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England have games against New Zealand and South Africa to look forward to this summer, but Vaughan is already preparing for 2009.

He said: "A year before 2005 me and Fletch (former England coach Duncan Fletcher) sat down and said that it might be a year too early for the team.

"As I sit here now I honestly think England have got a very, very good chance next summer.

"I think we're in a better position now than we were a year before 2005. There are a lot of good players around and a lot of good things happening with the England set-up.

"We have bowlers that swing the ball and I think one of the key areas to beating Australia is swinging it. We also have Monty Panesar spinning the ball, in our conditions.

"From the experience I have of playing with Monty he seems to spin it more in this country than abroad.

"So if we get the ball swinging and Monty spinning it like he can, you can get 20 wickets against that Australian side, and that's where you're going to beat them.

"Then if you look at the unit we have in terms of batting it'll be a real battle who gets the most runs and I firmly believe we could do that."