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
biggest challenge next night survive
My next biggest challenge is to survive another night with Freddie.
achievement cricket england squad team
My warmest congratulations to you, the England cricket team and all in the squad for the magnificent achievement of regaining the Ashes.
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I just feel unfit to play cricket at the moment though I'd want to be available for both forms of the game. One of my ambitions is to go with England to the World Cup and do very well, which we haven't done for a long time. Of course I'd compromise if the specialists recommended that I give up one-day cricket.
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The knee is all right. It's been four weeks since the operation. I've done rehab and I've just started running indoors on soft surfaces in the last few days. You need a little bit of luck but if that stays with me I'm sure I will be fine for the tour.
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I had an injection on Wednesday night, tested it at nets yesterday and am going to monitor it over the next 48 hours.
ashley bit fantastic stick
Individuals always take a little bit more stick than others, but Ashley has been a fantastic performer,
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I'm confident. I believe I've done the right work at home. Hopefully it will go well and I will score a few runs and take it from there.
baffled cricket standard
I'm baffled by the international standard of cricket
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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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I had a light net today to test out the knee but it is still too early to say whether the injection has had an effect and we will just have to wait and see how it responds over the next 48 hours.
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I fully expected two more hard days of cricket, but I said before the match that it needed a couple of magical performances and, thankfully for us, Steve produced one today.
again beaten leading next team
If you've beaten the leading team once, you can beat them again -- that's the next challenge.
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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.
astounded calling
He astounded me by continually calling me 'queer'