Mark Nicholas

Cricket presenter on TV and writer

How Kohli is an example for Tim Paine's team

His passion and commitment are a lesson for all. He is the very model of a modern batsman when he needs to be and the best example of an ancient art when that skill is required

30-Nov-2018•Mark Nicholas

It has been Root's tour, and triumph

His decisive leadership has manifested itself in a number of admirable ways

27-Nov-2018•Mark Nicholas

Jennings and Burns have done enough - for now

They look good enough to go to the Caribbean, but will they last as long as the Ashes?

19-Nov-2018•Mark Nicholas

Herath's goodbye, Root's hello

It was a less than memorable goodbye for a legend. For England's captain, it's all coming up roses

10-Nov-2018•Mark Nicholas

How about Stokes at No. 3?

Selection for the first Test is tricky but England's ambition should be to embrace options rather than retreat to type

05-Nov-2018•Mark Nicholas

Respect and responsibility must be the core around which the game revolves

The review of Australian cricket asks fundamental questions about sport's place in our society, and about cricket's values at a time when the game is hugely challenged

01-Nov-2018•Mark Nicholas

England have cause for a little concern but not for panic

They might have got a reminder of mortality on Tuesday, but the stakes were low

25-Oct-2018•Mark Nicholas

Sri Lanka's cricket legacy is glorious, but what does the future hold?

From the golden age of Rantunga and Murali, they are now at a point where the road ahead is uncertain, on field and off it

20-Oct-2018•Mark Nicholas

England have ability. Do they have adaptability?

The next four matches in Sri Lanka will tell if they have a capacity for considered expression and the skill to thoughtfully adapt to the circumstances and conditions

11-Oct-2018•Mark Nicholas

Living the last of Alastair Cook's Test match life

He finished as he began, with a century. The game is better for his place in its history

12-Sep-2018•Mark Nicholas

Why Southampton was a good advert for Test cricket

Superb, sun-kissed action, drama, and generosity of spirit - what more could you ask for?

03-Sep-2018•Mark Nicholas

The case for Vince

Why England ought to play him in the fourth Test, bring in Moeen Ali, and bring back Sam Curran

27-Aug-2018•Mark Nicholas

Kohli's magic trick is his suppression of ego

As India captain, he needs ego in spades, but while on the job, he needs to show none of it. He has succeeded, and how

23-Aug-2018•Mark Nicholas

Why batsmen have lost the ability to just play

The Lord's Test is just the latest in a long line of matches in which players struggled with basic technique and concentration

13-Aug-2018•Mark Nicholas

The timeless human drama of Edgbaston 2018

Matches like this one allow for an experience of breadth and depth that the shorter forms cannot provide

04-Aug-2018•Mark Nicholas

The task ahead of Joe Root

He needs to throw off the shackles to come into his own as a leader

30-Jul-2018•Mark Nicholas

A different eye, a different mind

AB de Villiers was iconoclastic in his innovation and puritanical in his disciplines. From those contrasts came the man who can do it all

26-May-2018•Mark Nicholas

Why only a hundred balls?

The ECB's new idea is not a bad thing. Here's how it could be better

21-Apr-2018•Mark Nicholas

This is another wake-up call for cricket

The death of Phillip Hughes brought sobering realisations to the game; it is time we all look within again

29-Mar-2018•Mark Nicholas

The prizefighting artist

There was something quite thrilling in the expectation of watching Phillip Hughes bat. Compelling and irresistible, he left a brushstroke on the canvas of the game

13-Mar-2018•Mark Nicholas

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