Former England captain Michael Vaughan countered James Anderson's words which suggested England should make pitches which assists home team. England has struggled in the ongoing Ashes series where Australia took a lead of 2-1. 

Anderson's words were, "When you go to Australia, go to India, go to Sri Lanka - they prepare pitches that suit them. I feel like we could just be a little bit more biased towards our own team."

Vaughan feels what Anderson said is all a cycle of excuses. "We always go through a cycle in English cricket when we win or lose. When we lose at home, it's because the pitches have been too flat and have not assisted our bowlers. When we win a series at home, it is because we are perfect and have played brilliant cricket," wrote Vaughan in a column for The Telegraph.

"When we lose a series away, it is because the pitches at home offer too much assistance to bowlers and we cannot produce batsmen who can bat for long periods of time. It is just one big circle of excuses. When our greatest ever bowler, James Anderson, said this week he was disappointed the pitches have not helped us more in this Ashes series it showed the cycle had started up again."

"If we want to produce cricketers who can play the relentless style of cricket then we cannot be complaining about the pitches and the ball not swinging enough," Vaughan added. 

(With The Telegraph's Inputs)