Vaughan: We May Be Young but We Can Still End These 18 Years of Hurt ; Ashes 2005

Mail on Sunday › July 18, 2005

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MICHAEL VAUGHAN will lead his England team in pursuit of their place in Ashes history insisting the inferiority complex which has characterised 18 years of losing to Australia is a thing of the past.

The England captain needs no reminding that the record in the eight series since Mike Gatting's side won 2-1 in Australia in 1986- 87 has been little short of abysmal.

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Vaughan: We May Be Young but We Can Still End These 18 Years of Hurt ; Ashes 2005

All eight have been lost and the record of matches played since England retained the little urn with victory in Melbourne at the end of 1986 shows they have won seven, drawn eight but lost 29 of 44 Tests...

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