Vaughan to renew Yorkshire contract

Michael Vaughan on a rare outing for Yorkshire, but he doesn't want to move anywhere else just yet © Getty Images

Michael Vaughan is expected to renew his contract with Yorkshire before leaving for India. Vaughan is currently recuperating from a knee injury but expects to be fit for what will be an arduous tour of India.

"I hope to sign a new contract with the club in the next couple of weeks," he told the York Evening Press. "We're in the middle of trying to sort it out but hopefully I will be here for a while. I can't see myself playing anywhere else yet."

Vaughan was quick to play down England's chances ahead of the subcontinent tour, stating that 'people have to be realistic.'

"We're quite young, we've got some really good players but our experience playing abroad is not there at the moment," he said. "They (India) have got to be favourites on home soil. Only Australia in the last 14 years have won there, which is a hell of a record at home.

"They've got every area covered - seam bowlers, mystery spinners and phenomenal batsmen - but that's not to say we can't have a good tour if we keep our discipline and work hard."

England leave for India in February, and play their first Test on March 1 at Nagpur.