Talk:Mark Nicholas

Airbus A340-500
Known, as longest range aircraft in world. hahahahaha excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.214.55.95 (talk • contribs)

"Swashbuckling", "suave", "urbane"
Is it just me, or does the Playing Career section sound rather flowery with rather less than one would expect from a "playing career" synopsis? Cyril Washbrook 05:46, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Floery is a very apt word to describe Mark Nicholas. I edited the entry that changed him from swashbuckling to limited and I'm afraid that's just what he was - limited. I've watched a lot of domestic English first class cricket in my time - particularly in the late 1980s and there was a feeling around that Mark Nicholas was very suspect against short pitched quick bowling - against which he most definitely was not swashbuckling. Fair enough to take the word out from a libel point of view —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.69.10.249 (talk) 17:00, 11 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Swashbuckling, suave and urbane are here being used as code words. They mean that he was a slogger with a propensity for amour propre. In short, flash. Sounds about right to me. --OhNoPeedyPeebles (talk) 18:08, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

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Who wrote the broadcaster bit? R. Slickhan? Why no mention of him getting his eye blacked?Keith-264 (talk) 10:51, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Why is there so much of his commentary of England playing well in the 2005 Ashes included and nothing else? Seems sus to me. He obviously sucks up to any teams that's hosting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.36.59.109 (talk) 17:38, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Dreadful
"He served as anchor during the Ashes of 2005 for Channel 4, producing several memorable commentary lines, demonstrating genuine excitement and elation at the events he was describing. The most famous was:

"Oh! Stephen Harmison, with a slower ball; one of the great balls! Given the moment, given the batsman and given the match, that is a staggering gamble that's paid off for Harmison. He bowled it perfectly" after Harmison's slower ball dismissed Michael Clarke at the end of Saturday's play in the 2nd Test at Edgbaston.

Others include, "Crikey O'Reilly!" after a Kevin Pietersen six, "Beauty, yes! Magnificent cricket from this man" after Andrew Flintoff had Ricky Ponting caught behind, and "Oh, yes! That's that, Andrew Flintoff is very special!" after Flintoff wrapped up Australia's innings, also at the 2nd Test at Edgbaston.

During the 3rd Test at Old Trafford, his particularly insightful "That is very good" after Simon Jones's dismissal of Michael Clarke after the ball, which looked to be a safe leave, cut back and knocked over the batsman's off stump. He also gave a memorable description of Ricky Ponting being out on the final day at Old Trafford. When umpire Billy Bowden put up the finger, Nicholas shouted "He's given it out! Out! Ricky Ponting is out!"

It must be noted however that Nicholas now expresses similar elation at home wickets with his new Australian employers, for example he "couldn't see" in his words, that Australian batsman Brett Lee was lbw to English spinner Monty Panesar in the 2006/07 Ashes, even though replays showed it to be "plumb". His signature cry is "By Heaven!" whenever something remarkable happens during play (usually a six-hit), although this has been scarcely used in the 2006/07 Ashes series. He is also notable for the saying, "That's maximum" when a six has been hit."

What the hell is this? No citations, sweeping statements, and frankly doubtful value. It almost sounds like parody.

Actually, this entire page is not cited. Aren't there rules about that?


 * Blast, forgot to sign this. Anyway, it's been a while and nobody has said anything, so I've gone ahead and removed it. 121.45.31.233 (talk) 01:58, 23 February 2011 (UTC)