{"id":314773,"date":"2025-08-03T14:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T14:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314773\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T14:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T14:31:11","slug":"michael-vaughan-slams-compatriot-kevin-pietersen-i-think-hes-talking-nonsense-all-you-need-to-know-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314773\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Vaughan slams compatriot Kevin Pietersen: &#8216;I think he\u2019s talking nonsense&#8217; &#8211; all you need to know | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/123073874.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Vaughan slams compatriot Kevin Pietersen: 'I think he\u2019s talking nonsense' - all you need to know\" title=\"Kevin Pietersen and Michael Vaughan (Agency Photos)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Kevin Pietersen and Michael Vaughan (Agency Photos) Former England star <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kevin-pietersen\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Pietersen<\/a> ignited a lively debate on social media after claiming that Test batting 20\u201325 years ago was &#8220;twice as hard back then&#8221; compared to today. Taking to X (formerly), the 45-year-old backed his argument by listing 22 legendary bowlers from that era and challenged fans to name 10 modern-day bowlers who could match up.<\/p>\n<p>Greenstone Lobo predicts result of India vs England fifth Test | What&#8217;s in the stars?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaqar [Younis], Shoaib [Akhtar], [Wasim] Akram, [Saqlain] Mushtaq, [Anil] Kumble, [Javagal] Srinath, Harbhajan [Singh], [Allan] Donald, [Shaun] Pollock, [Lance] Klusener, [Darren] Gough, [Glenn] McGrath, [Brett] Lee, [Shane] Warne, [Jason] Gillespie, [Shane] Bond, [Daniel] Vettori, [Chris] Cairns, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Murali[tharan], Curtley [Ambrose], Courtney [Walsh] and the list could go on and on\u2026 I\u2019ve named 22 above. Please name me 10 modern day bowlers that can compare to the names above?\u201d Pietersen wrote.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@toisports\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">SUBSCRIBE NOW!<\/a>However, his comments didn\u2019t sit well with everyone. Fellow former England captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/michael-vaughan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Vaughan<\/a> took a firm stand against Pietersen\u2019s viewpoint during a discussion on Sony Sports Network.\u201cI think he\u2019s talking nonsense,\u201d said Vaughan. \u201cI 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.\u201dVaughan further defended the current generation of bowlers from across the globe, pointing to their quality and the level of competition in recent years.\u201cYou go to South Africa, Rabada and Jansen. You go to New Zealand, Boult, Southee. I\u2019ve loved the last few years of Test match cricket because it has been competitive. I think this era of batting, I don\u2019t think it has been any easier than any other era. I think there\u2019s some wonderful bowlers around.\u201dPietersen\u2019s tweet may have been meant to spark conversation, but it&#8217;s clear he got more than he bargained for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Pietersen and Michael Vaughan (Agency Photos) Former England star Kevin Pietersen ignited a lively debate on social&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,114698,11096,63432,114700,79354,114699,79,114697,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-314773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-cricket-bowlers","10":"tag-cricket-news","11":"tag-kevin-pietersen","12":"tag-legendary-bowlers","13":"tag-michael-vaughan","14":"tag-modern-cricket-era","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-test-batting-comparison","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114965321125984285","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}