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
deserve players
The players deserve everything which comes their way.
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.
boys incentive won
We've not won here for 21 years, that should come as an incentive to the boys.
blow final games taking three
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.
bowling confident india next plane start test
The real test will come when I start running, twisting and bowling but I am confident I will be on the plane for India next month.
cricket good pakistan rankings skills sure test
We need to test our skills in Pakistan and India. If we play good cricket over there, I'm sure the rankings will change.
australia beat good individual performance team
To beat Australia you need to have a good team performance but you also need individual brilliance,
people talk
We have had no discussions on Sri Lanka, ... We're here to play cricket. We're not here to talk about these things. There are other people who will decide.
anywhere behind great luck nation people wishing
We can't go anywhere without people wishing us luck. It's great to know that the nation will be right behind us when we take on the Aussies.
aim defeats learn move
We'll do well to learn from our defeats in Pakistan, we aim to move ahead.
assure home lift next ourselves performance poor prepare taking thoughts tomorrow travel tuesday
Thoughts of going home won't be taking over my thoughts I can assure you. We have a travel day tomorrow and prepare on Tuesday for Wednesday's match. It was a poor performance and we have to lift ourselves for the next one.
ball until
We won't know until a ball has been bowled on it,
decide feeling good sure
We want to be sure that if we decide to play with one spinner then Giles is feeling good about himself.
bit forward looking opportunity pushing sure
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.