page_title: Michael Vaughan
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caption_attribution_description: This is the former England Cricket captain, Michael Vaughan. He led the England team to victory in an Ashes series against Australia in 2005. The first series victory over the Australians for 18 years. Sadly knee injuries hampered his career before forcing him to retire in 2007. A joy to watch when in full flow. He is now part of the Channel 5 highlights programme commentators. This is him after a question and answer session with the public during the tea interval. He is now signing autographs which explains the rather forced smile. The last question came from a young lad who asked "Who is the greatest batsman in the world?" I trust he replied Sachin Tendulkar because he thought the young man might have heard of him because as all avid cricket fans, like myself, know the real answer is Verinder Sehwag. To paraphrase John Lennon when asked "Is Ringo the greatest drummer in the world?" Tedulkar is not the greatest batsmen in the world he's not even the best in India these days. I believe Sehwag can surpass Sachin the way he did Gavaskar when he was a young man. Not much to choose between any of them and what a first 3 they would have made.
context_page_description: Michael Paul Vaughan OBE is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer, who played all forms of the game. He served as England captain for the test team from 2003 to 2008, the one-day international team from 2003–2007, and was the first Twenty20 England captain from 2005–2007. He represented Yorkshire in the domestic arena.
  Vaughan captained England in 51 Tests, winning 26 and losing 11; England won all seven home Tests of the 2004 summer under Vaughan, and the pinnacle of his captaincy career came with a 2–1 victory in the 2005 Ashes, England's first Ashes victory since 1986/87. However, a recurring knee injury, his decision to move down the batting order to accommodate other openers and the pressures of captaincy took their toll on Vaughan's batting during the latter part of his career: in Tests he averaged 50.95 when not captain, and 36.02 as captain. Vaughan announced his retirement from first-class cricket on 30 June 2009.
  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.
context_section_description: Michael Paul Vaughan OBE (born 29 October 1974) is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer, who played all forms of the game. He served as England captain for the test team from 2003 to 2008, the one-day international team from 2003–2007, and was the first Twenty20 England captain from 2005–2007. He represented Yorkshire in the domestic arena.
  Vaughan captained England in 51 Tests, winning 26 (a national record) and losing 11; England won all seven home Tests of the 2004 summer under Vaughan, and the pinnacle of his captaincy career came with a 2–1 victory in the 2005 Ashes, England's first Ashes victory since 1986/87. However, a recurring knee injury, his decision to move down the batting order to accommodate other openers (Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook) and the pressures of captaincy took their toll on Vaughan's batting during the latter part of his career: in Tests he averaged 50.95 when not captain, and 36.02 as captain. Vaughan announced his retirement from first-class cricket on 30 June 2009.
  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 Ashes in 2005, eighteen years after having last won the trophy.
caption: Vaughan in 2010
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