Opinion - Mark Nicholas - Cricinfo magazine 2 Opinion - 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 This is a time for healing and we are all in charge Sport finds itself on hold now. That provides us a timely opportunity to recalibrate and reassess http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1219846.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1219846.html Wed, 25 Feb 2026 07:54:44 GMT Have South Africa turned a corner? Under Jacques Faul, Graeme Smith and Mark Boucher, they just might have put the doom and gloom of 2019 behind them http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1218923.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1218923.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa have learned more than England in the ODI series At Newlands, de Kock and Bavuma briefly took watchers back to a golden age of South African cricket http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1216004.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1216004.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Wood's on fire Is he faster than Larwood, Tyson, Trueman and Malcolm? Probably http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1214772.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1214772.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England's young players are making the difference for them How good were Pope and Bess in Port Elizabeth? http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1213815.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1213815.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Why Cape Town was a big win for Joe Root Finally he has full ownership of his team, and in this Test he got what he wanted from his leading men and from the support cast too http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1212485.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1212485.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT No team of Boucher and Smith's will lie down South Africa's new coach emphasised the importance of clarity, and you saw that in the performance against England in Centurion http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1211505.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1211505.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Beware of South Africa's spirit, England With Graeme Smith and Mark Boucher at the helm, South Africa no longer look as rocky as they did a month ago. England have been warned http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1210030.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1210030.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Bob Willis, funny and acerbic on camera, kind and warm behind it A thrilling fast bowler, an incisive commentator, a generous colleague, and a wonderful travel companion - Mark Nicholas remembers a hero and a friend http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1209172.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1209172.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT How about Gary Kirsten as England's next coach? He has had successful stints with India and South Africa and has a batting brain that Joe Root would love to pick http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1200988.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1200988.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia have played better cricket for most of this Ashes series Their bowling has been relentless and tight, and their batting has been, well, Steve Smith http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1200113.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1200113.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Can we finally lay the ghost of Ian Botham to rest? Like Beefy, and Andrew Flintoff before him, Ben Stokes has the spirit and stamina to drag his side out of trouble and into magnificent victory http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1199217.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1199217.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stokes 2019 is Botham '81 + Flintoff '05 and more The Ashes are alive thanks to the incredible game awareness and self-belief of one batsman who was yet again left to get it done by himself http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1198783.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1198783.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The beauty of the Test match game now? Everybody goes at it like mad dogs We talk about poor techniques and slow over rates, but now more than ever, as Lord's showed, the play is the thing, and it has everybody hooked. http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1198035.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1198035.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England's allrounders give Root options and flair It is a happy coincidence that they currently have so many multi-skilled players http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1197222.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1197222.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Smith's innings spoke of the beauty and power of human reform He has said that his year out of the game made him resolve to make up for lost time. He began that mission in earnest against England http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1196822.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1196822.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Are England ready for the Ashes? Coming off a tense World Cup win, an escape in the Ireland Test, and battling top-order problems, are they in the right frame of mind to take on Australia over seven weeks? http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1196061.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1196061.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Look ma, no fingernails Astonishing, unprecedented, lucky, smart, brilliant, unlucky, flattering, faltering, preposterous - the World Cup final was all that and more http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1194782.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1194782.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The man from Tauranga and the one from Rush Which one will end up holding the trophy come Sunday evening? http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1194071.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1194071.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Why it is important for England to win this World Cup They have waited a long time for this, and made it through to the pointy end after a few wake-up calls. Never have they had a team better equipped to achieve glory http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1193688.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1193688.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT