Michael Vaughan

Dec 5, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Michael Vaughan

Ben Stokes has been taking too long during his deliberations but there is a quick-fix to the slow-play problem Credit: Getty Images/Sanka Vidanagama There is a simple way of dealing with teams who bowl their overs too slowly. The International Cricket Council should dock them 25 runs for every over they are short at the end of a day’s play. Until teams are punished in-game, nothing will change. I understand Ben Stokes’s frustration. It does seem arbitrary at times how the rules are...

Nov 25, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Michael Vaughan

Jasprit Bumrah and the rest of India’s attack exposed Australia’s ongoing frailty with the bat Credit: Reuters/Dean Lewins India have provided an absolute masterclass in how to take on Australia in Australia. England have some very big challenges before next year’s Ashes but I really hope they have half an eye on it and were taking notes. It was a near-perfect performance from India. The captain Jasprit Bumrah was as good as it gets. I don’t think he bowled an over where at least four balls...

Nov 21, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Michael Vaughan

Rishabh Pant is part of an India squad hoping to defeat Australia for the fifth consecutive series Credit: Getty Images/Patrick Hamilton I am thrilled to be in Perth for Australia’s series against India. There has been some talk out here and in India that this is now cricket’s greatest rivalry. I disagree. Nothing comes close to the Ashes for the history and heritage across almost 150 years that means the rivalry and the hostility between England and Australia runs so deep. What I will...

Oct 26, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Michael Vaughan

Pope mustered only four runs in the defeat in Rawalpindi Credit: Getty Images/Stu Forster I have written and spoken a lot about Ollie Pope in recent months and received some blowback for it, but at the end of a really disappointing series defeat in Pakistan, I think England need to have some serious conversations about his position at No 3. Pope is a good player, and a great lad who clearly brings a lot to this environment, which places great stock in togetherness and getting on well. Making...

Oct 16, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Michael Vaughan |Cameron Ponsonby

England crashed out of the T20 World Cup after being beaten in dramatic fashion by West Indies Credit: AP/Altaf Qadri I have loved watching the T20 World Cup in the UAE and was disappointed to see England go out with such a whimper on Tuesday evening against the West Indies. I always want to see England do well, and until that point in the tournament they looked good, and were the best-placed team to challenge the Australian juggernaut. But it was a really worrying performance that raises a...