Michael Vaughan would be remembered for following :
- Being the 1st English captain in ages to have looked good to win Ashes in 2005 and to form a team which looked best English team of many many decades from 2003-06.
- His silken form with the bat in 2002-03 against India and Australia -- two of best test playing teams.
- He formed careers of many Englishmen today like Harmison, Fred, KP, Strauss, Geraint Jones, Simon Jones, Hoggie and Bell.
- He did a Ganguly to England, he removed the inferiority complex of English teams after mediocre 90s famous for sudden comic collapses. English teams went to similar mould after he got injured in 2006 and never recovered the silken touch in batting and captaincy since 2007 India series.
His innings of 124 in Nottingham against India before he played on Zaheer Khan was his last innings of substance in Tests.
He would surely be clubbed amongst the best English captains of all times and one of the best captains of this decade along side Steve Waugh, Saurav Ganguly, Stephen Fleming and to an extent Ricky Ponting.
