News about Michael Vaughan

PAUL'S NEWMAN IN RANCHI: Shoaib Bashir praised a'very special moment' after becoming the second youngest England bowler to take a Test five-wicket haul to end his rapid fairy tale climb from county obscurity to the top of the charts. On day two, the 20-year-old off-spinner advanced his head to the Ranchi ground in a Sujud gesture of gratitude after trapping Akash Deep lbw to add to his four wickets, despite India being bowled out for 307, a deficit of 46 runs.

After two days in Ranchi, leading by 134 runs with India 219-7 in their first innings at the start of play, Ben Stokes' side has arguably have the upper hand in the game. England had a 353 from their first innings, aided by an unbeaten 122 from former captain Joe Root, who was back to his best after a tough stretch of form. The Test pitch has been chastised, though Stokes admitted to having never seen anything like it before the game began.

Including exclusionary MATT HUGHES: Essex has been accused of double standards in their treatment of racial discrimination cases due to significant gaps in the punishments levied against current employees as compared to staff who have left the club. Mail Sport has discovered that many people who are still at Essex have been given written warnings of their suspensions, although those who have left Chelmsford have been barred from playing for the club. Katharine Newton KC upheld a series of racial allegations made by three former Essex players in a published independent report last December, finding that racial slurs were accepted as a 'banter' at the club.

After Hamza Shaikh was given out obstructing the field, England's Under-19 World Cup victory over Zimbabwe was marred by controversies on Saturday. Shaikh, 17, had scored one of eight balls in Potchefstroom's 146-run Super Six victory when he cut a left-arm spinner Ryan Simbi's right boot into his right boot. He proceeded to pick up the frozen ball and lob it into wicketkeeper Ryan Kamwemba's glove, prompting the Zimbabweans to appeal on the grounds that the transaction took place without their authorization.

You can't keep a great athlete down and now Aussie tennis legend Pat Rafter has soared to the top of a new sport, becoming the Australian ambassador for Padel

A book retracing his cricket journey, including the 2018 sandpaper fiasco in South Africa, is 'definitely in the pipeline,' according to retired Aussie Test actor David Warner (pictured right) and it will 'lift some eyebrows.' Steve Smith's replacement, according to him, will do fine.'

As he and his wife went for a swim outside their Sydney home on Tuesday morning, Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins was seen in two of eye-catching yellow budgie smugglers. Cummins, who has had a long day with David Warner's farewell from the Test team, needed to recharge his batteries, but it was his swimwear that stole the show.

When the 30-year-old paceman retires from the international arena, ex-England captain Michael Vaughan (pictured left, inset) has spectacularly revealed Pat Cummins (left, central) as Australia's best cricketer behind Sir Donald Bradman (top right).

In the face of recent skepticism, David Warner has received help from an unexpected source, with former England captain Michael Vaughan going into bat for the under fire opener. During a spectacular 2023 in which he has averaged just over 22 runs, Warner's position in Australia's Test team has been put into doubt.

They were once bitter Ashes rivals, but now England legend Michael Vaughan has stepped up to bat for David Warner following the lashing he copped from former teammate Mitchell Johnson

Spectators inside Narendra Modi Stadium's 130,000-seat Narendra Modi Stadium gave a strange reaction during the trophy presentation, with Pat Cummins' side winning the world champions for the sixth time on Sunday. Richard Kettleborough and Richard Illingworth were booed by the crowd for seemingly no apparent reason, despite there being no controversial decisions made during the match.

Vaughan had a stellar career in the game, including nearly a decade with England - where he was instrumental in the Ashes' triumph in 2005 - scoring 5,719 Test runs. Vaughan also stated that the current Australia team, which won the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup in the same year, as well as retaining the Ashes away from home, is up there with the best in Australian cricket history.

As the world champions Australia lifted the trophy on Sunday, former England captain Michael Vaughan blasted beaten finalists India for not remaining out on the field. Australia's extraordinary century brought them glory for the sixth time, when they defeated all-conquering India to silence over 110,000 home supporters in Ahmedabad. Travis Head's stellar century brought Australia to World Cup glory. The hosts brushed aside all-comers, including Australia, in their first group match, but fell short of a six-wicket victory in front of an enormous but increasingly cheering audience at Narendra Modi Stadium.

India has been strongly chastised for switching the pitches before their World Cup semi-final victory, but cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar believes those critics are "morons." On Wednesday, the host nation defeated New Zealand to reserve their spot in the final and move a step closer to winning their third ODI World Cup title.

Michael Vaughan, the England captain, has spoken out against the decision to hold the World Cup semi-final match between India and New Zealand on a used pitch. The match was supposed to be played on a new strip, but Mail Sport revealed yesterday that India's cricket board, the BCCI, had gone against a previous deal with the ICC and decided to make a late switch to a pitch that had already been used twice in the tournament. Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav, the hosts, have been accused of making this decision to support their world-class spinners.

After the series, which will concludes at the Oval in the next few days, England captain Vaughan has predicted that Smith and Australia opener David Warner will leave Test cricket. Warner, who has already confirmed plans to leave over the Aussie summer, dismissed the suggestion, but now Smith, 33, has poured cold water over Vaughan's assertion.

In the fifth Ashes Test, England captain Michael Vaughan (pictured left) had torches Australia's batting strategy, adamant Pat Cummins' men were being defensive and playing with fear.' It came after Marnus Labuschagne (right) was suspended for nine out of 82 balls.

Stuart Dew (pictured right) has clearly moved forward after being brutally dismissed by the Gold Coast Suns after five and a half seasons as their AFL head coach. Dew, 43, is a member of the Australian cricket team in England. With a sequence of drills, he was seen putting wicketkeeper Alex Carey through his paces ahead of his fifth Ashes Test.

Michael Vaughan (pictured right) has dropped a bombshell, revealing that two Aussie legends will retire from Test cricket at The Oval after the Ashes finish. Both have enjoyed fulfilling careers in their whites.

STUART BROAD: The emotions in this series have been amazing. I feel like we're all going through what guys like Michael Vaughan, Andrew Flintoff, and Kevin Pietersen had on the last morning at Edgbaston in 2005. We're living their emotions. I said before this Ashes that I would love it if the series continued to the final day at The Oval. I'm not positive I ever believed that - after all, I just want to win. However, I knew that a selector would be the best for galvanizing the country and attracting children to cricket. It's just amazing to be part of an Ashes that has captured the public's imagination, and the scoreline might be anything. It's 2-1 Australia, and they owe a lot to the Edgbaston and Lord's victories. However, it could be either 3-0 to Australia or 3-0 to England.

KATE CROSS: What was I saying about the scripts of both the men's and women's Ashes being packed with plenty of twists and turns? Well, there was another twist in our first ODI, and it involved me and Heather Knight, who combined to defeat Australia by two wickets on Wednesday. My mum and dad were there assisting and they were the first to break through the crowd afterward to give me more hugs. Mum, Christine, doesn't rate my batting and she told me that when I came in she turned to dad and said: 'This has got first-baller written all over it, Dave!'

OLIVER HOLT AT HEADINGLEY: We were told during the tea break on Friday afternoon that Ben Stokes was suffering from a tight hamstring in his right leg. That would be the start of his right knee injury, which he had been suffering with for some time. Not to mention the many times he was left bruised by Mitchell Starc thudding's delivery into his midriff. Stokes erupted at those blows, grinning through gritted teeth as if he were some kind of a comic book hero. Which, I suppose, he is. The England captain has played cricket more like a force of nature than a mere mortal in six days at Lord's and Headingley. Here's a scary thought: imagine how good he would be if his body wasn't more banged up than Monty Python's Black Knight? Stokes popped painkillers in the middle and then smote another mighty six over long-on.'

Michael Vaughan (pictured left), the former England captain, has expressed his dissatisfaction with Brendon McCullum's team's "spirit of cricket" defense when it comes to their sub-par Ashes results. To snare the series, Ben Stokes' (right) men now have to win three straight Tests.

In the very first over and captain Ben Stokes' teetering on the second ball of the day, Australia wasted little time attacking the hosts in the first over and over-and-out. Stokes, who had been steadied in the ship after a slow start to England's innings, had hoped to turn around in Mitchell Starc's innings, but they couldn't quite get a good leg up, allowing Cameron Green to catch. England five wickets down, but they fell victim to the short ball shortly after, with Harry Brook dismissed shortly after completing his half-century. Brook had intended to strike with a wild swipe but instead, it was looped to Pat Cummins. Vaughan expressed his dissatisfaction with Brooks' decision live on Test Match Special.