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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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's a different type of cricket and we're going to have to be at our best to get used to the conditions quickly.
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These are new conditions for a lot of our lads and they are excited about trying to do well in Pakistan, who have improved in the last year.
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For James to bowl as well as he did on his debut was fantastic. It was a good a toss to win, but we exploited the conditions fantastically.
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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 do think we might play on some spinner-friendly pitches, especially because of our attack. We will just have to come up with our best formula to get 20 wickets to put India under pressure.
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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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Our bowlers put in an outstanding effort in the field. It was not an easy pitch to bat on, but they still put the ball in the right areas.
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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.