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Key facts

Name: Mark Charles Jefford Nicholas

Born: 29th September 1957

Education: Bradfield College, Berkshire

Career: TV Presenter; cricket broadcaster; sports journalist

Cricket career: Hampshire CCC 1979 – 1995 (captain for 12 years); England A (captain); 19,500 runs

Earliest cricketing memory

Watching Ted Dexter at Lord’s in 1963 take on the West Indies.

Cricketing highlights / lowlights

Highlights: 115 not out for MCC against Australia at Lord’s. Leading Hampshire to their first-ever Lord’s Final – and winning! Being part of Channel 4’s cricket coverage.

Lowlights: Hampshire’s failing to win the Championship in 1985 and 1992 – when we should have done!

Cricketers admired

Barry Richards; John Snow; Ted Dexter; Shane Warne; Sachin Tendulkar; Wasim Akram.

What cricket has helped me to achieve

Through cricket I’ve led a full, varied and interesting life. I believe implicitly that the skills we learn on the cricket-field are applied to every part of our lives.

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