- Somerset’s Archie Vaughan starred with the ball in opposition to Surrey this week
- The 18-year-old took six wickets in a single innings throughout Tuesday and Wednesday
- He’s the son of Michael Vaughan, who captained England to 2005 Ashes glory
The teenage son of a former Ashes-winning captain took six wickets within the County Championship this week in solely his second recreation of first-class cricket.
Somerset starlet Archie Vaughan – who’s a batting allrounder – took three wickets on Tuesday earlier than claiming one other three scalps on Wednesday to finish Surrey’s first innings with figures of 6-102.
Off-spinner Vaughan bowled 37 overs – together with seven maidens – and dismissed Dom Sibley, Rory Burns, Ben Geddes, Ben Foakes, Jordan Clark and Cameron Metal .
Jack Leach was chargeable for the opposite 4 wickets as Surrey completed on 321 – 4 runs greater than Somerset made of their first innings.
Vaughan is primarily a gap batsman and he contributed 44 runs from 107 balls in Somerset’s first innings, however he fell for simply three throughout his workforce’s second batting activate Wednesday afternoon.
Eighteen-year-old Archie Vaughan pictured in motion for Somerset on day three of their County Championship Division One match in opposition to Surrey on the Cooper Associates County Floor
Teenager Vaughan bowled 37 overs on Tuesday and Wednesday, taking six Surrey wickets
Vaughan scored 44 runs in Somerset’s first innings earlier than making simply three within the second
Sheffield-born Vaughan is the son of ex-England opener Michael Vaughan – who captained England to Ashes glory in 2005.
The teenager featured for England at U19 stage earlier this summer season.
Aged 18, Vaughan signed his first skilled contract in county cricket in Might when he penned a two-year deal that can start on November 1 and run throughout the 2025 and 2026 seasons.
He has been a part of the membership’s academy since 2020 and made his second XI debut in 2022.
Talking after his contract was introduced, Archie expressed his delight as he mentioned: ‘It is one thing that I’ve labored extraordinarily exhausting for and it is one thing that I’ve strived for since I used to be a child.
‘So to get the chance for a membership the place I’ve actually loved myself over the previous couple of years is an honour.’
Vaughan signed his first professional contract in county cricket in Might when he penned a two-year deal
He’s the son of Michael Vaughan, pictured in 2005 after captaining England to Ashes glory
Somerset Director of Cricket Andy Hurry added: ‘Archie is a younger man with a vivid future forward of him.
‘Since becoming a member of the academy he has demonstrated a real and powerful need to work extremely exhausting and enhance each side of his recreation.
‘We’re actually wanting ahead to serving to him develop and develop each his recreation and his understanding of the skilled recreation.’
Posting on X (previously Twitter) in response to the information which was accompanied by an image of Archie as a teenager in a single publish, Michael merely added: ‘Clearly will get his hair from me.’
Posting on X, Vaughan joked that Archie ‘acquired his hair from him’ after information of his contract
Michael has turn out to be a hard-hitting pundit since retiring and he’s not afraid to talk his thoughts
After making his England Take a look at debut in 1999 on the age of 25, Michael – who performed county cricket for Yorkshire – turned the primary captain to information his nation to an Ashes collection win since 1987.
Throughout 82 Checks, he struck 18 centuries and retired in 2008 with a particularly wholesome common of 41.44.
He was much less profitable in white-ball cricket as he averaged simply 27.15 in 86 ODIs, though he did captain the workforce between 2003 to 2007.
