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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Australia have been beating teams home and away for a long time,
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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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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 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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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 have played to win throughout the series and will certainly be doing that again,
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That's the order you are going to see for the next few matches.
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I was obsessing. All leaders go through that. It was a very intense summer. We were on the brink of doing something special. It was like being a general on the eve of battle.
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We're all a bit elated but obviously I'm delighted to win the game. It was crucial to get those five wickets to level the series. We will enjoy the moment but we realize it's still only 1-1.
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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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I had an injection on Wednesday night, tested it at nets yesterday and am going to monitor it over the next 48 hours.
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Individuals always take a little bit more stick than others, but Ashley has been a fantastic performer,
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I'm baffled by the international standard of cricket
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I had a light net today to test out the knee but it is still too early to say whether the injection has had an effect and we will just have to wait and see how it responds over the next 48 hours.