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Cheers, Michael

By Will last year, mid-May Add your comment below

I think we can say with some degree of certainty that Michael Vaughan’s glittering international career is now at an end. He limped off today in Yorkshire’s match against Warwickshire, and with the four-day game now taking a bit of a break, he won’t have another Championship match until June 6 to prove his worthiness to England. Given Ravi Bopara’s sublime statement in his first outing at No.3, everything – including luck – is against Vaughan returning to the England team.

We could well be saying farewell to him in the next few months if he can’t stay on the park for longer than a few overs. In which case, what have been your favourite Vaughan memories? I will always remember his innings against India in 2002 – 197 and 195. I remember that second knock especially, the way he picked up the length so quickly and crashed it over midwicket. It quickly became his signature shot, but it was a stroke which always surprised me having watched him graft for much of his early career (hence many people comparing him to Mike Atherton, unfairly so on many levels).

And then, of course, his dominance in Australia which left them all shocked that an Englishman could bat with such freedom and elegance. I could happily sit through DVDs of all his hundreds.

Yours?

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4 Responses to “Cheers, Michael”

  • vinay verma wrote:
    May 10th, 2009 at 8.56 am

    Michael Vaughan had an air of insouciance about him. In Australia,against the might of McGrath and Warne,he was unbowed. A more reserved version of Derek Randall. But possessing the same determination and undoubted class.

    I am tempted to say that he played cricket the Australian way but that is to denigrate his own style. And stylist he was. He had a bit of Lord Ted and in many ways was a right handed David Gower. I agree, there is no place for him in the England setup now. If there is a message for Strauss it is that he must be his own man and be aggressive. Ricky Ponting is out to prove himself and is primed for a big series. Mitchell Johnson and a fit Brett Lee will be coming at 150kph and it will be no place for the faint hearted.
    This is the pre eminent rivalry in world cricket. All the money of the BCCI cannot manufacture a rivalry such as this.
    This promises to be a great Ashes series and the pity is that it starts at Cardiff. Lords would have been the ideal setting.
    Jack Fingleton remarked that as he got older he became less nationalistic. I feel much the same way.
    cheers.vinay

  • Marcus wrote:
    May 10th, 2009 at 11.09 am

    Vaughan has a lot to be proud of, and it’d be a shame if he was remembered for the end of his career. I remember thinking that he was the most boring batsman in the world, but having my mind changed emphatically after the 2002 Ashes. After that, I thought that he was one the most stylish- and I’m sure I’m not the only one!

  • Chris Weston wrote:
    May 10th, 2009 at 6.05 pm

    Vaughan’s exploits in Australia in 02/03 were my highlight. I never saw him bat the same way again. Of course, his career highlight must be the 2005 Ashes series, he had Ponting (admittedly a pretty poor captain) for breakfast and good on him for that.

  • richo wrote:
    May 13th, 2009 at 10.01 am

    What about his 177 at Adelaide in the 2002/03 Ashes and the aggressive 145 at the MCG in the same series…He was simply magnificent in that series. Probably the classiest English batsmen i’ve seen in my time.

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