Mark Nicholas
English cricketer and broadcaster (born 1957) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 1957) is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer and broadcaster. He played for Hampshire from 1978 to 1995, captaining them from 1985 to his retirement. On 1 October 2023, he succeeded Stephen Fry as president of Marylebone Cricket Club on a one-year term.[2][3]
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Full name | Mark Charles Jefford Nicholas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1957-09-29) 29 September 1957 (age 66) Westminster, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Elvis, Jardine[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Fred Nicholas (grandfather) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1978–1995 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 7 January 2009 |
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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.