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October 27, 2009
Posted: 1655 GMT

In 2005, Michael Vaughan became the first captain of England’s cricket team to win the coveted Ashes series against Australia since Mike Gatting in 1986-87.

Vaughan's finest hour came in 2005 after England's Ashes win over Australia.
Vaughan's finest hour came in 2005 after England's Ashes win over Australia.

In his five-year spell as skipper of the national team, Vaughan developed a reputation as an astute on-field tactician as well as a talented batsman.

Indeed his batting proficiency saw him climb briefly to the top of the Test batting rankings during the 2002-2003 season.

Earlier this year, Manchester-born Vaughan decided to retire from the game altogether after a combination of injury and loss of form prevented him from making his Ashes swansong against the touring Australians.

But the record books will show he was England's most successful Test captain of all time with 26 wins from 51 matches.

Michael will be appearing on the show later this week as our “Connector of the day,” and will talk about his career, the current state of the game, and moves to expand its global profile beyond the Commonwealth countries that current dominate the Test scene.

Send your comments, questions to us and we’ll put the best ones to Michael on the show.

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Rodel Reintegrado   October 27th, 2009 6:06 pm ET

Do you think Cricket should be embrace in the Summer Olympics?

Mick   October 28th, 2009 8:05 pm ET

Which 4 players from history would you take with you to a desert island beach cricket game?

Hank Hall   October 28th, 2009 9:11 pm ET

Which Australian player do you admire the most off the field, and why?

Ketan   October 28th, 2009 11:00 pm ET

Who do you rate the best cricketing figure in current times?

Jitendra Chalke (JC)   October 28th, 2009 11:39 pm ET

If cricket is called gentleman's game, why its not popular around the world other than commonwealth countries? Do you think there are no gentleman's around other part of world? This may sound funny!! but why ICC is not pushing hard to get cricket to North/South America on international level!!!

Jitendra Chalke (JC)   October 28th, 2009 11:40 pm ET

Forgot to mention... Way to Go on Ashes 2005 and 2008 (We missed you in 2008)

Sameer   October 28th, 2009 11:50 pm ET

was getting bowled by fast bowlers ( Lee,Steyn,your own son :) ) one of the reasons for your lack of confidence and subsequent form?

Mahmud_BD   October 29th, 2009 12:32 am ET

What do you think about the current rise of T20 format? Do you think that ODI format should be scrapped to accommodate T20s?

Nicky Krause   October 29th, 2009 1:14 am ET

Which player did you most admire when you were growing up?

uglyhunK   October 29th, 2009 3:01 am ET

Is T20 is threat to the future of the Test Cricket ??

shahzad yaqoob   October 29th, 2009 3:11 am ET

what you will say about andrew flintof retiring from test cricket and only playing t20 and odi

smalik   October 29th, 2009 4:04 am ET

do u think flintoff will ever return to international cricket?

Haris Malik   October 29th, 2009 5:22 am ET

Do you believe that the one cricket would totally be over shadowed by T-20? and i want to ask you why does the English team always under performs specially in the ODI series against Australia. I mean they have so much potential.

nadeem   October 29th, 2009 5:26 am ET

who do you think was a better bowler Wasim Akram or Glen Mcgrath considering the following:

Unassisted wickets
bowling conditions

Saurov   October 29th, 2009 5:33 am ET

Hi Mike, what are your memories of the innings you played against Australia in the Champions Trophy in which England beat the Aussies after a long time thanks to your great innings.

Harry   October 29th, 2009 7:42 am ET

Recently, Gary Kirsten (coach of India), told his players to spend more time with their wives or girlfriends.
Do you think the players these days get to spend time with their families, due to the hectic schedule they have?

Tarun   October 29th, 2009 8:01 am ET

Do you think cricket ODI format should follow Baseball format where batters from opposing team play in the same inning? Kind of same thought Sachin Tendulkar had suggested.

Aniqah   October 29th, 2009 8:04 am ET

What was the most difficult decision you had to make as captain / Were there any decisions you made during your career which you later regretted / Looking back, if there was one thing you could change or undo what would it be?

Mark Chalcraft   October 29th, 2009 8:31 am ET

Will English counties participation in the new Champions League Twenty20 tournament bring improvements to English cricket?

chris   October 29th, 2009 9:46 am ET

Hi Michael,

Is there any point in young players learning defensive shots? With the game changing so fast would it not be better for young players to work out various ways of scoring off yorkers etc?

Chris

Subash Pandey   October 29th, 2009 12:59 pm ET

Where is world of Cricket according to you heading to? Is there chance of 10 over match?

Richard Berkenstat   October 29th, 2009 2:30 pm ET

For Michael Vaughn

Q: If your name wasn't Michael Vaughn what would you like it to be?

louise   October 29th, 2009 5:18 pm ET

Who is your favourite England cricket captain of all time?

rob heinen   November 4th, 2009 1:06 pm ET

Everyone desreves a new carreer when it's time to make that switch. Taking off with putting others down, however, is the way of the lowlife. If you – Michael Vaughan – want to criticise anyone, look at the dark side within yourself, mate, and have a go.

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