Good luck on your retirement Michael. My fondest memory­ of you is not of your batting or captaincy, rather your­ fielding. Remember that test towards the end, where you­ dived for a catch at mid off and ended up with your­ pants round your knees? A sporting classic. Thank you.­ Out of interest, are thigh length lycra underpants­ standard team England issue? If so they should consider­ doing a tacky calendar like those Yorkshire babes....

What's with all the hysteria about Vaughan. I­ thought he had retired from scoring runs 4 seasons ago.

Hey all, aint a great lover of the game but i do know­ somat, if u captain your county at any sport you must­ be good at somethings to do with the game! Good Luck­ with the retirment if you do retire!

So overrated. He definitely will not be a loss to world­ or English cricket. I'm not the biggest follower of­ cricket, but I did see him play plenty of times. He was­ awful. Hardly ever played well. Good luck with the­ retirement mate.

Good riddens I say!! The man was 7yrs past his form.­ I've said that on many message boards. All the­ people saying how great he was are in denial.­ There's hardly been anything good about­ Vaughan's captaincy. I remember once when he was­ the number one batsman in the world, that would have­ been around 2001-02 However since being awarded­ captain, Vaughan has been plagued by injuries and­ excuses. He's frail, and has always lacked the­ killer instinct of a true captain. They're living­ in the limelight of 4yrs ago when they won the Ashes,­ but what most people don't see is that this was­ merely a fluke,not a convincing win! I know all you­ loyal english fans are going to come down @#$% me for­ this, but lets face it, retirement is the best thing­ Vaughan could do at this point, and he should have­ retired well over 3yrs ago! Instead he chose to have­ himself shamed and reduced to nothing! Aurevoir and­ goodbye Michael, you wont be missed

Good luck Vaughan, as a Yorkshire and England fan I­ respect your decision to retire and would like to thank­ you for giving us so much enjoyment over the years. You­ more than anyone else restored national cricketing­ pride. The 05 ashes are part of cricketing folklore,­ your tactichal nous stole a march on the aussies and­ you beat them their own games. English cricket needs­ you!

A sad day for English Cricket, I so admire the man, his­ strength of character and leadership skills are­ legendary. I for one was hoping he would regain his­ form and the captaincy but it seems it's not to be.­ Happy retirement and good luck for the future, I hope­ he will find a place in the England Management set up.

It's ashame that michael hasn't regained his­ old form! The best England captain we've ever had,­ and in that 2002-3 series showed he was world class!­ England will and are missing his tactital capabilities­ as captain and a player! He will be hard act to follow,­ and it will be a while until we see some-one with his­ tactical capabilities for a while! Know-one in the­ current side comes even close! Good luck to vaughnny in­ retirement!!

A class act and i hope he will be fondly­ remembered!
THAT Ashes series is now a part of­ cricketing folklore; what a legacy!!!!

Its been on the cards, he never stood a chance at­ making the ashes squad he has not hit form since his­ captaincy resignation. I think maybe a job in­ broadcasting this summers ashes with Sky is on the­ cards.

I hope Michael calls it a day.

All good things come to­ an end however terrible it may seem. He has had a good­ run and now he need to let the younger charges have a­ go.............. He did a good job in his prime so off­ he goes and best of luck to him.

Happy retirement old­ bean

shame vaughny. why not try a sabbatical? one year down­ under top grade league cricket. loosen up, dig in,­ enjoy the freedom away from uk media pressure and come­ back and sock it to them! youre a legend sir and an off­ year doesnt make you a shadow of yourself and it­ certainly isnt over yet surely. pheonix from the ashes.­ refresh the mind now its stronger! dig deep and come­ out fighting harder as a player. there is a reason why­ marathon runners are better in their thirties and­ forties and batting doesnt require you to be a brash­ twenty year old. look at dave warner. stronger head­ he'd be great but he hasnt...yet. do it vaughney­ you adopted yorkshire man!!!!! too good to 'give­ up' for f's sake mate!!! did jason robinson­ give up?! did mike catt?! did botham after he's had­ a hard spell? i believe he came back and created­ 'botham's ashes'.....forget the football­ chav c-list generation. youre the big man sir. get on­ board!!!!!!!!

Michael must go down as one of the all time greats. The­ ashes victory in 2005 will mark him as a legend­ forevever.

Happy retirement

It's always sad to see the great players get older­ and overtaken by the youth with fire in their­ bellies..Just as Vaughny once was that youth. Thank you­ Michael for all you gave us....including the ashes !!­ I think Ravi will go on to be another england great and­ also give us all a load of excitement...just as Michael­ did..no one can beat the advances of time but he can­ sit back and reflect on a brilliant career. Thanks from­ the Barmy Army M.V.

happy retirement Michael, you have been a good servant­ to England and a legend with the barmy army, you gave­ us the ashers in 05 in that tremendous series. good­ luck with everything you do in the future.......

now­ we have a chance to do it again, lets give brett lee­ and his team a bloody nose to take back to Australia

Good decision Michael and good for the youngsters in­ the England and Yorkshire set ups, he was a great­ player and captain for England for a 4 year spell, but­ you cannot play on with damaged knees at the top level,­ I am sure he will play a bit of good club cricket where­ he can bowl his spin and open the batting in the 40­ over a side match format.

He will probably get the­ chance to do some commentating, but will need to learn­ to smile and joke a bit more to break into the Loydd,­ Atherton, Botham, Hussian, Gower and Holding gang.

But­ well done for what you have acheived in the game and­ sorry to see injury bring an end to your career.

It's the best thing he could have done, to save­ England having to consider him and his own humiliation.­ Good in his time but it's too late for him now. ­ Happy retirement Michael.

Yeh will be tough for England to come out of this but­ in saying that Australia are not nearly as strong as­ what they use to be. Could be an interesting twist ,­ who knows.