Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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In sport, as in life, there are certain occasions when a nation or a team cries out for a man to step into the breach and sort out a mess. I'd suggest the England cricket team needs Vaughan now in the same way that Britain needed Churchill in 1939.
There are many reasons for recalling him, but I honestly don't see ANY downside at all. Nobody is scoring any runs at No. 3 and both Bell and Shah have shown themselves to be insular, nervous batsmen in that position. I'd suggest Vaughan couldn't do any worse, but regardless of batting form he'd unite the side and bring more tactical guile and fight to the side.
It's worth bearing in mind that one of England's greatest captains was Mike Brearley, a batsman who played 39 tests without a century and finished with a test average of 22.88, yet led us to Ashes glory in 1981.
There are many reasons for recalling him, but I honestly don't see ANY downside at all. Nobody is scoring any runs at No. 3 and both Bell and Shah have shown themselves to be insular, nervous batsmen in that position. I'd suggest Vaughan couldn't do any worse, but regardless of batting form he'd unite the side and bring more tactical guile and fight to the side.
It's worth bearing in mind that one of England's greatest captains was Mike Brearley, a batsman who played 39 tests without a century and finished with a test average of 22.88, yet led us to Ashes glory in 1981.