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Originally Posted by Milo Hilarious. You mention one game played at the end of the English summer where the two teams that reached the final were the only teams to play any cricket in the preceeding three months. Remind me what Vaughan's team did in the final. |
The point being, we reached the final, another point England are a poor one day team, so it makes me wonder why you are judging Vaughan on one day cricket, look at the one day sides England had last year, a bunch of bits and pieces players.
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Originally Posted by Milo Also remind me who captained England in Sri Lanka. This time next year we will have a lot better idea of Vaughan's captaining qualities. |
vaughan did, he was new to the job, simple as that.
The truth about his record as captain
http://www.howstat.com.au/cricket/St...erformance.asp..
He could only play who was in front of him, and south Africa at home are no pushover.
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
55 99 8 4023 197 44.20 51.03 13 12 34 0
His average aint that bad either, we will know no more about him next year than we do now, the only thing we will know, who is the worlds best team, England or Australia.
What cricinfo thinks.
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Correct and obdurate, with a priceless ability to forget the previous delivery, Michael Vaughan faced up to his first ball in Test cricket with England four wickets down for two runs on a damp flyer at Johannesburg, and drew immediate comparisons with Michael Atherton for his inhumanly calm aura at the crease. But, despite the obvious similarities between the two – from their Mancunian heritage to their indifference to sledging – Vaughan soon demonstrated he was more than just a like-for-like replacement. He flitted on the fringes of the Test team for two years and four victorious series, but once he had made the place his own, Vaughan blossomed magnificently, playing with a freedom of expression that Atherton had never dared to approach. Nirvana duly came in 2002. Batting like a watertight David Gower, with a cover-drive to die for and a punishing pull up his sleeve, Vaughan sparkled his way to 900 runs in seven Tests against Sri Lanka and India, the prelude to a formidable series in Australia in which he became the first visiting batsman for 32 years to top 600 runs. As befits a man who has learnt to throw caution to the wind, Vaughan's only weakness, other than a fear of the nervous 190s, is a Goweresque fondness for the daft dismissal - such as at Bangalore in December 2001, where he became only the second Englishman after Graham Gooch to be given out handled the ball in Tests. Despite the fact that his one-day record at the time scarcely matched up to his impressive Test figures, he was appointed captain of England's one-day side in time for the 2003 home season, and inherited the Test captaincy two weeks later when Nasser Hussain abdicated out of the blue. Vaughan survived a torrid baptism, including a record-breaking defeat at Lord's, to guide his team to a 2-2 draw. After a stutter in Sri Lanka, he confirmed the arrival of a new era by routing West Indies on their home soil, the first time in three decades an England team had achieved such a feat. Returning home, he won seven out of seven Tests by whitewashing first New Zealand (3-0) then West Indies (4-0) to make it 13 wins from 14 matches.
Andrew Miller September 2004
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