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Michael Paul Vaughan OBE is an English cricketer, who captains the England cricket team in test matches and also plays county cricket for Yorkshire. Vaughan captained the England cricket team who went on to win the Ashes from Australia in 2005. He has captained England to more Test wins than any of his predecessors. Vaughan, turned up as a child to watch Yorkshire playing at Sheffield. During the tea interval, he was playing on the outfield with his friends when then Yorkshire head coach Doug Padgett spotted his natural ability. Unfortunately, Vaughan was born in Manchester, and at the time Yorkshire had a strict policy of only picking players that were born in Yorkshire. Years later, when the rule was relaxed, Vaughan was signed to play for Yorkshire. To date, Vaughan is one of only a handful of non-Yorkshire born players to have represented the county (excluding overseas and kolpak players). In October 2007, Vaughan signed a rolling contract with Yorkshire C.C.C., which keeps him there for the rest of his career.  |
