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| Captain Michael Vaughan says he will not retire from one-day cricket despite seeing England exit the World Cup after a nine-wicket loss to SouthAfrica
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| GRENADA
, 18-April-2007
2:31:14 AM |
| But he accepts that both he and coach Duncan Fletcher could lose their jobs.
He said: "I'm an honest guy who says my position is hugely in doubt due to my batting. But I still believe I'm a very good captain - I'm not retiring."
Vaughan also defended Fletcher, saying he was an "outstanding coach" who still had a "tremendous amount to offer".
Vaughan, 32, has scored just 130 runs in nine innings at the World Cup and has yet to score a one-day century.
And under his leadership, England have beaten just one Test side in the Caribbean - Bangladesh.
That statistic reflects badly on Fletcher, too.
Appointed in 2000, the Zimbabwean-born coach has guided England to second in the Test rankings but has come under increasing fire following the winter's Ashes debacle, when his side were whitewashed 5-0 by the Australians.
Now England's World Cup demise will only increase the pressure on him to step down
It's a massive tournament, in which I expected us to turn up and produce something," said Vaughan following the loss to South Africa.
"I firmly believe that we have players with the talent and the attitude to do that on the big stage.
"We haven't done that so we have to accept all the criticism that comes our way. It's a very sad day for English cricket.
"We have to make sure we analyse what has gone wrong in the World Cup. It's been a poor winter for us overall."
England were booed off the field in Barbados after the crushing defeat at the Kensington Oval, and Vaughan said his team deserved to be barracked.
"It's a horrible feeling to have walked off the field and get booed by a lot of England supporters, but rightfully so from the performance we put in," he said.
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