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Full name | Archie Matthew Vaughan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England | 9 December 2005||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Michael Vaughan (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024–present | Somerset (squad no. 66) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 26 July 2024 Somerset v Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
ESPNcricinfo, 28 July 2024 |
Archie Matthew Vaughan (born 9 December 2005) is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset and the England national under-19 cricket team. He is a right handed batsman and right arm off spin bowler. [1] He made his List A cricket debut on 26 July 2024 in the One-Day Cup against Kent. He is the son of former England Test captain Michael Vaughan.
The son of Michael Vaughan and wife Nichola, he has a sister, Tallula. [2] He was educated at Millfield where he captained the first-XI cricket team. [3] He played for Baslow CC in Derbyshire before moving on to play for Alderley Edge. He also played age-group cricket for Cheshire. [4]
He played for Somerset County Cricket Club at under-15 through to under-18 level, prior to signing for the Somerset Cricket Academy. [5] [6] In April 2024, he opened the batting for Somerset second-XI alongside Jack Leach against Yorkshire second-XI at Headingley, scoring 61 runs. [7] In May 2024, he signed a two and-a-half year professional contract with Somerset. [8] [9] [10] [11]
He played for a Young Lions Invitational XI against England U19 at Loughborough in June 2024 and, whilst bowling, took the wicket of Rocky Flintoff, son of his father's former England teammate Andrew. [12] The following week, Vaughan was called-up to the England national under-19 cricket team. [13] [14] [15] [16]
Vaughan made his List A debut for Somerset against Kent at Taunton on 26 July 2024 in the One-Day Cup, registering bowling figures of 0/16 off his six overs and then being run out backing-up at the non-striker's end without facing a ball. [17] [18] [19]