In-form Vaughan will have no rest from the wicket

And he is already convinced he can carry on where he left off so impressively against the West Indies.

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The England Test skipper returned from a mid-season break with a gritty innings of 74 at Old Trafford in the weatherhit LV County Championship match against Lancashire.

Having watched in frustration as the first two days of this historic fixture were washed out, Vaughan has been permitted to play against Warwickshire at Edgbaston from Friday until Monday.

But even if the elements intervene again, he already feels back in the groove courtesy of a dogged performance against an aggressive Lancashire attack led with distinction by James Anderson.

In the three Tests Vaughan played against the West Indies following a lengthy battle against knee problems, he scored 251 runs at an average of almost 63, with a century on his comeback at his home ground Headingley. Now he is ready to produce more of the same against Rahul Dravid's talented Indians at Lord's next week.

"I feel in decent touch," he said.

"I have worked hard in recent weeks to stay in form. It wasn't my most fluent innings but it wasn't the sort of pitch where you can go out and be aggressive early on. Sometimes you've got to just dig and bat through tough periods. I was happy with how I did that.

"After a knock like that I feel like I could go into a Test match. I'm the kind of player who can go into a Test match under-cooked, if you like, because I work quite hard mentally. But I want to play for Yorkshire and it will be a good opportunity (against Warwickshire) to play on a Test ground over the weekend."

Vaughan was able to have a break after stepping down from the one-day captaincy. He insisted that watching England play under the leadership of Paul Collingwood in the recent NatWest Series had not prompted any regrets.

"I haven't had one moment where I've felt that I have made the wrong decision," he said. "If you think like that, you've made the right decision."

Having last batted three weeks earlier, Vaughan understood that patience was a virtue, especially on a slow pitch. While his innings was of the cautious variety, it was not without incident.

He was lucky not to be run out on three when partner Anthony McGrath aborted a quick single and Jimmy Anderson was then adamant he had the Asheswinning captain caught behind with only six more runs to his name.

Vaughan had poked and prodded along to 20 when a miscued drive flew through Anderson's hands at backward point. The Burnley bowler kept narrowly missing the key scalp, as his England team-mate top-edged a pull over the fielder at midwicket and then nearly played on.

He finally reached his 63rd first-class half century with a glorious leg-side drive for four.

With a hundred on the cards Vaughan suffered an aberration, playing no stroke to an innocuous straight ball from Sanath Jayasuriya which hit middle and off.

"I thought it would turn and it didn't," was his no-nonsense assessment. No matter — he had done what was required, for his team and himself.

Dravid is a minor doubt for India's three-day game against England Lions at Chelmsford on Friday after straining a calf in India's draw against an understrength Sussex side at Hove.

Dravid batted with a runner as India slumped to a perilous 120 for eight in their second innings before leg-spinner Anil Kumble's three-wicket burst forced the hosts to cling on, with Robin Martin-Jenkins and last man Jason Lewry surviving the last seven overs.