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Michael Vaughan</td></tr></tbody></table>Michael Vaughan has endorsed Andrew Strauss' credentials to captain England, following the resignation of Kevin Pietersen. Vaughan, who famously led England to their surprise 2005 Ashes series victory but quit the captain's post himself after a loss of batting form last August, senses a "decent man" like Strauss fits the bill at a critical time. With the Ashes looming and a Test series set to begin in the West Indies next month, England landed two major self-inflicted blows on Wednesday when Pietersen resigned after just three Tests in charge and coach Peter Moores - whose disintegrating relationship with the captain caused the crisis - was sacked. Vaughan himself, left out of the Caribbean tour after a lack of opportunity to regain his form this winter, was being touted by some to return to lead England until strong favourite Strauss was named last night. The Ashes-winning captain is in no doubt the England and Wales Cricket Board have chosen wisely. "If there is one man who can get the England team to gel and bring the players together after weeks or even months of damaging rumours, it is Andrew Strauss," Vaughan writes in his Daily Telegraph column. "In the 18 months since Peter Moores took over as coach the results have not been good - but I think Strauss will be a very, very good captain. "Such a decent man can bring back maturity and stability to the England team." Vaughan's omission from the squad to face the West Indies was reportedly the issue which pushed Pietersen and Moores' disagreements to an unworkable level. Pietersen is thought to have wanted his old captain back in the ranks - a policy resisted by the selectors in his absence. Vaughan still hopes that somehow the drama can help England move forward. "It may be that everything happens for a reason and things will turn out the best for English cricket," he added. u00a0"What Kevin has to do now is go to the West Indies and score a hundred in the first Test then all the controversy will be forgotten," Vaughan prescribes. "KP is very much his own person, which shows in his batting. "He has never used a batting coach; he relies on his natural flair; he does it his own way like the maverick he is. That is the genius he is. "He is the one England player I have played with who has the ability to sustain that number one position in the world. He is that good. That now has to be his goal." As for his own future, Vaughan took the opportunity to rule out any fanciful notions that he could be considered for the coaching role vacated by Moores and thought most likely to fall on an interim basis at least to Andy Flower. "Finally I'd like to add that I'm not interested in coaching England or anyone else at the moment," he spells out. "I want to play and score hundreds for Yorkshire and England again."

Michael Vaughan has endorsed Andrew Strauss' credentials to captain England, following the resignation of Kevin Pietersen.

Strauss will do just fine: Vaughan

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