Michael Vaughan
Michael Vaughan
Michael Paul Vaughan OBEis a retired cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England. A classically elegant right-handed batsman and occasional off-spinner, Vaughan was ranked one of the best batsmen in the world following the 2002/03 Ashes, in which he scored 633 runs, including three centuries. Vaughan was an opening batsman and forged a successful England partnership with Marcus Trescothick, though he often batted in the middle order for England. He was the captain of the England team when they regained the...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth29 October 1974
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Spin hasn't bowled many teams out here. We'll make a decision pretty late.
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My next biggest challenge is to survive another night with Freddie.
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My warmest congratulations to you, the England cricket team and all in the squad for the magnificent achievement of regaining the Ashes.
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That's the order you are going to see for the next few matches.
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I was obsessing. All leaders go through that. It was a very intense summer. We were on the brink of doing something special. It was like being a general on the eve of battle.
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I suppose he has the chance to kind of shove it down our throats and prove us wrong to drop him,
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You can blame a long schedule and a long series but we won't be trying to make that an excuse,
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We're all a bit elated but obviously I'm delighted to win the game. It was crucial to get those five wickets to level the series. We will enjoy the moment but we realize it's still only 1-1.
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We do think we might play on some spinner-friendly pitches, especially because of our attack. We will just have to come up with our best formula to get 20 wickets to put India under pressure.
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We have a good idea of what they're going to come up with, we've got a lot of footage and a lot of players have played against them.
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We've got players who haven't played in the subcontinent and it does take a while to get used to the surreal conditions out there,
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We have had no discussions on Sri Lanka, ... We're here to play cricket. We're not here to talk about these things. There are other people who will decide.
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We can't go anywhere without people wishing us luck. It's great to know that the nation will be right behind us when we take on the Aussies.
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We'll do well to learn from our defeats in Pakistan, we aim to move ahead.