Jarrod Kimber

Who is Jarrod Kimber?

Jarrod Kimber is a cricket writer who came to prominence as the founder of the cricketwithballs blog. Kimber was the editor of SPIN cricket Magazine in 2011 and is currently working for ESPNCricinfo writing for The Cricket Sadist Hour blog and starring in The Chuck Fleetwood-Smiths video series.

Kimber was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia and attended Epping Secondary College. He studied film at Footscray City College Film and TV. Kimber moved to London in 2008.

Kimber, who was a regular guest on online cricket commentary show Test Match Sofa, was nominated for Best New Writer in the National Sporting Club Book Awards 2010 for his book When Freddie Became Jesus. Kimber has written six other books, 2008: The year of the balls, Don Bradman Wasn't That Good, How To Be A Cricket Writer With No Talent, Shane Waren and The Dark Art of Media Spin, Australian Autopsy and The Black Arts Of Swing, Spin and Sledging while also providing the cover photo for P Diddy's album Last Train to Paris.