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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England fans are very clever and have special ways of getting tickets and I'm sure we'll be well supported in Australia.
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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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The one-day team is a little bit below the Test team at the minute, but we are building for 2007 and the World Cup. As a team and players, we had a lot of self-belief that we could turn things around (after first Test defeat at Lord's), and we also have a lot of self-belief we can do very well in the World Cup come 2007.
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The response the public has given us throughout the whole summer means I am not too sure cricket will ever get to the same level again.
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They're young and they do enjoy their cricket,
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There were plenty of nerves in the dressing room,
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This is the most exciting part of the winter and South Africa are a good team who will provide a good test for us.
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You need guts above all against the Aussies.
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This is going to be a challenging series for us playing in different conditions,
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This is probably the first time the knee has felt like a concern. I'm very optimistic and enthusiastic about the game of cricket, so I'm certainly not going to say it's the end of my career and I won't allow it to be. There's been older and better players than me that have spent years out of cricket with injury and come back pretty well, so, hopefully, I'll be the same.
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This is so special to come to the palace, meeting the queen here and being here with all the rest of the boys.
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This is the biggest challenge yet and can we go out and play in similar fashion when we're 2-1 up? I don't see any reason why they shouldn't with the way they've prepared,
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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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The momentum is with us because we've just won,