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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He just controlled everything in a measured fashion although he obviously had harsh words to say in the sanctuary of the dressing room. His team on the field always appeared to have a huge amount of respect for him.
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My warmest congratulations to you, the England cricket team and all in the squad for the magnificent achievement of regaining the Ashes.
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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.
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He's a huge member of our team and without him in the last year we wouldn't have won a lot of the games so he'll continue to be a big player for us.
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Spin hasn't bowled many teams out here. We'll make a decision pretty late.
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It was an epic game. Australia are a very hard team to beat.
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Australia have been beating teams home and away for a long time,
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I don't see any reason why this young team should not go out and play the same game they have done over the past few weeks, go out and enjoy it and give it their all because that's all they can do and see where it takes us, ... This week is a great opportunity for the team to cement their place in the history of the game of cricket and it's great that we are in a position to do that.
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This is the most exciting part of the winter and South Africa are a good team who will provide a good test for us.
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That's just Nasser for you. He fights really hard when people have a dig at him. He's had great input into the team and it was a really important innings for us.
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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
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That is what it is going to take to stay in the team.