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Mark Nicholas
English cricketer and broadcaster (born )
This article is about the English cricketer. For the American Detroit-based electronic musician Mark Nicholas working under music project Cosmicity, see Cosmicity.
Mark Charles Jefford Nicholas (born 29 September ) is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer and broadcaster.
He played for Hampshire from to , captaining them from to his retirement. On 1 October , he succeeded Stephen Fry as president of Marylebone Cricket Club on a one-year term.[2][3]
Nicholas was born in Westminster, London. A grandson of Fred Nicholas,[1] he was educated at Bradfield College where he was coached in cricket by John Harvey.
Playing career
A middle-order batsman and occasional medium-pace bowler, Nicholas captained Hampshire to four major trophies – the Benson & Hedges Cup in and , Sunday League in , and NatWest Trophy in (although he missed the final of the tournament through injury,[4]David Gower captaining in his absence).
Although he captained an England 'B' tour to Sri Lanka in –86,[5] an England A tour to Zimbabwe in /,[1] and an "English Counties XI" tour of Zimbabwe in –85,[6] he was never selected for the England senior team.
Since his retirement as a player, Nicholas has worked in broadcasting, first as a commentator for Sky Sports , and from to as the anchorman for Channel 4 's cricket coverage. Nicholas was born in Westminster , London. Succeeded by John Stephenson. Age 67y d.Known for his suave appearance and urbane manner, Nicholas is one of a long line of colourfully dressed characters to captain Hampshire County Cricket Club, including Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie and C. B. Fry.
Broadcasting career
Since his retirement as a player, Nicholas has worked in broadcasting, first as a commentator for Sky Sports, and from to as the anchorman for Channel 4's cricket coverage.
He worked freelance in for Sky and others, before signing for Sky Sports in as anchorman, where his first major role was presenting domestic and international cricket.
He led Sky's coverage of England's winter tours to Zimbabwe and New Zealand in /97, and continued this in the West Indies in His last role with Sky Sports was presenting the network's live and exclusive coverage of the /99 Ashes series in Australia.
He commentated for Australia's Nine Network during the Australian summer cricket season until they lost the rights before the /19 season.
He anchored the coverage, replacing Richie Benaud as the face of cricket on Nine, despite having previously been dropped from the commentary team.[7]
Until he wrote a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph. He was named Sports Presenter of the Year in by the Royal Television Society, as well as being one of only two presenters to stand in for Richard and Judy.
Nicholas presented the second series of the English version of the reality show Survivor. He continued his commitments to Australia's Nine Network in March , anchoring the afternoon coverage of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He rated fourth in a Melbourne newspaper poll that set out to find the public's choice on the new host of the Australian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?.
Age 67y d. Ranji Trophy Plate 1. Retrieved 22 October Mark Nicholas.While as Channel 4 anchor for the cricket, Nicholas presented Today at the Test which covered the highlights of the day's play at the England Test matches or the trophy finals.[8]
Nicholas was approached by Channel Five to cover England cricket highlights from , the programme being named Cricket on 5.
He was joined on the programme by former cricketer Geoffrey Boycott and analyst Simon Hughes, both of whom worked with Nicholas at Channel 4, as well as former England captain Michael Vaughan.
Nicholas served as anchorman and commentator for the Nine Network coverage of the –14 Ashes series and continued to serve this role for other Australian home Test series until they lost the rights in April He was part of the world feed commentary team for both the Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, and the World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand and Cricket World Cup in England.
He presented highlights coverage of Summer Olympics in London for the Nine Network.
Nicholas is the anchorman for EA SportsCricket 07 game. He introduces the matches the user is playing, and commentates during the game with Richie Benaud, taking over from Jim Maxwell.
Mark nicholas cricket biography Nichols married Kristen Northcott in Mansoor Akhtar. Succeeded by John Stephenson. Preceded by Nick Pocock.In , Nicholas hosted the second series of the United Kingdom edition of Survivor.[9] Nicholas began presenting ITV1's Britain's Best Dish in and fronted it for four series until in ; he was replaced by Mary Nightingale.
In November , he published the autobiographyA Beautiful Game: My Love Affair with Cricket.[10] Nicholas also co-wrote Shane Warne's autobiography No Spin.
He was also a member of the world feed commentary team for Indian Premier League.[11]
He commentated for Supersport in South Africa covering the South Africa vs India –22 test match series.
Nicholas will serve a month term as president of the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1 October , having been nominated by his predecessor, Stephen Fry.[12]
After serving his term as president, he returned as anchor man and lead commentator for Star Sports (Indian broadcasting feed) for the Border Gavaskar Trophy.