Mark Nicholas - Cricinfo magazine 2 Mark Nicholas - Cricinfo magazine https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/espncinew.png https://www.cricinfo.com/ https://www.cricinfo.com/ Visit Cricinfo.com for up-to-the-minute cricket news, breaking cricket news, live cricket commentary, ball-by-ball commentary, cricket video, cricket audio and features. (c)Cricinfo en-gb The story of Robin Smith and the Judge The former England batter was a beautiful man and a brilliant cricketer who took on the best and most threatening in the world and often won http://www.cricinfo.com/tcm/content/story/1514195.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/tcm/content/story/1514195.html Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:21:19 GMT England, India, Stokes, Jadeja - it's all or nothing at Old Trafford It was a battle of wills and wants on a final day where both teams danced on knife-edge. And it couldn't have set up the next two Tests better http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1496293.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1496293.html Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:13:12 GMT Sobie, '73 Fifty-one years ago, one of the very greatest set Lord's alight http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1442111.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1442111.html Tue, 09 Jul 2024 03:19:10 GMT Goodbye Deadly, fierce of arm, gentle of heart The England spinner will be remembered as one who gave his all on and off the pitch http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1429480.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1429480.html Thu, 18 Apr 2024 02:10:35 GMT Mike Procter, runaway dream There were few feats the late great South African allrounder could not achieve on a cricket field. He was an action-hero come to life http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1421752.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1421752.html Tue, 20 Feb 2024 02:57:33 GMT What is a bad pitch? The track at Newlands, and the cricket it produced, was like something from the 1800s, leading to mayhem in the middle and exaggeration in the analysis http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1415593.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1415593.html Fri, 05 Jan 2024 04:06:18 GMT Who's the greatest ODI batter of them all? Two contenders come to mind Virat Kohli is the perfect run machine - a product of obsession and sacrifice. Does anyone else compare? http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1409076.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1409076.html Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:03:42 GMT In South Africa's quest for the future, there's no room for heartbreaks of the past No other team carries the baggage South Africa do in World Cups, but they must shrug it off it before they face Australia in the semi-final http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1408725.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1408725.html Tue, 14 Nov 2023 13:14:16 GMT Trials, treks and front-row seats to South Africa's triumphs Our diarist survives bumpy rides, cancelled flights and missing TV channels in the course of covering the World Cup http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1405783.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1405783.html Sun, 29 Oct 2023 03:37:24 GMT The Antipodean World Cups: South Africa's twin heartbreaks, New Zealand's homecoming A look back at favourite World Cups: two remarkable but wildly different tournaments, 23 years apart, in Australia http://www.cricinfo.com/tcm/content/story/1400148.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/tcm/content/story/1400148.html Thu, 28 Sep 2023 08:37:05 GMT From Lahore to Madras at the 1996 World Cup, in cargo planes, delayed trains and on elephants A look back at favourite World Cups: this time, the thrills and spills of the subcontinent http://www.cricinfo.com/tcm/content/story/1399250.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/tcm/content/story/1399250.html Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:03:16 GMT Remembering Heath Streak, Zimbabwean sporting hero He was a magnificent cricketer who battled hard on the field and refused to play the political game http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1396734.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1396734.html Thu, 07 Sep 2023 06:36:52 GMT Born to run: the summer the World Cup came to be A look back at favourite World Cups, beginning with the seminal one that heralded a new epoch in cricket http://www.cricinfo.com/tcm/content/story/1396324.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/tcm/content/story/1396324.html Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:17:24 GMT Is this Ashes up there with 2005? It is difficult to separate the series of 1981, 2005 and 2023 for the cricket played or the impact they had http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1390419.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1390419.html Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:48:08 GMT What more can we expect to see from Zak Crawley in this Ashes series? And have England found a way to counter the extraordinary Steven Smith? http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1389180.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1389180.html Mon, 24 Jul 2023 18:06:54 GMT Let's all bask in Mark Wood's climate of optimism The fast bowler has a joyous attitude that is really the essence of Bazball http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1386642.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1386642.html Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:41:08 GMT Have England ever before produced such a competitive, utterly compelling and talented cricketer as Stokes? When in the middle of a cauldron, England's captain produces magic. But sometimes even titans fall short http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1385518.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1385518.html Mon, 03 Jul 2023 08:46:10 GMT Did England go too hard? (And is that even the right question?) Why it seems almost reckless to pass judgement on the Edgbaston defeat http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1382680.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1382680.html Wed, 21 Jun 2023 12:29:18 GMT My life through the Ashes: from Deadly Derek to Warnie to Stokes' boys A half-century of England-Australia contests only whets the appetite for more http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1381073.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1381073.html Mon, 12 Jun 2023 07:19:59 GMT What India, England and Australia can learn from MS Dhoni as a big Test summer begins He is the poster boy for all formats of cricket. If only we could have watched him turn out for the WTC final at The Oval http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1379875.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1379875.html Mon, 05 Jun 2023 15:36:56 GMT