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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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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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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I can't possibly set a date as to when I will play again but I want to try to get my career back as quickly as I can. I couldn't play to my full potential in Pakistan and I certainly couldn't allow that to happen on this trip.
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It is obviously disappointing to lose Ashley Giles, our most experienced spin bowler. At the same time, it is a great opportunity for the three guys here.
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It is an amazing feeling. It has been a roller-coaster of a summer. The lads have put a whole lot of hard work in.
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I suppose he has the chance to kind of shove it down our throats and prove us wrong to drop him,
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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.
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We've got players who haven't played in the subcontinent and it does take a while to get used to the surreal conditions out there,
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It certainly gave you a feeling that the Ashes mean so much to so many people and the nation, to see people hanging out of the windows at work, to see kids waving in the streets certainly tells me that the game of cricket has hit 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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Steve produced one of the greatest spells of bowling by an England player,
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Spin's going to play a big part, but we've come up with a formula to tackle India's slow wickets.
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Spin hasn't bowled many teams out here. We'll make a decision pretty late.
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My next biggest challenge is to survive another night with Freddie.