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28 January 2007
Cricket - Vaughan A Doubt After
New Setback
Michael Vaughan is
doubtful for England's Commonwealth Bank Series clash
against New Zealand on Tuesday after aggravating his
hamstring injury.
He hurt his left leg in
last week's win over the Kiwis in Hobart but had hoped to be
fit to face them again in Perth.
The batsman tweaked his
hamstring again in training at the weekend, however, and
fears he may not be fit in time.
Vaughan said: "We'll have
to monitor it but to play on Tuesday I have to play a full
part in the next practice."
The 32-year-old revealed
this latest injury setback came as he was attempting to
avoid a short delivery from pace bowler Sajid Mahmood at
England's practice base at Fletcher Oval, the home of Perth
Cricket Club.
"I just felt a little bit
of a twinge when I ducked a ball," he said. "And now we'll
just have to see how I get through a full net and fielding
session. Every day we have tried to push it - there are
always little obstacles you have to try to get over. I guess
the odd twinges might be something I have to live
with."
Whoever plays on Tuesday,
Vaughan says a victory and morale-boosting finish to the
series is essential.
The tourists were hammered
by Australia in Adelaide on Friday, when they were bowled
out for only 110.
That came after the Kiwis
skittled them for 120 in their previous game at the same
venue.
"In eight years in the
England team, that was as low as I have ever seen players
feel," he said of the nine-wicket thrashing by the
Aussies.
"That is what tours like
this can do to people. You are getting beat up most days for
the whole tour - it has to have some kind of effect. We need
to change the momentum fast on this trip and make sure we
try to win a couple of these last three games to get into
the finals. You can't keep performing to the standard we
have in the last week or so and expect to go to the World
Cup in good shape, that is nonsense."
Vaughan says the two
collapses in Adelaide shocked him but insists most of the
problems are psychological and not a reflection of his
team-mates' abilities.
"You can't defend the way
we have batted, we have to work out what is going wrong with
our thought processes in the middle," he added. "A lot of
the times we are getting out, it is the thinking that is
wrong and that is purely mental. It is not
technique."
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