Jarrod Kimber
Jarrod Kimber (born 7 January 1980) 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, is currently working for ESPNCricinfo[1] where started as a blogger on The Cricket Sadist Hour blog[2] and starring in The Chuck Fleetwood-Smiths video series[3] and also works for TalkSPORT 2.
He co-directed and co wrote the documentary film Death of a Gentleman (2015).
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 is the global writer for ESPNcricnfo, as well as a creator and presenter of The Two Chucks, Two Men Out and #politeenquiries shows, as well as other podcasts. He was also a regular guest on online cricket commentary show Test Match Sofa,[4][5][6] He was nominated for Best New Writer in the National Sporting Club Book Awards 2010 for his book When Freddie Became Jesus.[7] Kimber has written three other books, 2008: The year of the balls, Australian Autopsy and Test Cricket; The UnAuthorised Biography, while also providing the cover photo for P Diddy's album Last Train to Paris.
Kimber joined the ABC Grandstand radio commentary team for the Australian 2013/14 tour of South Africa and the later part of India's tour of Australia in 2014/15. In 2016 Kimber became a co-host of Cricket Week, a weekly cricket show for TalkSPORT 2.
References
- ↑ "The start of a billion-dollar event, really?".
- ↑ "The Cricket Sadist Hour". ESPN Cricinfo.
- ↑ "The Chuck Fleetwood-Smiths". ESPN Cricinfo.
- ↑ "A different kind of cricket". The Telegraph (UK). London. 19 November 2010.
- ↑ Andrew, Miller. "A different kind of commentary". ESPN Cricinfo.
- ↑ Chris, Stocks. "Test Match Sofa: Trust me, you'll enjoy it". Metro Sport.
- ↑ "British Sports Book Awards". British Sports Book Awards.