Mark Nicholas

Cricket presenter on TV and writer

@mcjnicholas

The best of Gordon Greenidge is the best of batting

No one was safe while he was at the crease: not the ball, the bowlers, the fielders, the windows, or the records

27-Jun-2020•Mark Nicholas

When Imran Khan blew me away

Facing up to the legendary Pakistani allrounder in his prime took not a little courage

06-Jun-2020•Mark Nicholas

There is a simple alternative to using saliva on the ball

Cricket is poorer without the art of swing, and it's worth the experiment to preserve it, in times of Covid-19 and beyond

28-May-2020•Mark Nicholas

You ain't seen nothing like the mighty Mike Procter

Colourful, swashbuckling and devastatingly good, Procter was an allrounder to rank with any in history

23-May-2020•Mark Nicholas

Graham Gooch and the indomitable will to win

He was a run-scoring machine for England and Essex, always looking for efficiency, and never sloppy

09-May-2020•Mark Nicholas

Fast times with Jeff Thomson

Even when he wasn't at his peak, Thommo made you wish you were at the other end of the pitch

26-Apr-2020•Mark Nicholas

The King and I

Watching and playing against Viv Richards was a privilege accorded to a few, and everyone came away with a story

10-Apr-2020•Mark Nicholas

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

28-Mar-2020•Mark Nicholas

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

10-Mar-2020•Mark Nicholas

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

10-Feb-2020•Mark Nicholas

Wood's on fire

Is he faster than Larwood, Tyson, Trueman and Malcolm? Probably

29-Jan-2020•Mark Nicholas

England's young players are making the difference for them

How good were Pope and Bess in Port Elizabeth?

21-Jan-2020•Mark Nicholas

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

08-Jan-2020•Mark Nicholas

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

30-Dec-2019•Mark Nicholas

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

14-Dec-2019•Mark Nicholas

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

06-Dec-2019•Mark Nicholas

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

16-Sep-2019•Mark Nicholas

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

09-Sep-2019•Mark Nicholas

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

02-Sep-2019•Mark Nicholas

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

26-Aug-2019•Mark Nicholas

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