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| Full name | Archie Matthew Vaughan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 December 2005 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 29 August 2024 Somerset v Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 26 July 2024 Somerset v Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,28 September 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.
Born in Sheffield,Vaughan and his sister Tallula are the children of Nichola and Michael Vaughan. [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,but took no wickets and was run out without facing a ball. [17] [18] [19] He made his first-class debut in that year's County Championship,for Somerset against Durham at Taunton on 29 August, [20] and took his maiden first-class wicket the following day with only his sixth delivery. [21] [22]
In just his second first-class appearance on 9–12 September 2024,Vaughan proved the "match-winner" as Somerset "pulled off one of the greatest County Championship victories in their history" by defeating Championship leaders and reigning champions Surrey. [23] Having taken his maiden five-wicket haul in their first innings,he added another five wickets in their second to complete a ten-wicket haul and finish with match figures of 11/140. [23] [24]
Vaughan was chosen to captain the England Under-19 squad on their tour of South Africa in January 2025. [25] [26]