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Two captains and two decisions dominate the day (0)

Michael Vaughan produced the ideal response for his critics with a lovely hundred, his sixth at Lord's and his first for 15 innings. It was a good knock, too, given that the ball continued to seam around all day and New Zealand were always amongst the wickets.

Throughout his struggle, Vaughan has never looked out of form, and that has been his greatest frustration. Today he drove with all his customary fluency and only perished at the end as he attempted to loft Daniel Vettori over midwicket.

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Alec Stewart - former England captain

The Lord's effect (0)

What is it about Lord's that affects players in different ways?

Michael Vaughan has just joined Graham Gooch with a record-equalling six hundreds at NW8, and there are great names on the honours boards in both dressing rooms, but Shane Warne, Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar and Muttiah Muralitharan are just some of the legends of the game that do not feature.

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