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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We will probably leave it until the last minute to see which way we go,
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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.
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What is most important is we enjoy what is given to us and thrown at us over the next few weeks,
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With Leeds, you always know there is going to be a good game of cricket,
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We felt Chris has kept well but he hasn't made the runs we had hoped for, ... He's had eight matches on tour without really contributing with the bat.
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We go to Pakistan and India and if we win, the rankings might change but we haven't looked at the rankings, we want to beat Australia this summer.
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The response the public has given us throughout the whole summer means I am not too sure cricket will ever get to the same level again.
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It's a summer I'm looking forward to, because we're playing against the best team there has ever been
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You need guts above all against the Aussies.
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This is going to be a challenging series for us playing in different conditions,
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This is probably the first time the knee has felt like a concern. I'm very optimistic and enthusiastic about the game of cricket, so I'm certainly not going to say it's the end of my career and I won't allow it to be. There's been older and better players than me that have spent years out of cricket with injury and come back pretty well, so, hopefully, I'll be the same.
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This is so special to come to the palace, meeting the queen here and being here with all the rest of the boys.
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This is the biggest challenge yet and can we go out and play in similar fashion when we're 2-1 up? I don't see any reason why they shouldn't with the way they've prepared,
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It's a great opportunity if Simon isn't fit for someone to make a name for themselves. Chris Tremlett has been in the squad and he has a great opportunity to show what he can do in the final.