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 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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I don't think anyone who watched the previous matches would have come today and expected England to stroll to 130,
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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.
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It's a bit of a lottery but we played some good cricket. Today was our day. I don't think it will have any impact on the five-day matches to come.
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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.
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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 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.
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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 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.