The father of England’s legendary player Michael Vaughan has passed away suddenly. For this reason, Michael Vaughan has left the Ashes series midway and returned back to England. The veteran cricketer told that he was able to spend some time with his father before he passed away. Michael’s father Graham Vaughan was battling cancer.

On Monday, Michael Vaughn told through social media that with tears in his eyes he had lost his hero, his mentor, true friend and best father. Michael Vaughan said that it was good for him that he could be with his father during his last 30 hours. The legendary England player shared a long emotional message in memory of his father.

Graham Vaughan breathed his last at St Luke’s Hospice in Sheffield and died in the arms of Michael Vaughan’s brother. Other family members were also present there. Many former cricketers expressed condolences at this sad time. Other cricketers including Wasim Jaffer, Kevin Pietersen and James Faulkner have also expressed deep condolences.

Recently, Michael Vaughan was a part of the broadcast team of the Ashes series and was staying in Australia. But due to deteriorating health of his father, he went back to England. Talking about the Ashes series, Australia has taken an unassailable lead of 3-0. There are still two more matches to be played in the series.

Michael Vaughan said goodbye to his cricket career in the year 2009. In his long career, he captained the England team in 82 Test and 86 ODI matches. Under his captaincy, England registered a historic victory in the Ashes 2005. He had scored 7728 runs in his international cricket career.

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Australia Bondi Beach Shooting: On December 14, two terrorists started firing indiscriminately on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. 12 people lost their lives in this firing and some injured were admitted to the hospital. Veteran England cricketer Michael Vaughan has told that when this attack took place on Bondi Beach, he was stranded in a restaurant at the same place.

Michael Vaughan is currently a part of the broadcasting team of the Ashes 2025-26 series, for this series he is staying in Australia. Michael has shared his experience while posting on X. People who witnessed this incident with their own eyes said that at around 6:40 in the evening, two people got out of the car and started firing indiscriminately.

Michael Vaughan wrote on

Being locked in a restaurant in Bondi was scary .. Now home safe .. but thanks so much to the emergency services and the guy who confronted the terrorist .. thoughts with all who have been affected .. xxx

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) December 14, 2025

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described this incident as inspired by terrorism. When this attack took place on Bondi Beach, a person showed bravery by snatching the gun from the terrorist and made him fall down. In this case, the Australian police has arrested a person, whose name is said to be Navid Akram. Akram is currently in police custody, while another terrorist was killed in an encounter.

Ashes series status

2 matches have been completed in the Ashes series, host Australia has won both these matches and is taking a 2-0 lead in the series. Australia won the first Test played in Perth by 8 wickets and then Australia won by 8 wickets at Gabba ground also. The third Ashes Test is to be played in Adelaide from 17 December.

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In the first Ashes Test played against Australia in Perth, England had to face defeat by 8 wickets in the third session of the second day itself. After the defeat, England had to face criticism for its style of play. The second test is starting from 4th December in Gabba. Former captain Michael Vaughan has given advice to England before the second test.

Michael Vaughan has said that England should adopt their old methods in the day-night Test starting at Gabba.

Speaking to the BBC, Michael Vaughan said, “England have to return to their old way of playing. The team always seems to be running towards danger. This is not a wise approach. I am not saying that you should always play like Geoff Boycott or Alastair Cook, but you have to play according to the merit of the ball.”

Vaughan said that England has not won any five-match series in the last three-four years. England’s current approach is not working. They should adopt the old methods.

The former captain said that we have to show game awareness. They have to play much better. We will have to rely on fast bowlers in the next test. Only he can take 20 wickets. I would like to see Josh Tongue in the playing eleven.

Former all-rounder Ian Botham had also criticized England’s style of batting.

Speaking to PA news agency, Botham had said that England’s performance in Perth was very bad, there is no other word for it. The team will have to get excited quickly. I’m tired of hearing, ‘This is how we play.’ If I hear this one more time, I think I’ll throw something at the television. If you play like this, you can go home now, because this way the result can be 5-0. They need to understand this. Wearing the England jersey is a matter of pride. You have to play seriously. Gotta come out of baseball mode.

England’s batting was very disappointing in the Perth Test. Including both the innings, England could play 67.3 overs.

Gaba Test will be played with pink ball. Australia’s record in the pink ball test has been excellent. Australia has won 13 out of 14 tests. In this, three wins have been achieved against England.

IND vs SA Test: Team India’s 30-run defeat in the India-South Africa first Test played at Eden Gardens has shaken the entire cricket world. After this shameful defeat on the home pitch, not only the fans but also the veteran cricketers are strongly criticizing Team India. Former England captain Michael Vaughan took aim at coach Gautam Gambhir’s words and said, “If you make such a pitch, you deserve to lose.”

Vaughan’s sharp attack, ‘Deserve to lose’

India’s second innings collapsed at 93 while chasing the small target of 124 runs. After this, Michael Vaughan wrote on social media, “By preparing such a pitch, you deserve to lose against the World Test Champions. Great victory for South Africa.”

Vaughan has been criticizing Indian pitches for a long time, but after this match his anger became more intense. In the match, the ball was bouncing like a tennis ball, the wicket was giving uneven bounce and on the very next day the ball was rotating 90 degrees.

Gautam Gambhir’s counterattack

After the match was over, coach Gautam Gambhir clearly said that he would not point a finger at the pitch. Gambhir said, “We got the pitch we asked for. If we don’t play on a turning pitch, we are sure to lose. Blaming the pitch will do nothing.”

According to him, the curator prepared exactly the wicket as the team management wanted. Gambhir believes that the team did not bat according to the conditions and due to this the match got lost.

How did the match turn?

On the first day, South Africa was out for just 159 runs. India also took a slight lead of 30 runs. After this it seemed that the match was in India’s hands, but Temba Bavuma’s 50 runs in the second innings and India’s weak batting changed the whole picture.

India had an easy target of 124 runs, but the entire team collapsed for 93 runs. Washington Sundar played a useful inning of 31 runs. Akshar Patel also contributed 26 runs. Whereas the rest of the Indian batsmen could not even touch the figure of 20. Shubman Gill could not bat in the second innings due to neck injury. After that the back of the team was completely broken.

harmer’s havoc

South African off-spinner Simon Harmer took 4-4 wickets in both the innings. He continuously troubled the Indian batsmen and made the match one-sided.

The first test match between India and South Africa lasted only two and a half days. The pitch of Eden Gardens is being criticized. However, Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir has supported the pitch and the curator. But Michael Vaughan has given exactly the opposite statement. Vaughan had called it a ‘poor pitch’ during the second day’s play. Let us tell you that on the third day in the Kolkata Test, the Indian team could not achieve even the small target of 124 runs.

Now Michael Vaughan has once again criticized the pitch of Eden Gardens. “If you prepare a pitch like this you deserve to lose against the World Test Champions. Great win for South Africa,” he said in a post on X.

Simon Harmer, who has taken more than a thousand wickets in first-class, single-handedly overpowered Team India, taking a total of 8 wickets in the entire match. Especially in the second innings, he took away the strength of the Indian middle order batting. He took the wickets of Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav.

Prepare a pitch like that and you deserve to lose against the World Test champs…. brilliant win by SA…. #INDvSA

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) November 16, 2025

Kolkata’s pitch was described as poor

A total of 15 wickets fell on the second day in the Kolkata Test, while Indian captain Shubman Gill was retired due to neck strain. The second day was completely dominated by the spinners. Michael Vaughan reacted to this and described the Eden Gardens pitch as poor.

The South African team last won the Test in India in 2010. After 15 years, no Test match has been won on Indian soil under the captaincy of Temba Bavuma. Let us tell you that under the captaincy of Bavuma, the South African team has remained invincible in test matches so far. The second test of both the teams will be played in Guwahati from 22nd November.

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There are still 2 years left in the 2027 ODI World Cup event, but the prediction of England veteran Michael Von has shocked everyone. He believes that the 2027 World Cup is going to win South Africa, a team that has never won the ODI Cup. Actually, the reason for his prediction is the recent performance of South Africa. The South African team is currently on a tour of England, where it has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match ODI series.

Michael Vaughan often keeps on amazing predictions. This time he wrote on social media, “I think the 2027 ODI World Cup will win South Africa.” South Africa has performed amazing in the last months. Australia was defeated 2–1 in the ODI series, before winning the final of the Tri-series, he was just 3 runs away. Now he has washed England in his house.

England washed in his house

After 27 years under the captaincy of Tamba Bavuma, South Africa has won an ODI series on the soil of England. In the first ODI, England team was reduced to just 131 runs, in response, the African team won this match by 7 wickets. At the same time, South Africa scored 330 runs in the second match, which is the biggest score of a foreign team in ODIs at Lord’s ground. Africa won the match by 5 runs and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

Recently, especially Matthew Breetjke has caught the attention of the cricket world. He has become the first cricketer in the world to have scored at least 50 runs in the first five innings of his ODI career.

Talking about the 2027 World Cup, it will be hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia together. A total of 14 teams will participate in the tournament, between which 54 matches will be played. South Africa and Zimbabwe have already qualified as hosts, but Namibia will have to prove its qualification with the help of qualifier tournaments.

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Harry Brook (111) and Joe Root (105) brought England to the threshold of victory in the 5th Test, when Brook was out, England wanted to win just 73 runs and 6 wickets were in hand. During this time, supporters of England and former cricketers also started celebrating victory on social media. Michael Vaughan posted Wasim Jafar teasing and wrote, “Afternoon, hope you are fine.” But what did Vauan know that England would lose this winning game and he would have to be embarrassed for this post.

There was a 195 -run partnership between Brook and Root, which was broken by Akash Deep. After this, famous Krishna and Mohammad Siraj won India by 6 runs on the basis of deadly bowling. Former Indian cricketer Wasim Jafar then posted many fun memes and posted. In a post, he wrote that based on the number of boundary, Team India has won this series.

Wasim Jafar did not leave the opportunity after India’s victory

While enjoying Michael Vaughan, Wasim Jafar wrote in a post, “The series ended on the draw but India has won the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy in terms of maximum boundary.” Let us know that England won their first ODI World Cup (2019) on the basis of boundary count.

Series Drawn but India take the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy on Boundary Count @Michaelvaughan #ENGVIND

– Wasim Jafer (@wasimjafer14) August 4, 2025

After the victory, Michael Vaughan wrote, “I am enjoying the ball by lying on the badge. After the victory, Jafar wrote,” How are you Michael Vaughan. ” He also shared many fun memes.

Lying on a baz having a ball, how about you @Michaelvaughan #ENGVIND https://t.co/Hhaoglxx4m pic.twitter.com/xerlee5kzc

– Wasim Jafer (@wasimjafer14) August 4, 2025

Mohd Siraj to Bazball this series #ENGVIND pic.twitter.com/szmr28qdqz

– Wasim Jafer (@wasimjafer14) August 4, 2025

England Going for the Ashes Tour after Drawing vs India at Home #ENGVIND pic.twitter.com/kkqqbdsqqqmz

– Wasim Jafer (@wasimjafer14) August 4, 2025

Siraj Player of the Match, Brook and Gill Player of the Series

Mohammad Siraj took 5 wickets in the 5th Test, he took 3 wickets out of 4 on the last day. He took 4 wickets in the first innings. Siraj was voted the best player of the match. Shubman Gill from India and Harry Brook from England were awarded the Player of the Series.

Michael Vaughan Questions Team India Selection: The second Test match is being played between India and England from Wednesday. Indian team management decided to relax fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah in this match. After which veteran players like Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Tom Moody and Nasir Hussain expressed their displeasure over the decision of head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill. Now the name of former England player Michael Vaughan has also been added to this list. Vaughan has also criticized India’s decision.

I thought Bumrah would play- Vaughan

Vaughan was quite surprised when Bumrah was not included in the second Test. Talking to Cricbuzz, Von said, “I am surprised that India has announced, Bumrah will play only three Tests. Why are you telling them this? Just three play. If you don’t choose it, it’s fine. But after seven days, after seven days rest, after being behind in India’s series, I felt that he would play here.”

Vaughan said that this match is very important for India. They need to win this. Von said, “India will have to win this match. If they lose, they will lag behind 2-0, you will bring Jaspreet back to Lord’s. I know the players want to play in Lord’s. But I am only watching India, he will have to win this match this week.”

Vaughan has also questioned the selection of Team India after this. Team India has included only 5 specialist batsmen and a lot of all -rounders in this match. Von said, “I wanted two more bowlers. I wanted Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Arshdeep Singh. You can argue that such a pitch could have been played with three spinners in Edgbaston with three spinners. It is dry and slow.”

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Aakash chopra shuts up micheal vaughan with facts: Former England player Michael Vaughan has praised Ben Docket. Docket played a brilliant innings in the first Test against India. Docket scored a half -century in the first innings and a century in the second innings. Docket scored 62 runs in the first innings. At the same time, chasing the target of 371 runs, Docket scored a brilliant 149 runs. After which Vauan said that Docket is the best player in the world of all three formats at this time. However, former India player Akash Chopra appeared to disagree with this.

Akash responded to von from fact, told this player better

Vaughan described Docket as the best player of this time of all three formats. However, Akash disagreed on this, saying that Docket still needs to do good in India, South Africa and Australia. He has described Travis Head as better than docket.

Akash said on his YouTube channel, “I agree that all three format in the current players are good. If you see their performance in the last two years, he has done a great performance in all three formats. But there is a problem.”

Akash further said, “He has not gone to Australia to play Test cricket yet. He has played only three innings in South Africa. His performance in India was well. Perhaps Pakistan was good. But his performance in the rest of the place has not been as good. He has been doing very well in the last two years. But you have to see Travis Head too, he has also performed brilliantly in the last few years.”

Akash said about the head, “He has the ability to perform in big matches. Look at the 2023 WTC final and 2023 ODI World Cup final. If you do man to man, both of them are equal. But in my opinion, the head is a little ahead of them.”

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IND vs Eng Test Series: England fast bowler Jofra Archer has returned to the red ball cricket after four years, but there is still a debate about his fitness and form. Before the second Test starting in Edgbaston from July 2 against India, the discussion is in the headlines whether Jofra should be included in the playing XI against India.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan and Sussex’s head coach Paul forbress Jofra are against returning to the team. At present, both are considering it as a hurry. Von and Paul believe that Jofra should be given some more time so that he can fit to play the match completely.

Michael Vaughan said, “Preparation for Test is not decided by a match”

Jofra Archer announced his return by playing a county championship against Durham on Sunday. Jofra took one wicket for 32 runs in 18 overs while playing for Sussex. This was his first first class match which he played after 2021. England selector Luke Wright had already announced that if Jofra plays this match of the County Championship, he could be available to play the second Test against India.

However, Michael Vaughan does not agree at all. Talking on the BBC Test Match Special, Michael Vaughan said, “It is not the right decision to include the returned player in the Test team directly on the basis of a county match performance.

Vaughan believes that Archer should allow another four -day match to play so that he can return to better rhythm and then only take a decision.