Mark Nicholas

Broadcaster set to move across from President role in October, following Bruce Carnegie-Brown's tenure

Incoming MCC president believes club needs to make better use of soft power to retain relevance

The commentator was taken back to hospital shortly after resuming broadcasting duties on day three

The former Hampshire captain turned commentator's deep love for the game infuses his autobiography with an enthusiasm that is as irrepressible as it is genuine

From Trott and Fowler opening up on their mental-health issues, to Gideon Haigh's exposition of a Trumper stroke: a look at the best cricket books of the year

A ball, a brace and video cameras: when the world's most prolific bowler set out to prove that he was not a chucker

Many years ago, my mother suggested to me, in reference to a splendid school-teacher who had died, that in life one came across only a few truly special people

The best are subtle, unhurried cheerleaders who never rush to judgement but rise above the din

Cricket brings the drama through its narrators' soothing tones, trenchant observations, eloquence and opinions. Our panelists pick their favourite voices

Sunil Gavaskar and Mark Nicholas have been in a road accident while travelling from Manchester to London between the fourth and fifth Investec Tests, but went unhurt

Mark Nicholas, the Hampshire captain, is retiring at the end of this season and becoming a full-time cricket journalist

Richie Benaud is still unmatched when it comes to finding Australia's most magical cricket broadcaster

Andrew Miller picks up interesting snippets from the day's play

The Week That Was...February 19 - 26

Sky may have shown a huge commitment to covering the Tests, but you can't argue with viewing figures

It's the first day of life as we must now know it on the airwaves

We take a look at the week that was ... Steve Waugh's publishing problems, Mark Nicholas's reprieve, Tino Best and Shoaib Akhtar's professionalism, and a pitch with too big a slope

Emma John witnesses the final, emotional moments of the broadcast of Channel 4's last Test, September 2005

Mark Nicholas has been dropped from Channel Nine's commentary team for the summer