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
aim defeats learn move
We'll do well to learn from our defeats in Pakistan, we aim to move ahead.
assure home lift next ourselves performance poor prepare taking thoughts tomorrow travel tuesday
Thoughts of going home won't be taking over my thoughts I can assure you. We have a travel day tomorrow and prepare on Tuesday for Wednesday's match. It was a poor performance and we have to lift ourselves for the next one.
people talk
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.
anywhere behind great luck nation people wishing
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.
against footage good played players
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.
conditions played players surreal
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,
brink eve general intense leaders leaders-and-leadership
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.
blame schedule series trying
You can blame a long schedule and a long series but we won't be trying to make that an excuse,
cricket good pakistan rankings skills sure test
We need to test our skills in Pakistan and India. If we play good cricket over there, I'm sure the rankings will change.
australia beat good individual performance team
To beat Australia you need to have a good team performance but you also need individual brilliance,
decide feeling good sure
We want to be sure that if we decide to play with one spinner then Giles is feeling good about himself.
ball until
We won't know until a ball has been bowled on it,
australia epic hard team
It was an epic game. Australia are a very hard team to beat.
beaten bounds champions form good hope improved india leaps proud
But we are proud to have beaten a very good India side. We have improved in leaps and bounds and we hope to take this form into the Champions Trophy.