Vaughan: Pietersen should not have been allowed to play for England after text-gate
Former captain Michael Vaughan feels Kevin Pietersen should not have been picked for England again after the 2012 text-gate scandal where he was accused of sending unsavoury messages about his skipper Andrew Strauss to the opposition team during course of a Test match. Midway through South Africa’s 2012 tour of England, Pietersen was accused of sending text messages against Strauss to players in the rival change room. “I’ve never seen 100 per cent clarification that that was the case, but if he did, I personally said at the time and have said it since, he shouldn’t have ever played for England again,” Vaughan was quoted as saying by foxsports.com.au. “If an England player, doesn’t matter who it is, found to be texting the opposing international team how to get one of your own players out I don’t think he should have played for England again,” said Vaughan, one of the most successful England captains.
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