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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It proved a huge motivation for the team,
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That's just Nasser for you. He fights really hard when people have a dig at him. He's had great input into the team and it was a really important innings for us.
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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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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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But we are proud to have beaten a very good India side. We have improved in leaps and bounds and we hope to take this form into the Champions Trophy.
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I just feel unfit to play cricket at the moment though I'd want to be available for both forms of the game. One of my ambitions is to go with England to the World Cup and do very well, which we haven't done for a long time. Of course I'd compromise if the specialists recommended that I give up one-day cricket.
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You need guts above all against the Aussies.
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For everyone's good it's important that I get it sorted and come back fit and strong in the summer.
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With Leeds, you always know there is going to be a good game of cricket,
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The players will have to make some technical changes to do well after their win at home.
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You can blame a long schedule and a long series but we won't be trying to make that an excuse,
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We need to test our skills in Pakistan and India. If we play good cricket over there, I'm sure the rankings will change.
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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.