Mark Nicholas

Cricket presenter on TV and writer

@mcjnicholas

The three best Tests I watched this year

Starring Dean Elgar, Virat Kohli, Jonny Bairstow and an England team playing a fierce and fun brand of the game

30-Dec-2022•Mark Nicholas

The Pakistanis I played against - from Majid Khan to Waqar Younis

The team has always had a phenomenal range of talent - Imran, Qadir, Miandad, Akram could all turn on the magic at a moment's notice

28-Nov-2022•Mark Nicholas

England have the most bases covered in T20. It's no surprise they won the World Cup

They have moved on where others have appeared to stand still. Their split-coach method is something sides will want to look at imitating

15-Nov-2022•Mark Nicholas

The story of the 2019 World Cup final, in the words of those who played in it

A new documentary throws fresh light on perhaps the finest game of ODI cricket there ever has been

07-Nov-2022•Mark Nicholas

Cricket is changing, but not for the worse

The game is rich, the audience is growing, and the quality of play is fantastic. More work needs to be done, but it's not all doom and gloom

10-Oct-2022•Mark Nicholas

When cricket improved England's national mood: in 1981, 2005, and now 2022

Ben Stokes' team has brought cheer to Britons, just like Ian Botham's and Michael Vaughan's did in the past

26-Sep-2022•Mark Nicholas

Go hard when it suits but dig deep when the force is with those who oppose you

If Brendon McCullum hasn't said that to England's dressing room yet, he probably will soon

24-Aug-2022•Mark Nicholas

If 50-over cricket is dying, maybe it needs to be put on a pedestal

Cricket's calendar is fast approaching breaking point. ODI cricket has no chance, on the face of it

10-Aug-2022•Mark Nicholas

Jonny Bairstow and the art of zen batting

This summer, the England batter has ascended to a higher plane, occupied by the likes of Viv Richards, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Sachin Tendulkar in the past

13-Jul-2022•Mark Nicholas

No fear: England have dared to dream under their new brains trust

Of McCullum and Co, Jonny B, and more. And what's a good pitch anyway?

17-Jun-2022•Mark Nicholas

Where does Joe Root rank among England's greatest batters?

He's up there with the likes of Hutton, May, Gooch and Cook. Like his team-mates seem to think, might he be the greatest of them all?

07-Jun-2022•Mark Nicholas

England have found three good men; they need another two

Stokes, McCullum and Key form an enviable brains trust. Now to team them with a CEO and chair who understand the soul of the game and can unite its disparate forces

19-May-2022•Mark Nicholas

English cricket desperately needs leaders with a vision for the game

The many disparate parts of the country's game must come together and fight for its place in the modern world

16-Apr-2022•Mark Nicholas

Shane Warne gave us so much and he had so much more to give

He was cricket and he was rock 'n roll too; he was the best of sport and he was the stuff dreams are made of

07-Mar-2022•Mark Nicholas

Through upheaval and chaos, South Africa show the fighting spirit that has always defined their cricket

Dean Elgar and Temba Bavuma are leading sides with modest talent but strong collective willpower

03-Mar-2022•Mark Nicholas

My year of watching and covering the game

2021 featured lots of early starts, memorable conversations, a new cricket format - and a fair bit of golf

03-Jan-2022•Mark Nicholas

Are England enjoying themselves? Or has cricket turned into an obligation for them?

The horror start to the Ashes shows they might have lost sight of what's most important in the game

24-Dec-2021•Mark Nicholas

Wake up and smell the Gabba

Do we need reminding that England have not had a pretty time of it at the start of series down under in recent times - or even further back?

03-Dec-2021•Mark Nicholas

A formulaic tournament with twists in its tail

A World Cup front-loaded with predictable games redeemed itself by saving the best for last

16-Nov-2021•Mark Nicholas

Goodbye Ted Dexter, free spirit, cricket thinker, renaissance man

The England and Sussex captain had aura, flair, majestic batting, and impossible glamour - and that was just on the field

27-Aug-2021•Mark Nicholas

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