3. Mark Nicholas
Former English first-class cricketer Mark Nicholas was a right-handed batsman and medium-pace bowler. He represented Hampshire from 1978-1995 and scored 18,262 runs in 377 first-class test matches with an average of 34.39. He also took 72 wickets. In first-class one-day matches, he played 359 matches and scored 7,334 runs at 27.78 average.
Following his retirement, Nicholas has worked in broadcasting, first as a commentator for Sky Sports, and from 1999 to 2005 as the anchorman for Channel 4’s cricket coverage. He worked freelance in 1995 for Sky and others, before signing for Sky Sports in 1996 as anchorman, where his first major role was presenting domestic and international cricket. w He was named UK Sports Presenter of the Year in 2001 and 2005 by the Royal Television Society.