Former England captain Michael Vaughan has taken a dig at his former teammate Kevin Pietersen while sharing his views on whether batting in the current era is easier than it was during their playing days in the 2000s.
Earlier, Pietersen had said that batting was “probably twice as hard” back in his time, suggesting that facing bowlers of his era was far tougher than handling today’s bowling attacks. He even named some of the great bowlers he had faced in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
But Vaughan completely disagreed with him. Speaking on Sony Sports Network, Vaughan said, “I think he’s talking nonsense.”
He backed up his argument by naming top bowling attacks from the modern era. “I have looked at the last six or seven years closely. You look at the Indian seamers now, they are as good as they ever had. You look at the Australian attack, that trio that Australia had, it is as good as they have had.”
“You go to South Africa, Rabada and Jansen. You go to New Zealand, Boult, Southee. I’ve loved the last few years of Test match cricket because it has been competitive. I think this era of batting, I don’t think it has been any easier than any other era. I think there’s some wonderful bowlers around,” argued Vaughan.
Moreover, Vaughan emphasised that credit should not be taken away from current batters, noting that they have applied themselves well to score runs under testing conditions.
“You still have to score runs. Irrespective of the bowling you are facing, you still have to go get the runs. Don’t take anything away from the current players. Look at the way they have batted. They have batted with a lot more aggression than earlier times, maybe not during Kevin Pietersen’s time. I don’t take anything away from the runs that have been scored in recent times,” Vaughan concluded.
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