Vaughan batted for 40 minues and made nine from 21 deliveries

Vaughan batted for 40 minutes and faced 21 balls for England's Academy against Western Australia Second XI in Perth.

The Academy side eventually lost by six wickets despite Middlesex batsman Owais Shah's innings of 115.

Vaughan is now set to play for England against Western Australia in a two-day game starting on Saturday, a match seen as a warm-up for the Perth Test.

An England Invitational XI play a one-day match against a Cricket Academy Chairman's XI at Lilac Hill on Friday.

An England spokesman said: "We are considering Michael playing in this weekend's two-day match as part of his rehabilitation programme."

The five players in the squad yet to feature in the Test series - Chris Read, Monty Panesar, Liam Plunkett, Ed Joyce and Sajid Mahmood - are expected to play in both matches over the weekend.

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Vaughan has not played for England for more than a year because of persistent knee problems which have led to two operations and was out for a duck in his first comeback match last week.

He captained England to their Ashes victory last year and is targeting a return to the squad in the current series.

England are 2-0 down with three Tests to play, the next of which starts on 14 December.