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
changes players technical win
The players will have to make some technical changes to do well after their win at home.
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We will just do as we have done in the last few games. We'll just treat this match as we have done the last few games. We've been outstanding since Lord's and I don't see any reason why we should change our thinking and our approach to the game.
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We go to Pakistan and India and if we win, the rankings might change but we haven't looked at the rankings, we want to beat Australia this summer.
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It's never happened before, we're pretty pleased with the 11 that's played for us in the games so far. Over the last few years, Australia has had an 11 they play very, very regularly. If they change it, I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing. We'll just have to wait and see.
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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.