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.
certainly played series throughout win
We have played to win throughout the series and will certainly be doing that again,
areas chat cover game good home knows last normal options played reverse year
We want to have a good long chat with Freddie. It's his home ground, he knows the conditions. Over the last year or so we haven't played that much here. We want to look at the options - normal swing, reverse swing, bounce, all the areas you cover at any game of cricket. We'll just have a good chat this afternoon.
bound debut difficult faced fast hear until
We hear he's fast but we haven't faced him. Until you've faced someone it's very difficult to know how you'll respond. It's his debut and he's bound to be nervous.
cricket good rankings sure won
We haven't been to the sub-continent and won yet. If we play good cricket over there, I'm sure the rankings will change.
call coach likes sent whether
Whether or not he was sent in by their coach I'm not too sure. But I just call him 'the witness' now and I don't think he likes it.
batting below concern games looking par win
We were below par here but there are still two big games to go. Our batting is a concern but we go to Johannesburg looking to win the series.
bit forward looking opportunity pushing sure
We are looking forward to the challenge. If we can keep pushing a little bit further, I am sure we can get another opportunity to win.
australia game good half levels match performance period sure sustained test took
I thought we started the Test match at Lord's very well and for a day and a half we were good and then Australia took the game away from us - we've got to make sure we keep our performance levels up for a sustained period of play.
books-and-reading comments headline might newspaper
I think the newspaper headline might have over-exaggerated the comments in the book,
australia beat good individual performance team
To beat Australia you need to have a good team performance but you also need individual brilliance,
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.