Son became captain of England after father, 19 year old player created history before the series against India

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|09-01-2025

Nowadays, Michael Vaughan is seen commentating in cricket matches. He was a famous player of England in his time. He also captained the England cricket team and the team's performance under his captaincy was excellent. However, now his son has also done a similar feat. Michael Vaughan's son Archie Vaughan made his father proud. After Michael Vaughan, Archie has also been successful in becoming the captain of England. He has got the responsibility of England Under-19 team before the T-20 series between the senior teams of India and England starting from 22 January. Archie Vaughan has expressed happiness on getting the captaincy.

Archie got the command of Under-19 team

Michael Vaughan captained the England national team for a long time. During the 1993-94 season, Michael also took charge of the Under-19 team. Now his son has been given the command of England's Under 19 cricket team. As captain, Archie will be seen in action on the South Africa tour. Soon the England Under-19 team will tour South Africa. Where the Youth ODI series will be played between the two teams first from January 17 and then the Youth Test series from January 26.

What did Archie say on becoming captain?

Archie has expressed happiness on getting the command of England's junior team. He said, 'I came to know during the practice camp before Christmas that I was going to become the captain and it was a special moment for me. Getting the opportunity to represent England at this level is special in itself, but what is even more special is handling the leadership of the team. The young player further said, 'If someone had told me a year ago that I would captain the Under-19 team, I would not have believed it. It happened very quickly. I will keep my feet on the ground and work hard.

England U19 squad:

Archie Vaughan (captain), Ben Dawkins, James Minto, Harry Moore, Thomas Rave, Aryan Sawant, Alex French, Alex Green, Jack Home, James Isbell, Eddie Jack, Ben Mayes, Navya Sharma, Alexander Wade, Farhan Ahmed Tazeem Ali, Kesh Fonseka (only for ODI team) and Joe Moores (only for ODI team).

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