Today Michael Vaughan took himself out of the Ashes 2009 running completely by retiring from all forms of cricket, thus ending a potentially summer-long debate about an England recall.
He spoke movingly and revealingly about how he did all he could to get back in the frame, and how his efforts eventually convinced him it was time to call it a day. In many ways it is a selfless decision - he was certainly on the selector's radar, with an outside chance of playing this summer - but he's decided to allow the the next generation the chance to do what he did: gain the respect of the Australians by excelling against them.
Unsurprisingly, the tributes have been coming in thick and fast, with Paul Collingwood describing him as "the ultimate captain". No-one would argue with that.
The Michael Vaughan legacy: classiest batsman of his generation, most successful England captain of all-time.
Tuesday 30 June 2009
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