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Vaughan: England have long way to go after second Test win

17/03/2008

England captain Michael Vaughan says his side have a "long way to go" after winning the second Test against New Zealand in Wellington.

The tourists dismissed their hosts for 312 on the final day at the Basin Reserve to complete a 126-run win and square the series at 1-1.

But despite winning their first Test since June 2007, Vaughan explained the victory is just the beginning of a return to form for the England side.

"I can only say how delighted I am for this set of players and the management because we haven't won many games," he explained.

"We've all worked very hard and it's nice to be sat in a dressing room with a victory under our belts.

"There is an improvement there from Hamilton, but there's still a long way to go before we can start saying we're a proper team again."

Vaughan paid tribute to Ryan Sidebottom who took 5-105 and caught Brendon McCullum off the bowling of Monty Panesar to wrap up the Black Caps innings.

"I think we've all been surprised by him," the captain said.

"His pace is very impressive, his control is exactly what you'd want and I think he's got a really good cricket brain as well. When you put those into a package as a bowler you get a decent finish.

"I guess he's getting all the rewards now for all the hard work he's put in over the years and hopefully that will continue for a long, long while and he can have a really good, sustained international career."

Vaughan added: "He's only played 12 Tests and he's our most experienced bowler. I guess it proves that bowling all those overs in the county game, really knowing his game before he played at international level can help."

Kiwi captain Daniel Vettori - who fell early to Sidebottom on the final day - said the turning point of the match was the 164-run partnership between man-of-the-match Tim Ambrose and Paul Collingwood on the first day, which saw England recover from a disastrous start which left them languishing at 136 for five.