Michael Vaughan Cricket Quotations

Cricket has captured the imagination of the nation, this if fantastic, beyond a dream. When England players win at any sport, the fans are the best in the world.

It's a bit of a lottery but we played some good cricket. Today was our day. I don't think it will have any impact on the five-day matches to come.

I don't see any reason why this young team should not go out and play the same game they have done over the past few weeks, go out and enjoy it and give it their all because that's all they can do and see where it takes us, ... This week is a great opportunity for the team to cement their place in the history of the game of cricket and it's great that we are in a position to do that.

We haven't been to the sub-continent and won yet. If we play good cricket over there, I'm sure the rankings will change.

The response the public has given us throughout the whole summer means I am not too sure cricket will ever get to the same level again.

South Africa played the better cricket over the five day and put us under a lot of pressure,

This is probably the first time the knee has felt like a concern. I'm very optimistic and enthusiastic about the game of cricket, so I'm certainly not going to say it's the end of my career and I won't allow it to be. There's been older and better players than me that have spent years out of cricket with injury and come back pretty well, so, hopefully, I'll be the same.

They're young and they do enjoy their cricket,

My warmest congratulations to you, the England cricket team and all in the squad for the magnificent achievement of regaining the Ashes.

With Leeds, you always know there is going to be a good game of cricket,

We need to test our skills in Pakistan and India. If we play good cricket over there, I'm sure the rankings will change.

I'm baffled by the international standard of cricket

It was a fantastic game of cricket and we came within a wicket of going 2-1 up. I'm very pleased with the team and the way we dominated the whole match against a tough Australian side. Three weeks ago we were written off and 5-0 we kept hearing. There are a few tired bodies and minds on both teams but it's great the way this series has got the nation talking about it.

It certainly gave you a feeling that the Ashes mean so much to so many people and the nation, to see people hanging out of the windows at work, to see kids waving in the streets certainly tells me that the game of cricket has hit home.

I fully expected two more hard days of cricket, but I said before the match that it needed a couple of magical performances and, thankfully for us, Steve produced one today.

It's a different type of cricket and we're going to have to be at our best to get used to the conditions quickly.

I just feel unfit to play cricket at the moment though I'd want to be available for both forms of the game. One of my ambitions is to go with England to the World Cup and do very well, which we haven't done for a long time. Of course I'd compromise if the specialists recommended that I give up one-day cricket.