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
astounded calling
He astounded me by continually calling me 'queer'
ashley bit fantastic stick
Individuals always take a little bit more stick than others, but Ashley has been a fantastic performer,
captain great king
He was a great player, captain of his country, and he's the king of the microphone.
losing people seat stay wickets
People say to stay in the same seat but we were losing that many wickets there was not a right seat to be in,
dressing nerves plenty
There were plenty of nerves in the dressing room,
stay
That is what it is going to take to stay in the team.
bound debut difficult faced fast hear until
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.
genius definitions
AB de Villiers is the definition of a Cricketing Genius
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.
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.
call coach likes sent whether
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.
cricket good rankings sure won
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.
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.
certainly played series throughout win
We have played to win throughout the series and will certainly be doing that again,