Michael Vaughan on life beyond the boundary

Mihir Bose talks to the former England cricket captain about retiring from the game, and his documentary, Sporting Heroes: After the Final Whistle

Radio Times

A few hours after Michael Vaughan had shed tears as he announced he was giving up the England captaincy, he was celebrating at a family barbecue. So which was the real Michael Vaughan? We are in a room at the basement of BBC Television Centre talking about his documentary, Sporting Heroes: After the Final Whistle , for which he has interviewed famous athletes coping with retirement. For Vaughan the tears that fell during his August 2008 press conference did not represent fear of life after his sporting career was over. They were an unplanned reaction to a very different feeling...Read more