Product Description

Michael Vaughan tells the full, compelling story of a remarkable career – from his early days at Yorkshire, to his emergence as a world-class batsman; from the successful partnership with Duncan Fletcher that culminated in the raising of the urn at The Oval in 2005, to the recurring injuries that ultimately forced his retirement.

With the insight that helped him bring the best out of personalities as different as Freddie Flintoff, Kevin Pietersen and Steve Harmison, the winner of a record 26 Tests as England captain shares his views on the state of cricket today and gives a frank assessment of fellow players, coaches and administrators. He concludes with praise for the achievements of the 2009 Ashes-winning England team.

Entertaining, forthright and surprisingly candid, Time to Declare is essential reading for all cricket lovers – the definitive account of the career of one of the modern game’s most influential characters.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #262 in Books
• Published on: 2009-10-29
• Released on: 2009-10-29
• Binding: Hardcover
• 480 pages

About the Author
Michael Vaughan was born in Manchester in 1974. He began playing professional cricket at the age of seventeen and made his Test debut for England in 1999 and in the following year scored his first Test century against Pakistan. Michael was appointed captain of England in 2003, the same year in which he was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year and reached the top of the world rankings. In 2005, Michael captained the team that reclaimed the Ashes in an historic series against Australia and was awarded the OBE. His final total of twenty-six wins makes him the most successful Test captain of all time. Michael Vaughan resigned from the captaincy in 2008 and in June 2009 he retired from all cricket. Michael lives with his wife and two children in Derbyshire.

Customer Reviews

Very good read
An excellent read. Painfully honest at times, but a very real insight into the mindset of a born winner. I am a big cricket fan and I believe Michael vaughan is the best England cricket captain we have had for many years. Sure he is self depracating and sure he is vain, but he is also a cricketing genius. He operates at a very high level and takes the responsibility of captaincy very seriously, and rightly so. Under his leadership in 2005 England triumphed over one of the greatest sides ever produced; Australia. Michael vaughan is a national treasure, and this book bears testimony to that. A great book, highly recomended.

Interesting book to pass those chilly winter evenings
I enjoyed this book - with Michael Vaughan's humour, honesty and integrity welll to the fore. I also read his book on the 2005 Ashes triumph but understand why England won that epic series now more than ever; they had character. Not just characters, such as Pieterson and Flintoff but men carved out of English oak, like the immense Ashley Giles. I also found it refreshing to read Mr Vaughan's less than enthusiastic views on modern management - especially from the Peter Moores school. As someone who has had similar problems with these clipboard types - although in the civil service and not on the cricket field - I can sympathise with Vaughan. My only complaint with the book is that it was ghosted. How I wish, just for once, that these famous sports people could write the book themselves.

Dry, poor read
Not a good read, philosophical, repititive, one for back shelf unless someone will make me decent offer !! and yes I am a Tyke but then MV ain't!!. Hoggy's book so much more enjoyable.