Mark Nicholas

Cricket presenter on TV and writer

It is not a softer game we look for but a kinder one

Teams differ on what is within the spirit of cricket. But basic respect for yourself, your opponents and the game isn't hard to agree upon

09-Mar-2018•Mark Nicholas

Are cricket's administrators able to think out of the T20 box?

It can't always and only be about the lowest common denominator. Cricket's many formats can co-exist successfully in England and elsewhere

22-Feb-2018•Mark Nicholas

Cricket isn't ready for the grave just yet

The game has weathered storms in the past, and it will almost certainly do so again

08-Feb-2018•Mark Nicholas

Why Steven Smith wasn't given the benefit of doubt in Sydney

Technology, despite all its advantages, can't provide the three-dimensional view that umpires have

22-Jan-2018•Mark Nicholas

Why we need tough first-class matches before and during the Ashes

There is nothing wrong with the home team winning more often than not, but there is a long-term threat in the visiting team not competing

11-Jan-2018•Mark Nicholas

Bradman, Headley, Sutcliffe, Pollock… Smith?

There is much of the all-time greats in the Australian captain

19-Dec-2017•Mark Nicholas

The three reasons why Joe Root chose to bowl in Adelaide

And the seven reasons he shouldn't have

10-Dec-2017•Mark Nicholas

England's wheels are not off but they're loosened

They couldn't match fire with fire in Brisbane, or spin with spin. And they had no answers for the Steven Smith question

29-Nov-2017•Mark Nicholas

Here's the Ashes

Commentators, presenters, spectators, players - we're all waiting for the latest edition of the storied series to kick off

22-Nov-2017•Mark Nicholas

Of Crane, Stokes and other things

England's selectors have delivered a couple of surprises with their Ashes picks

28-Sep-2017•Mark Nicholas

Who should England pick for the Ashes?

It is a task both easy and difficult. The unusual problem is that the difficult part is to do with key positions in the order

21-Sep-2017•Mark Nicholas

Anderson the artist paints his way to greatness

James Anderson's 500th Test wicket was a collector's item to befit a historic achievement

08-Sep-2017•Mark Nicholas at Lord's

Hope, Headingley: a miracle

Of all the unlikely things in West Indies' cricket history, this win must rank up there

30-Aug-2017•Mark Nicholas

Special stand takes West Indies away from humiliation toward exultation

Modern West Indies sides face a daily struggle to regenerate the folklore scripted between the eras of Frank Worrell and Viv Richards, but Kraigg Brathwaite and Shai Hope helped rectify that in Leeds

26-Aug-2017•Mark Nicholas at Headingley

Pink is the colour for warm weather

The purpose of day-night Tests was to make the format more viewer-friendly. Having spectators in Birmingham huddle in the cold didn't quite do that

21-Aug-2017•Mark Nicholas

Root or du Plessis: who would you rather be?

The England captain largely has the personnel to give expression to his dynamic leadership. His South African counterpart faces trickier circumstances

11-Aug-2017•Mark Nicholas

Old Trafford swings to Jimmy's tune

It took James Anderson just three deliveries to strike from his own end on a day where the ground hung on his every move

05-Aug-2017•Mark Nicholas

Stokes the fitting crown for Oval's 100th

The Oval is a ground that rarely disappoints and Ben Stokes produced an innings to rank up there with the greats

28-Jul-2017•Mark Nicholas at Kia Oval

It's time to rediscover Test-match batting

England's recklessness in the name of positivity is a sign that the art of batting in the longest format is no longer given due attention

19-Jul-2017•Mark Nicholas

Amla eases through gears past to inspire South Africa

He may have failed to reach the hundred that was his for the taking but there were shades of Hashim Amla's greatness on display at Trent Bridge

14-Jul-2017•Mark Nicholas at Trent Bridge

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