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
bowlers chase deserve innings jones kept losing resources restrict running second simon ten total whittle wickets
Simon Jones bowled exceptionally well in the first innings, so after losing him, the bowlers in the second innings deserve a lot of credit, ... They kept running in on a placid wicket that was really very slow. We had to use all our resources to whittle out those ten wickets and restrict them to a total where we only had to chase 130.
ashes watching
She just said she'd been watching the Ashes and she couldn't watch it all because it got too nerve-wracking, and I said so it was for us as well.
africa bit good job last respect south
I have a lot of respect for him, he is doing a good job with the South Africa team. We just had a bit of a fall-out last winter. These things happen.
enjoy few given next thrown
What is most important is we enjoy what is given to us and thrown at us over the next few weeks,
building everybody players pushing stays sure team
You have to keep building and it's so important we keep getting young players pushing the team and making sure everybody stays honest,
changes players technical win
The players will have to make some technical changes to do well after their win at home.
deserve players
The players deserve everything which comes their way.
approach change few last match reason since thinking treat
We will just do as we have done in the last few games. We'll just treat this match as we have done the last few games. We've been outstanding since Lord's and I don't see any reason why we should change our thinking and our approach to the game.
attack bowlers defend england key series terrific
Very good, terrific imagination. The key to the series was the England bowlers and with the way that they have performed, he has been able to attack and defend as he chooses.
last leave minute until
We will probably leave it until the last minute to see which way we go,
areas attacking batting bowls chance counter difficult hard shots standing suggested taking various ways week worked
Various ways have been suggested to counter him, ... such as batting out of the crease, standing on off stump, or even taking a chance by having a go at him. But attacking him is very difficult when he bowls as he did at Lord's. We have all worked very hard this week and there are various new plans, areas to work on and shots to play.
excellent field hard hit
We were excellent in the field but then they hit us hard with the new ball,
blow final games taking three
We have been on the ropes for three games and the final knock-out blow was today. You can only keep taking so many punches, but we could not withstand any more.
bit knows might momentum
We would not have wanted to go there 2-0 down. Now we have a bit of momentum and who knows what might happen.