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The Yorkshire batsman will lead his side into Tuesday's showdown with South Africa desperately short of runs and needing to rediscover his form fast if his feint dreams of Caribbean glory are to remain alive. However, Graveney insists neither he nor coach Duncan Fletcher will be swayed by disquiet over Vaughan's performances with the bat to date.

"That has not either crossed my mind or anybody else's mind," Graveney told BBC Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek show. "He is the appointed captain of England in both forms of the game."

He added: "We have not played to our capabilities, Michael has been very honest about both his form and the team's form.

"It has been an interesting tournament as far as 9.30am starts. Most sides seem to have lost quite a lot of early wickets.

"But, let's be honest, he is a quality player and he will be looking to turn around his form on Tuesday."

Andrew Flintoff's relative lack of success with the bat at the World Cup has also been a topic for debate and there have been calls for him to be promoted up the order to provide fresh impetus. However, that does not appear to be an option.

Graveney said: "The wickets we are now playing on in Barbados have been slightly different, a bit more pace and a bit more bounce, which will probably suit both teams, as it happens, on Tuesday.

"In our performance against Bangladesh chasing a low score, Freddie played as well as anybody else did in the middle of the order.

"We have to be flexible - most sides are trying to be flexible - but I do not see anything quite so dramatic."