Vaughan is regarded by Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq as England's key player.
England quick Jofra Archer will keep up his aggressive approach in Sunday's World Cup final against New Zealand after his bouncer left Australia's Alex Carey with a bloodied chin in Thursday's semi-final at Edgbaston.
The England captain stroked a century from 19 boundaries and a six on the first day of a three-day Test warm-up match against Jamaica.
Muttiah Muralitharan took 3 for 38 as England reached 259 for 8 at close on day 1 of the deciding third and final Test against Sri Lanka.
A marathon hundred by captain Michael Vaughan helped England salvage a draw in the second Test against Sri Lanka.
'I would expect them to come back very strongly,' said Sri Lanka coach John Dyson.
The signs are that Bangladesh know how to get the opposition in trouble, they just have to learn to finish.
England won the first Test by seven wickets on the final day despite a creditable performance by hosts Bangladesh.
The second Test pitch led to some sort of criticism from former players like Michael Vaughan and Mark Waugh and the duo termed the pitch as "substandard".
England were 165 for 2 in their first innings on day 2 of the fifth and final Test.
The England captain's resignation was greeted with a mixture of surprise and regret.
The highest run-scorer in Tests last year has yet to duplicate that form in the one-day game.
Jasprit Bumrah's amazing skill-set gives India a realistic chance of winning the World Cup but a 'freak' called David Warner might just retain it for Australia, believes 2015 World Cup-winning captain Michael Clarke.
The legendary Sachin Tendulkar says the current England team is in complete awe of India's world-class seam attack with only its skipper Joe Root looking capable of getting a big hundred.
Tendulkar and Warne planned to recruit 28 players to play 15 matches.
Brett Lee claimed five for 30 as England lost their 13th consecutive one-day match against the world champions.
Cricket Australia apologised on Thursday after being criticised on social media for a clumsy joke involving England spinner Monty Panesar posted on Twitter during the opening day of the second Ashes Test.
Australia, who have already won the first three Tests of the five-match series by big margins, bowled England out for 270 in reply to the home side's 551 for six declared.
England captain Michael Vaughan may rush away from the second Test if his wife is about to give birth to their first child.
Harbhajan Singh, on Sunday, slammed the International Cricket Council for letting off Australian opener Cameron Bancroft with only a fine of 75 per cent of his match fee and not a ban, despite his role in the ball tampering scandal in the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
India suffered a heartbreaking exit from the World T20 after their stunning loss to the West Indies at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Thursday, but the cricketing fraternity led by Sachin Tendulkar lauded the home team for its impressive performance and asked the players not to lose heart .
From his captain, coach and former cricket legends, everyone are sending congratulatory messages to the 32-year-old wicketkeeper batsman.
The ICC's rating is presumably due to the uneven bounce that became more prevalent later in the recently-concluded second Test between Australia and India.
Run machine Virat Kohli is the second fastest to 25 Test centuries after Australian great Don Bradman.
Smith top-scored with 73 not out for Rajasthan Royals in their relatively meagre total of 139 for three in Jaipur.
'The actual three quicks of India out-bowled the three quicks of Australia. They were outstanding. It's a big, big risk that Australia are taking'
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