28 Facts About Kyle Jarvis

Kyle Malcolm Jarvis was born on 16 February 1989 and is a Zimbabwean former cricketer who represented Zimbabwe and played for Lancashire.

Kyle Jarvis was a key bowler for Zimbabwe in the 2008 Under-19 World Cup and he played for the Zimbabwe U-19 Rugby Team.

Kyle Jarvis was coached by Zimbabwean veteran seamer Heath Streak.

On 17 June 2021, Kyle Jarvis retired from all forms of cricket after battling a trio of illnesses earlier this year.

Kyle Jarvis was first called up to the Zimbabwe squad even before he had made his first-class debut, for the ODI series against the touring Kenyan team in 2009.

Kyle Jarvis received his maiden national call up and was fast tracked into the national team after the appointment of Heath Streak as the then bowling coach for Zimbabwe as well as following a string of impressive performances with the ball during the 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Kyle Jarvis was picked for the Zimbabwe XI to play the Kenyans in the ICC Intercontinental Cup fixture and made his first-class debut in the same match.

Kyle Jarvis made his ODI debut on 12 October 2009 against Kenya at Harare during the first ODI of the series.

Kyle Jarvis eventually took 5 wickets on tour at an economy rate of 5.78.

The tour was not particularly good for Kyle Jarvis taking just five wickets from four matches, at a cost of 161 runs.

Kyle Jarvis made his first-class debut in an ICC Intercontinental Cup fixture against Kenya played out at the Kwekwe Sports Club.

Kyle Jarvis made his Test cricket debut for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh at Harare on 4 August 2011.

Kyle Jarvis went on to play in Zimbabwe's one-off Tests against Pakistan and New Zealand later in 2011, taking a five-wicket haul in the second innings of the New Zealand Test.

Kyle Jarvis was part of the Zimbabwe squad which competed at the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 which was held in Sri Lanka.

Kyle Jarvis subsequently played in the ODI and T20 fixtures in that tour.

Kyle Jarvis was picked in the April 2013 series against the touring Bangladeshis.

Kyle Jarvis featured in the ODI series against Bangladesh, playing two out of the three matches but only managing to take three wickets at an average of 38.33.

Kyle Jarvis did not play any of the subsequent T20 matches.

On 18 August 2013, Kyle Jarvis announced he had retired from international cricket to pursue a county contract with Lancashire in England as a non overseas player, at a time when there was a standoff between Zimbabwe players and the Zimbabwe Cricket regarding the payment structure prior to Zimbabwe's home series against Pakistan.

Kyle Jarvis was reported to have signed a Kolpak deal with Lancashire in late 2015.

Kyle Jarvis was named as Lancashire club's player of the championship in 2015 for his breathtaking performance with the ball in the 2015 county season which helped Lancashire club to be promoted from Division 2 to Division 1 of the County Championship.

In September 2017, Kyle Jarvis left Lancashire, to return to Zimbabwe to play international cricket.

Kyle Jarvis ended his stint with Lancashire prematurely although he was contracted to play for the county side until 2018.

Kyle Jarvis was part of the Zimbabwean squad which played at the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier which was held in Zimbabwe.

In January 2020, Kyle Jarvis was ruled out from the second test match against Sri Lanka after suffering a back injury and muscle spasms in the first test of the series.

Kyle Jarvis underwent significant rehabilitation for months after suffering back injury in 2020.

Kyle Jarvis was reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 in January 2021 after completing a training session.

Kyle Jarvis is set to pursue his career focusing on a new personal business venture including planning to build a restaurant and to carry on vehicle import export business following his retirement.