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Michael Vaughan
England
Personal Information
Born Oct 29, 1974 (45 years) Birth Place Manchester Height 6 ft 2 in Role Batsman
Batting Style Right Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm offbreak ICC Rankings
TestODIT20Batting -- -- -- Bowling -- -- -- Career InformationTeams England, Warne
Warriors, Capricorn Commanders
It was a long wait for England after winning the 1986-87 Ashes under Mike Gatting.
2005 was the year when the Ashes flew back to England and Michael Vaughan was the
man who made it possible....
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Batting Career Summary
M Inn NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100 200 50 4s 6s
Test 82 147 9 5719 197 41.44 11184 51.14 18 0 18 742 22
ODI 86 83 10 1982 90 27.15 2898 68.39 0 0 16 204 13
T20I 2 2 0 27 27 13.5 22 122.73 0 0 0 4
0
Bowling Career Summary
M Inn B Runs Wkts BBI BBM Econ Avg SR 5W 10W
Test 82 35 978 561 6 2/71 2/71 3.44 93.5 163.0 0 0
ODI 86 28 796 649 16 4/22 4/22 4.89 40.56 49.75 0 0
T20I 2 - - - - - - - - - - -
Career Information
Test debut vs South Africa at The Wanderers Stadium, Nov 25, 1999 Last Test vs
South Africa at Edgbaston, Jul 30, 2008 ODI debut vs Sri Lanka at Rangiri Dambulla
International Stadium, Mar 23, 2001 Last ODI vs West Indies at Kensington Oval, Apr
21, 2007 T20 debut vs Australia at The Rose Bowl, Jun 13, 2005 Last T20 vs
Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground, Jan 09, 2007 ProfileIt was a long wait for
England after winning the 1986-87 Ashes under Mike Gatting. 2005 was the year when
the Ashes flew back to England and Michael Vaughan was the man who made it
possible.

Vaughan was a master in all sense. His batting closely resembled to that of Mike
Atherton. He walked in to face his first ball in Test cricket with his side reeling
at 2/4 on a juicy Johannesburg pitch in 1999-00. He did not score too many that
day, but the first impressions were to create a lasting memory in people's minds.
His first Test century duly arrived at Old Trafford in 2001 against Pakistan.

2002 was the year where in Vaughan truly excelled. He scored 900 runs in the home
test series against Sri Lanka and India and followed it up with 633 runs on the
Ashes tour of Australia. This run of form made Vaughan the number one batsman in
the world according to the ICC rankings, the first Englishman to achieve this since
Graham Gooch. His ODI numbers did not do justice to his talent though as he
struggled in the shorter format of the game.

Despite his ODI struggles, Vaughan was made the ODI captain for the 2003 home
season and inherited the Test captaincy weeks later after Nasser Hussain resigned
unexpectedly. It was a torrid examination of his skills, but Vaughan showed that he
had an astute brain as he guided England to a 2-2 draw against South Africa. Things
slipped a bit in Sri Lanka as England lost 0-1, but Vaughan helped England beat the
West Indies in their own den for the first time in three decades. The summer of
2004 was one of the best for Vaughan and the English team as they swept aside New
Zealand and West Indies to complete a 7-0 whitewash for the season.
This was followed by a satisfying 2-1 series win in South Africa before completing
a 2-1 result in a mesmerizing 2005 Ashes series. Injury though cut short his
participation on the sub-continental tours of Pakistan and India and wrecked his
2006 season. It also forced him to miss out on the chance to lead England in
defence of the Ashes. Flintoff was named the captain and England were humiliated 5-
0. He played little role in the CB series thereafter and led England in another
poor 2007 WC campaign.

Vaughan seemed to be back when he led England to a 2-0 home series victory against
West Indies. His own form seemed to be on the upswing when he cracked 103 at his
beloved Leeds. Vaughan surpassed Peter May as the man who had led England to most
Test victories, with 21 wins. It was followed by a 0-1 loss against Rahul Dravid
led India. After another loss, the following year against South Africa at
Edgbaston, Vaughan resigned from captaincy.

With his form dwindling, Vaughan announced his retirement from Test cricket as the
2009 Ashes drew closer. Vaughan was chosen as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the
Year in 2003 and became the first cricketer ever to be featured on the cover of the
140th edition of Wisden (in the same year) after his excellent batting in 2002. In
December 2005, the England cricket team was awarded the BBC Sports Personality of
the Year Team Award. On 31 December 2005, the entire Ashes-winning England cricket
team was awarded the Queen's New Years' Honours, with Vaughan, team coach Duncan
Fletcher and manager Phil Neale being honoured with OBEs and the rest of the side
being awarded MBEs. Vaughan was named in the Test Team of the Year at the 2007 ICC
Awards.

Some of his criticisms and tweets regarding the Indian team during their ill-fated
tour of England in 2011 received world wide lambasting from the Indian fans.

Vaughan then became a regular commentator with Sky Sports and also travels across
the globe for some major events.

By Pradeep Krishnamurthy
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