. It is really bloody annoying when you can’t get the tail out. But also, it usually means the pitch has changed. So as a team, you are out there - pissed off, mumbling to yourselves and hoping they finally spoon one up in the air.

1 week ago | waterstones.com | Tim Wigmore |Jarrod Kimber

Wednesday 9th July 2025 18:30 at Waterstones, London - Piccadilly Join us for an evening with Tim Wigmore and Jarrod Kimber to discuss their latest publications celebrating the history of cricket. Test Cricket by Tim Wigmore tells the full, gripping story of the players and stories that have shaped the game's evolution since 1877.

2 weeks ago | goodareas.co | Jarrod Kimber

You can hear the sorrow in the laugh; it has a hollow sound. He’s trying to put on a brave face, but when his friend says “I hope they don’t fuck it up,” he knows that there is a chance it might happen, again. ‘Again’ being the crucial undertone. These are two South African fans, but they are all of them. At stumps on day three, South African cricket was a party, fans chanting around Lord’s for ages, then on the streets of north London.

2 weeks ago | goodareas.co | Jarrod Kimber

At St John’s Wood Tube, an hour after close, South African fans were still chanting Temba Bavuma’s name. Oh, Temba Bavuma, to the tune of Seven Nation Army. It was a wonderful moment, the man who had been doubted and mocked as a near national pastime was now limping his way to victory. And while South Africa are as close to winning a world title for the first time, it reminded me of some moments in the innings. The first wicket of Ryan Rickelton was weird.

2 weeks ago | goodareas.co | Jarrod Kimber

Steve Smith is absolutely positive that there is no way at all he is even close to being out. Umpire Chris Gaffaney agrees with him. Lungi Ngidi is angling the ball in, he strikes Smith around the knee roll, very close to off stump. Perhaps it is LBW, but Smith says no.