Michael Vaughan

Michael Vaughan

OBE

Vaughan in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Michael Paul Vaughan
Born	(1974-10-29) 29 October 1974 (age 50) Eccles, Greater Manchester, England
Nickname	Frankie, Virgil[1]
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
Role	Batsman
Relations	Archie Vaughan (son)
International information
National side	England (1999–2008)
Test debut (cap 600)	25 November 1999 v South Africa
Last Test	30 July 2008 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 161)	23 March 2001 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	21 April 2007 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.	99
T20I debut (cap 11)	13 June 2005 v Australia
Last T20I	9 January 2007 v Australia
T20I shirt no.	99
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1993–2009	Yorkshire (squad no. 7)
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA Matches 82 86 268 282 Runs scored 5,719 1,982 16,295 7,238 Batting average 41.44 27.15 36.95 29.18 100s/50s 18/18 0/16 42/68 3/46 Top score 197 90* 197 125* Balls bowled 978 796 9,342 3,381 Wickets 6 16 114 78 Bowling average 93.50 40.56 46.00 33.38 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/71 4/22 4/39 4/22 Catches/stumpings 44/– 25/– 118/– 88/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  England Champions Trophy Runner-up 2004 England
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 September 2017

Michael Paul Vaughan OBE (born 29 October 1974)^[2] 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 to 2007, and was the first Twenty20 England captain from 2005 to 2007. He represented Yorkshire in the domestic arena.

Vaughan was a right-handed opening batter, who forged a successful England partnership with Marcus Trescothick, though he often batted in the middle order for England. He was ranked one of the best batters in the world following the 2002/03 Ashes, in which he scored 633 runs, including three centuries.

Vaughan captained England in 51 Tests, winning 26 (a then-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 in 18 years (since 1986/87). However, a recurring knee injury, his decision to move down the batting order to accommodate other opening batsmen (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.