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
came close last tour
On our last tour of India, we came close to winning.
africa bit good job last respect south
I have a lot of respect for him, he is doing a good job with the South Africa team. We just had a bit of a fall-out last winter. These things happen.
approach change few last match reason since thinking treat
We will just do as we have done in the last few games. We'll just treat this match as we have done the last few games. We've been outstanding since Lord's and I don't see any reason why we should change our thinking and our approach to the game.
last leave minute until
We will probably leave it until the last minute to see which way we go,
australia bad change few games good happened last played pleased sure wait
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.
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.
bit few fine four indoors knee last luck rehab running since soft stays sure weeks
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.
continue games huge last member player team won year
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.
last moved number since
I feel I've got better in the last year-and-a-half since I moved to number three.
conditions excited improved lads last trying
These are new conditions for a lot of our lads and they are excited about trying to do well in Pakistan, who have improved in the last year.
advantages talking throughout
We've been talking about psychological advantages and disadvantages throughout the whole summer,
decision monday test training
We will test it on Monday and make a decision after the training session.
cricket game good
With Leeds, you always know there is going to be a good game of cricket,
chris eight felt hoped kept matches runs tour
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.