Liam Livingstone

Liam Stephen Livingstone (born 4 August 1993) is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire. Livingstone is a right-handed opening batsman and occasional spin bowler, capable of bowling both right-arm leg and off spin.[1] He made his Twenty20 debut for Lancashire against Leicestershire in May 2015, scoring 15.[2]

Liam Livingstone
Personal information
Full nameLiam Stephen Livingstone
Born (1993-08-04) 4 August 1993
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
Right-arm off spin
RoleAll Rounder
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 80)23 June 2017 v South Africa
Last T20I25 June 2017 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.27
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–Perth Scorchers (squad no. 7)
2019Karachi Kings (squad no. 7)
2019Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 27)
2019/20–2020/21Perth Scorchers (squad no. 7)
2020Peshawar Zalmi (squad no. 27)
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 2 56 55 114
Runs scored 16 2,992 1,552 2,707
Batting average 8.00 40.98 36.09 27.07
100s/50s 0/0 7/15 1/10 1/15
Top score 16 224 129 100
Balls bowled – 2,829 1,305 582
Wickets – 39 23 42
Bowling average – 33.48 49.30 18.19
5 wickets in innings – 1 0 0
10 wickets in match – 0 0 0
Best bowling – 6/52 3/51 4/17
Catches/stumpings 0/– 69/– 25/– 48/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 October 2020

Career

On 19 April 2015, Livingstone gained media coverage after scoring 350 off 138 balls for his club side Nantwich, reported to be one of the highest individual scores in one-day history.[3][4]

Livingstone made his first-class debut for Lancashire in the first game of the 2016 season. On 24 April 2017, after leading Lancashire as stand-in captain to their first victory of the 2017 season, he was awarded his county cap.[5] On 30 November 2017, he was appointed as club captain for the 2018 season, replacing Steven Croft.[6]

In June 2017, Livingstone was named in England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against South Africa.[7] He made his T20I debut for England against South Africa on 23 June 2017.[8] On 10 January 2018 Livingstone received his first call up to the England Test Squad for their upcoming two-match series against New Zealand following a strong performance for the England Lions side during the Ashes Winter of 2017/18, in which national selector James Whitaker said that Livingstone had been a 'standout performer'.[9]

In December 2018, Livingstone was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.[10][11] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Cape Town Blitz team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[12]

In November 2019, he signed with Perth Scorchers for the 2019-20 Big Bash League tournament.[13] He was released by the Rajasthan Royals ahead of the 2020 IPL auction.[14]

On 29 May 2020, Livingstone was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.[15][16] On 9 July 2020, Livingstone was included in England's 24-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the One Day International (ODI) series against Ireland.[17][18] On 27 July 2020, Livingstone was named as one of three reserve players in England's squad for the ODI series.[19][20] On 31 July 2020, Livingstone replaced Joe Denly in England's ODI squad,[21] after Denly suffered back spasms before the first match.[22] In November 2020, Livingstone was named in England's ODI squad for their series against South Africa.[23]

References
  1. Macpherson, Will (30 March 2017). "Liam Livingstone: 'I have always had that confidence that I could make it'". the Guardian. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. "NatWest t20 Blast, North Group: Lancashire v Leicestershire at Manchester, 15 May 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  3. McGlashan, Andrew (19 April 2015). "Liam Livingstone: 350 off 138 balls". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  4. Mehta, Kalika (20 April 2015). "Liam Livingstone scores 350 for Nantwich in 500-run cup win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  5. "Liam Livingstone awarded Lancashire Cap". Lancashire County Cricket Club. April 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  6. http://www.lccc.co.uk/cricket/news/2017-news/liam-livingstone-named-lancashire-captain/
  7. "Livingstone, Crane in England T20 squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  8. "South Africa tour of England, 2nd T20I: England v South Africa at Taunton, Jun 23, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  9. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42626494
  10. "IPL 2019 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  11. "IPL 2019 Auction: Who got whom". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  12. "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  13. https://www.freepressjournal.in/cricket/perth-scorchers-signs-this-england-all-rounder-for-the-upcoming-bbl-season
  14. "Where do the eight franchises stand before the 2020 auction?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  15. "England Men confirm back-to-training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  16. "Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett left out as England name 55-man training group". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  17. "Injured Chris Jordan misses England's ODI squad to face Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  18. "England men name behind-closed-doors ODI training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  19. "England Men name 14-strong squad for Royal London Series". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  20. "England v Ireland: David Willey & Reece Topley recalled for ODI series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  21. "England v Ireland: Joe Denly ruled out of remainder of ODI series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  22. "Denly ruled out of Ireland series with back spasms". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  23. "South Africa v England: Ben Stokes named in Twenty20 squad for white-ball tour". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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