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
couple cricket days expected fully hard magical match needed produced steve thankfully
I fully expected two more hard days of cricket, but I said before the match that it needed a couple of magical performances and, thankfully for us, Steve produced one today.
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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,
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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.
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It is important, with winter approaching, that the plight of those needing blankets and tents in the earthquake zone is not forgotten,
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I think the newspaper headline might have over-exaggerated the comments in the book,
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There were plenty of nerves in the dressing room,
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I thought we started the Test match at Lord's very well and for a day and a half we were good and then Australia took the game away from us - we've got to make sure we keep our performance levels up for a sustained period of play.
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This has been the toughest series by a long shot
stay
That is what it is going to take to stay in the team.
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Simon Jones bowled exceptionally well in the first innings, so after losing him, the bowlers in the second innings deserve a lot of credit, ... They kept running in on a placid wicket that was really very slow. We had to use all our resources to whittle out those ten wickets and restrict them to a total where we only had to chase 130.