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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We have been on the ropes for three games and the final knock-out blow was today. You can only keep taking so many punches, but we could not withstand any more.
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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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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.
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He's a huge member of our team and without him in the last year we wouldn't have won a lot of the games so he'll continue to be a big player for us.
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We've been talking about psychological advantages and disadvantages throughout the whole summer,
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We will test it on Monday and make a decision after the training session.
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With Leeds, you always know there is going to be a good game of cricket,
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We felt Chris has kept well but he hasn't made the runs we had hoped for, ... He's had eight matches on tour without really contributing with the bat.
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We go to Pakistan and India and if we win, the rankings might change but we haven't looked at the rankings, we want to beat Australia this summer.
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It was an epic game. Australia are a very hard team to beat.
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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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Cricket has captured the imagination of the nation, this if fantastic, beyond a dream. When England players win at any sport, the fans are the best in the world.
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England fans are very clever and have special ways of getting tickets and I'm sure we'll be well supported in Australia.
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The response the public has given us throughout the whole summer means I am not too sure cricket will ever get to the same level again.