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 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.
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We have played to win throughout the series and will certainly be doing that again,
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We have a good idea of what they're going to come up with, we've got a lot of footage and a lot of players have played against them.
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We've got players who haven't played in the subcontinent and it does take a while to get used to the surreal conditions out there,
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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 a great opportunity for the three guys who haven't played much Test cricket.
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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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South Africa played the better cricket over the five day and put us under a lot of pressure,
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Whether or not he was sent in by their coach I'm not too sure. But I just call him 'the witness' now and I don't think he likes it.
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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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We are looking forward to the challenge. If we can keep pushing a little bit further, I am sure we can get another opportunity to win.
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We hear he's fast but we haven't faced him. Until you've faced someone it's very difficult to know how you'll respond. It's his debut and he's bound to be nervous.
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We haven't been to the sub-continent and won yet. If we play good cricket over there, I'm sure the rankings will change.
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Our bowlers put in an outstanding effort in the field. It was not an easy pitch to bat on, but they still put the ball in the right areas.