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
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.
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.
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.
below bit building cup defeat team test turn
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.
cricket enjoy
They're young and they do enjoy their cricket,
hope time
It's nonsense. I hope to play for a long time yet.
momentum
The momentum is with us because we've just won,
delighted putting sure
I am not sure if they are cracking, I am just delighted we are putting them under so much pressure,
lose obviously
It's obviously disappointing to lose Giles who is our most experienced spinner.
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.
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.
certainly played series throughout win
We have played to win throughout the series and will certainly be doing that again,
batting below concern games looking par win
We were below par here but there are still two big games to go. Our batting is a concern but we go to Johannesburg looking to win the series.