Who is Louis Kimber? 5 interesting facts about England batter who scored 43 runs off an over in County Championship 2024 match

Louis Kimber grabbed the headlines yesterday for his excellent knock of 243 runs off just 127 balls for Leicestershire. Playing against Sussex in a County Championship Division Two match, Kimber smacked a double hundred in the fourth innings, but unfortunately for him, his team still ended up losing by 18 runs.

Notably, Louis Kimber showed no mercy to England's Test bowler Ollie Robinson, who was a part of the Sussex playing XI. Robinson conceded 43 runs in a single over when Kimber was on strike. It was the 59th over of Leicestershire's second innings, where Robinson bowled three no-balls (two penalty runs for each no-ball), while Kimber smashed 37 runs from the bat.

Kimber started the over with a six, followed by a four on a no-ball. The next three balls were legitimate deliveries, where Kimber hit 4, 6 and 4. Robinson bowled two no-balls in the next three balls, and Kimber hit him for 4, 4 and 4. Kimber ended the over with a single.

In this listicle now, we will look at the five things which fans should know about Leicestershire's newest star.

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#1 Louis Kimber made his first-class debut in 2019

While Kimber has come into the limelight now for his spectacular double-century, he started his first-class career back in 2019. He made his first-class debut for Loughborough MCCU against Leicestershire during the Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches in early 2019.

Kimber batted at number four and scored 19 runs off 64 balls in the first innings. Later in the match, he scored 18 off 42 in the second innings. With the ball, he returned with figures of 1/52 in the first innings. Leicestershire won that match by an innings and 220 runs.

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#2 Louis Kimber played with Naveen-ul-Haq and Josh Inglis on T20 debut

Kimber started his T20 career in the 2021 T20 Blast tournament, playing for Leicestershire. He made his T20 debut against Durham on June 13, where Durham won by two wickets.

The debutant was dismissed for a two-ball duck by Matthew Potts. He did not bowl in that game. Notably, international stars Naveen-ul-Haq and Josh Inglis featured in Leicestershire's playing XI for that game.

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#3 Louis' brother James Kimber also tried his luck as a cricketer

Louis has a younger brother named James, who is also a professional cricketer. James is 25 years old, two years younger than Louis. While Louis has made it to Leicestershire's team, James played for Lincolnshire only.

James' last appearance for Lincolnshire came in 2019 in a T20 match against Cumberland. Since then, James has not played any major game.

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#4 Louis Kimber loves to travel

Kimber is slowly gaining popularity on Instagram. He has more than 3,000 followers on the photo-sharing site. A look at his Instagram posts shows that he loves to travel.

The 27-year-old cricketer has story highlights of his visits to Cyprus and Australia. He has also posted a picture near the Eiffel Tower from his visit to France.

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#5 Louis Kimber has a Masters degree in Marketing

As mentioned ahead, Kimber started his cricketing journey as a part of the Loughborough University team. As per ESPNCricinfo, Kimber studied marketing at the university and has a Masters degree in that subject.