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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It's a great opportunity for the three guys who haven't played much Test cricket.
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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.
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The right decision now is to get things sorted out fully and make sure that when I come back I'm able to play a full part. In Pakistan I felt I couldn't play to my full potential because of the knee and I certainly wasn't going to allow that to happen on this trip.
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This is the most exciting part of the winter and South Africa are a good team who will provide a good test for us.
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That's a big loss, he's bowled extremely well. It's very hard to find a like-for-like replacement for Simon because of the way he's bowled. He's probably up there with the best in the world at this minute,
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That kind of score is difficult to chase, if you are set 220 it is different - you just bat time,
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It's never happened before, we're pretty pleased with the 11 that's played for us in the games so far. Over the last few years, Australia has had an 11 they play very, very regularly. If they change it, I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing. We'll just have to wait and see.
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It's nice to pick up a bat again, but it's very early days so there's nothing to report. I'm just hoping for a bit of luck now.
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They were three fantastic deliveries which got the first three wickets. We said to the lads just hang in there, try and make them get us out,
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It was a fantastic game of cricket and we came within a wicket of going 2-1 up. I'm very pleased with the team and the way we dominated the whole match against a tough Australian side. Three weeks ago we were written off and 5-0 we kept hearing. There are a few tired bodies and minds on both teams but it's great the way this series has got the nation talking about it.
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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
game
It's a big game for all of us,
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It proved a huge motivation for the team,
hope time
It's nonsense. I hope to play for a long time yet.