Vaughan wants another shot at ODIs, sans captaincy
Saturday, 25 August 2007
Michael Vaughan hopes his decision to relinquish the ODI captaincy will "unleash the shackles" on his run-scoring potential, if he is given another chance at this form of the game.
Vaughan has not found a place in the ODI squad since he gave up the captaincy after England's disappointing World Cup campaign in the Carribean earlier this year, but said he was always ready to play limited-over cricket.
"Maybe playing as a non-captain will unleash the shackles, and I will just have a go and become a better player," he told the NatWest cricket website, adding that his chances for a recall would come down to his successor, Paul Collingwood. "Only time will tell - but certainly in a year if I'm fit and firing I'd like another opportunity. But that's down to Colly to select me."
Vaughan singled out Ramesh Powar, the Indian offspinner, as a "big threat" to England in the ODI series. "He's a clever, clever bowler who will be a big threat to us in the middle period," he said. "He's got very consistent wickets - gone for less than three-and-a-half an over for the majority of the games he's played-so there'll be big, big questions to be answered when we go out and bat against him." —Cricinfo
Vaughan has not found a place in the ODI squad since he gave up the captaincy after England's disappointing World Cup campaign in the Carribean earlier this year, but said he was always ready to play limited-over cricket.
"Maybe playing as a non-captain will unleash the shackles, and I will just have a go and become a better player," he told the NatWest cricket website, adding that his chances for a recall would come down to his successor, Paul Collingwood. "Only time will tell - but certainly in a year if I'm fit and firing I'd like another opportunity. But that's down to Colly to select me."
Vaughan singled out Ramesh Powar, the Indian offspinner, as a "big threat" to England in the ODI series. "He's a clever, clever bowler who will be a big threat to us in the middle period," he said. "He's got very consistent wickets - gone for less than three-and-a-half an over for the majority of the games he's played-so there'll be big, big questions to be answered when we go out and bat against him." —Cricinfo