 In his first game, Kimber scored 14 not out at number ten in his only innings, bowled seven wicketless overs and held one catch.Kimber also appeared against Cambridge University, taking his first three first-class wickets,
but that was to be his only other first-team outing for Worcestershire.Kimber's English appearances in 1986 were confined to a handful of Second XI games with Derbyshire, but that winter he went to South Africa and played a couple of first-class matches for Natal B in the Castle Bowl, claiming six wickets in the match against Eastern Province B.