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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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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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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I'm sure they will put us under a lot of pressure, but it's good to know that we've faced them before,
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I am not sure if they are cracking, I am just delighted we are putting them under so much pressure,
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It's the second time in two tours that I'm going to be traveling home with an injury. This one is really similar to the one in Pakistan. Unfortunately the workload has increased on this trip and the knee hasn't withstood that. It's time to go back and see the specialist, do whatever we can and make sure I come back fitter.
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I'm sure there will come a stage where the players would like to hear a different voice and like to have a different direction. I'll stay for as long as they want me.
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The response the public has given us throughout the whole summer means I am not too sure cricket will ever get to the same level again.
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England fans are very clever and have special ways of getting tickets and I'm sure we'll be well supported in Australia.
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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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There were plenty of nerves in the dressing room,
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This has been the toughest series by a long shot
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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.
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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.