"Identity, supporters' affinity, players' knowledge of the ground and the conditions, a sense of community and friendship between team-mates are all going to be relevant in this competition. His last role with Sky Sports was presenting the network's live and exclusive coverage of the He commentated for Australia's Until 2008 he wrote a weekly column for While as Channel 4 anchor for the cricket, Nicholas presented Nicholas served as anchorman and commentator for the He is currently into his fourteenth year as main presenter and commentator of In November 2016, he published the autobiography "It's dawning on people that even though someone is only going to bowl in effect a couple of overs, those deliveries can change the course of short-form matches," he said.
You've almost got to find three potential players for every position. Originally hailing from London, Mark played for Hampshire for almost two decades before venturing into the world of sports commentary.
"Mahela Jayawardene has employed a lot of the analysis he used while working in the IPL with Mumbai Indians to identify the players and personalities he and his coaches believe will be successful. "Phil Salt, Luke Wright, Liam Dawson and Rilee Rossouw are just four from those two counties alone. "Supporters' affinity to these players is going to be just as key as anything else," Nicholas told Southern Brave have already picked Jofra Archer, Chris Jordan and James Vince for the men's competition.There are 16 players from both Hampshire and Sussex on the full draft list, including Nicholas, a former Hampshire captain, will be working alongside men's coach Mahela Jayawardene and women's coach Charlotte Edwards during next year's competition.He believes building a team fans can identify with will be key. – Listen to Rain Delay with Mark Nicholas instantly on your tablet, phone or browser - no downloads needed. "But the skill for all the teams will be reacting when they don't get the players they want. "You're going to need ability at the top, in the middle and at the death of innings and each of those require very different skills. "There's so many good short-form cricketers out there," he said. "The eight franchises have already filled three positions in their squad - one centrally contracted England Test player and two 'local icons' apiece - and will choose another 12 each during Sunday's televised draft.A total of 570 players will be in the men's draft, including 239 overseas players and 331 domestic players.The Hundred takes place next summer from 17 July to 16 August.There will be live TV coverage on the BBC of 10 men's matches as well as eight women's games, with both finals broadcast live.The future king talks to Peter Crouch about Aston Villa, six-a-side and karaokeAnalysis and opinion from the BBC's cricket correspondent.
He played for Hampshire from 1978 to 1995, captaining them from 1985 to his retirement. "Southern Brave will have the second pick when Sunday's draft begins so could potentially secure one of the world's leading players, including star batsmen Chris Gayle, Steve Smith and David Warner.But Nicholas feels recruiting attacking bowlers may be more of a priority for the teams than signing up big-hitting batsmen. Nicholas was born in Westminster, London. Widely-known as one of the most recognizable voices in cricket, cricket commentator Mark Nicholas is a permanent fixture of the sport. Southern Brave will try to draft as many Hampshire and Sussex players as possible to their Hundred side, chairman Mark Nicholas has said.Sunday's player draft for the new 100-ball competition starting in 2020 will see the eight squads finalised.