ARCHIE VAUGHAN, SON OF EX-ENGLAND CAPTAIN MICHAEL, RUN OUT WITHOUT FACING A BALL ON PROFESSIONAL DEBUT
Archie Vaughan’s first-team debut for Somerset ended in the most unfortunate fashion when he was run-out at the non-striker’s end before he had even faced a ball.
Vaughan, the 18-year-old son of former England captain Michael, was making his professional debut for Somerset in their One-Day Cup opener against Kent.
He bowled six tidy over for 16 without taking a wicket as Kent were bowled out for 267 but was dismissed in the most frustrating way possible. Batting No 5, his partner Andrew Umeed drove the ball back at the bowler Charlie Stobo, who got a little touch on the ball which deflected onto the stumps. Vaughan, backing up very slightly, was run out.
Somerset were still in a good position to win the game thanks to 71 from James Rew and Umeed, who was past 50 when Vaughan was run out. Earlier, left-arm spinners Jack Leach and Lewis Goldsworthy had shared five wickets.
Vaughan signed professional terms with the county earlier this year having come through the academy, and made his debut for the England Under-19s’ Test team against their Sri Lankan counterparts earlier this month.
Vaughan, like his father, is a stylish right-handed batsman who bowls off-spin, and is one of a number of young players who will make county debuts in the coming weeks with players away on Hundred duty. Somerset are one of the hardest-hit counties, having lost more than 10 players to the 100-ball competition.
Despite his father being a former Yorkshire player who describes himself as a “Manchester-born Sheffield lad” now living in Cheshire, Archie was schooled at Millfield, one of the south-west’s cricketing hothouses that regularly provides cricketers to Somerset.
Another player who could make his first-team county debut in the next few weeks is Rocky Flintoff, the son of Vaughan’s former England team-mate Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff, who now coaches Northern Superchargers in the Hundred. Rocky, who is just 16, has been playing with Vaughan junior for England U19s and also signed professional terms this summer, with Lancashire. He was named in the Lancashire squad for the One-Day Cup opener against Durham at Sedbergh School this week but did not make the final XI.
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