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
great guys opportunity played test three
It's a great opportunity for the three guys who haven't played much Test cricket.
best conditions cricket type
It's a different type of cricket and we're going to have to be at our best to get used to the conditions quickly.
huge motivation proved
It proved a huge motivation for the team,
hope time
It's nonsense. I hope to play for a long time yet.
bowl conditions debut exploited good james toss
For James to bowl as well as he did on his debut was fantastic. It was a good a toss to win, but we exploited the conditions fantastically.
dressing nerves plenty
There were plenty of nerves in the dressing room,
africa exciting good provide south team test winter
This is the most exciting part of the winter and South Africa are a good team who will provide a good test for us.
fit good sorted strong
For everyone's good it's important that I get it sorted and come back fit and strong in the summer.
home increased knee second similar sure time tours traveling trip whatever
It's the second time in two tours that I'm going to be traveling home with an injury. This one is really similar to the one in Pakistan. Unfortunately the workload has increased on this trip and the knee hasn't withstood that. It's time to go back and see the specialist, do whatever we can and make sure I come back fitter.
lose obviously
It's obviously disappointing to lose Giles who is our most experienced spinner.
bat bit days early hoping jogging luck net nice pick
It's the first net and it was nice to pick up a bat again. It's early days and I'm just getting used to jogging again. I'm just hoping for a bit of luck now.
game
It's a big game for all of us,
bit cricket good impact lottery matches played today
It's a bit of a lottery but we played some good cricket. Today was our day. I don't think it will have any impact on the five-day matches to come.
cricket enjoy
They're young and they do enjoy their cricket,