Michael Vaughan last night made his long awaited return to competitive cricket. Since leading England to an Ashes victory nearly 8 months ago, Vaughan has been plagued by his troublesome knee and has played just two Test matches. Amongst much hype, Vaughan underwent surgery on the knee and subsequent rehabilitation.
Last night, he gave the knee a good workout in making 67 in Yorkshire's 6 wicket win over Scotland. The image on the left suggests that he was batting in full flow. Certainly after the match, Vaughan agreed, "I've felt in tremendous form with my batting, doing a lot in the nets. You know it's only nets and you have to produce it in the middle. But I felt as good as I have done for a long time in the middle today."
Though he is the England captain, I'll admit that he's fantastic to watch. In fact, he'd easily make my top 10 list of favourite batsmen to watch, but only in full flow. He's among the most elegant batsmen in the world, especially that cover drive with a handsome flourish at the end and that effortless swivel pull.
With his knee fixed, will he turn around his batting fortunes and make runs as England captain? Will he have a huge series during the Ashes defence down under at the end of this year? I'd bet on it.
Michael Vaughan has scored 4595 runs from 64 Tests at 42.94, with 15 Test hundreds. He averages 35.98 as captain.
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