LONDON, May 30: England captain Michael Vaughan hit a run-a-ball 67 in his long-awaited comeback against Scotland on Monday, but insisted there would be no quick way back into the English team.

Vaughan has not played a competitive match this year since undergoing surgery on his right knee last December.

But after a fitness test at Edgbaston on Sunday under England's supervision, he was added to the squad to face Scotland at Headingley in the C and G Trophy.

His innings – containing nine fours and a pulled six into the West Stand – followed five months spent on the sidelines, save for one non first-class appearance for England in February, recovering from surgery on his right knee.

England will be without him for the final Test against Sri Lanka in Nottingham this week – and even after that Vaughan is not about to predict a likely date for his return to international cricket.

Vaughan has been careful throughout not to rush back, having had to fly home from England's tour of India three months ago when he suffered a recurrence of discomfort in his knee.

Another setback stopped him playing for Yorkshire at Northampton earlier this month – making the 31-year-old doubly determined to be as sure as he could be about his fitness this time.

Results of C and G Trophy matches on Monday:

At Derby: Derbyshire beat Worcestershire by 7 wkts (D/L Method)

WORCESTERSHIRE 204-5 (S. Moore 68, V.S. Solanki 53); DERBYSHIRE 189-3 (M.J. Di Venuto 93 not out).

At Chester-le-Street: Durham beat Leicestershire by 3 wkts (D/L Method)

LEICESTERSHIRE 151-6; DURHAM 164-7.

At Old Trafford: No result (D/L Method).

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 61-6; LANCASHIRE 15-0.

At Northampton: Warwickshire beat Northamptonshire by 36 runs (D/L Method).

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 219-7 (L. Klusener 66, C.J.L. Rogers 57); WARWICKSHIRE 66-0.At Headingley: Yorkshire beat Scotland by 6 wkts (D/L Method)

SCOTLAND 212-9 (C. Smith 71); YORKSHIRE 160-4 (M.P. Vaughan 67).

At The Rose Bowl: Hampshire beat Gloucestershire by 62 runs (D/L Method)

HAMPSHIRE 221 (G. Lamb 59); GLOUCESTERSHIRE 147 (M. Hardinges 60; J. Bruce 4-18)

At Tunbridge Wells: Kent beat Ireland by 83 runs (D/L Method)

KENT 194-4 (D.I. Stevens 59, J.M. Kemp 57); IRELAND 95-7.

At Horsham: Sussex beat Somerset by 5 wkts (D/L Method).

SOMERSET 158-7 (M. Wood 59; Mushtaq Ahmed 4-42); SUSSEX 123-5.—AFP