Mark Charles Jefford Nicholas (born September 29, 1957) is a former cricketer and broadcaster who now works as an English cricket pundit. From 1978 until 1995, he was a member of the Hampshire football team, captaining them from 1985 until his retirement.
Mark Nicholas was born in the London borough of Westminster. He was educated at Bradfield College, where he was tutored in cricket by John Harvey. He was the grandson of Fred Nicholas.
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Career of Mark Nicholas
Mark Nicholas captained Hampshire to four major trophies: the Benson & Hedges Cup in 1988 and 1992, the Sunday League in 1986, and the NatWest Trophy in 1991. He was a middle-order batsman and occasional medium-pace bowler. Despite captaining England A on a tour to Zimbabwe in 1989/1990, he was never selected for the main England team.
Nicholas is one of a long series of colorfully dressed individuals to captain Hampshire County Cricket Club, including Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie and C. B. Fry, and is known for his sophisticated appearance and urbane demeanor.
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Career in Broadcasting
Nicholas has worked in television after retiring as a player, initially as a Sky Sports pundit and then as the anchorman for Channel 4’s cricket coverage from 1999 to 2005. In 1995, he worked as a freelancer for Sky and others before joining Sky Sports as an anchorman in 1996, when his first significant responsibility was to present domestic and international cricket.
In 1996/97, he oversaw Sky’s coverage of England’s winter tours to Zimbabwe and New Zealand, and in 1998, he did the same in the West Indies. His final stint with Sky Sports was as the host of the network’s live and exclusive coverage of the Ashes series in Australia in 1998/99.
During the Australian summer cricket season, he was a commentator for the Nine Network until they lost the rights before the 2018/19 season. Despite being dropped from the commentary team, he anchored the broadcast, replacing Richie Benaud as the face of cricket on Nine.
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He authored a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph until 2008. In 2001, the Royal Television Society voted him Sports Presenter of the Year, and he was one of only two broadcasters to fill in for Richard and Judy. Mark Nicholas hosted the second season of the reality show Survivor in the United Kingdom. In March 2006, he returned to Australia’s Nine Network to anchor the afternoon coverage of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
In a Melbourne newspaper survey, he came in fourth place as the public’s choice for the new host of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Australia. Mark Nicholas presented Today at the Test, a show that highlighted the highlights of the day’s play at England Test matches or trophy finals, while working as a cricket anchor for Channel 4.
Nicholas was contacted by Channel Five in 2006 to cover England cricket highlights for a show called Cricket on 5. Former cricketer Geoffrey Boycott and commentator Simon Hughes, both of whom worked with Nicholas at Channel 4, as well as former England captain Michael Vaughan, joined him on the show.
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Other Achievements
He was also a member of the 2020 Indian Premier League globe feed commentary crew. Mark Nicholas published his book, A Beautiful Game: My Love Affair with Cricket, in November 2016. Shane Warne’s autobiography, No Spin, was co-written by Mark Nicholas.
He covered South Africa vs. India 2021 / 2022 test match series for Supersport in South Africa.
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