Vaughan looks to continue winning ways

Michael Vaughan, the England captain, has said he wants England to prove that they are the best team in the world by beating Pakistan in October and following that with a win against India in March 2006.

"Our next challenge is to continue our success," Vaughan was quoted as saying by AFP. "We have beaten every team over the last two years and we have got to make sure we do that over the next two years. Australia away in 16 months' time is the real, true test but Pakistan and India away are massive challenges for the team. I'm sure we can go out there and play well."

Vaughan said that England would not become complacent after their victory against Australia in the Ashes. "It [England] is a young team who can play together for a number of years," said Vaughan. "The ones who do become complacent are generally not the winners and we tend to have a lot of guys in the team with ambition. We have played good cricket for two years, not just this summer, but there will be blips along the way. It is how you cope with the odd failure which is the most important thing. The challenge is now that everyone expects us to do well all the time but I can cope with that and it is good challenge to take to Pakistan."