Buy this photo Michael Vaughan & Graham Thorpe - Vaughan had to wait until his 17th innings to post his first century, hitting 120 against Pakistan at Old Trafford in 2001  

Buy this photo Michael Vaughan - He soon developed into an eye-catching opening batsman and had a prolific summer in 2002 and his career-best 197 against India was one of four centuries  

Buy this photo Michael Vaughan - The Yorkshireman's fine form continued in the 2002/03 Ashes campaign where he scored three centuries in a series total of 633 runs and was soon ranked as the best batsman in the world  

Buy this photo Michael Vaughan - Vaughan was appointed as captain in the summer of 2003 after Nasser Hussain quit and he stepped out at Lord's in his first game in charge  

Buy this photo Michael Vaughan - England soon began improving under his leadership and in 2004 they won a Test series in the West Indies for the first time since 1968  

Buy this photo Michael Vaughan - Vaughan was not as prolific after taking the captaincy but found form as he hit hundreds in both innings against West Indies in the summer of 2004  

Buy this photo Michael Vaughan/Ricky Ponting - Having won their last five Test series under Vaughan, England went into the 2005 Ashes with realistic hopes of winning  

Buy this photo Michael Vaughan - And in an epic series, Vaughan became the first England captain since David Gower in 1989 to lift the famous urn © Getty Images  

Buy this photo Michael Vaughan - The country was gripped by Ashes fever and Vaughan and his men celebrated with a bus tour around the streets of London  

Buy this photo Michael Vaughan - England were not able to build on their Ashes momentum as Vaughan soon suffered a debilitating knee injury that would keep him out of the next 14 months of cricket © Getty Images  

Buy this photo Michael Vaughan - He was back in the side for the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean, but stood down from the one-day captaincy after a disappointing campaign  

Buy this photo Michael Vaughan & Kevin Pietersen - Vaughan cemented his role as Test captain after he hit a commanding century against West Indies in his first Test match back following injury  

Buy this photo Michael Vaughan - After a poor run of form and results an emotional Vaughan announced his decision to stand down from the Test captaincy in August 2008, leaving behind a record of 26 wins from his 51 matches in charge - more than any other Englishman  

Buy this photo Michael Vaughan - After failing to force his way into the reckoning for the Ashes, Vaughan announces his decision to retire from all cricket, aged 34