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After being discarded by England last year, all-rounder Liam Livingstone claimed he was left out in the cold and that the current administration doesn`t think about players who aren`t in the core group.
Livingstone has not been part of the English side since playing for them at the Champions Trophy. The 32-year-old only managed to score 33 runs and took three wickets across the three games. He has been dropped from the English squad since.
The Englishman, who has represented his country in 60 T20 Internationals, 39 ODIs, and one test, called that tour the “worst experience” of his career and claimed that when he was dropped, team management`s communication broke down.
Livingstone recalled a phone call from Coach Brendon McCullum informing him that he was being dropped from the squad back in May. Speaking to ESPNCricinfo, the English all-rounder claimed that the phone call lasted less than a minute.
“I asked why; they said they wanted to try someone else. That was off Baz (McCullum). Brooky (Harry Brook) sent me a text. Keysy (Director of Cricket, Rob Key) said nothing, said I’ll speak to you in the summer. I actually rang him one day, and he said he was busy at a test camp at Loughborough, and then I didn’t hear from him until the end of September.” Livingstone said.
The English all-rounder added that the current management group only cares about a player as long as they are part of the team.
“That probably sums that group up as a collective. That was a bit of an eye-opening experience about the group and the regime: if you’re in, you’re in, and if you’re not in, no one cares about you,” he added.
Livingstone recalls his Champions Trophy struggles
The cricketer also recalled his struggles during the Champions Trophy 2025 and said that when he asked for help from the McCullum-led coaching staff, he was told that he `cared too much`.
“I was asking for help, and pretty much all I got was that I care too much and I need to chill out a little bit, and everything will take care of itself. When things don`t go right, of course, you`re going to care; if I didn`t care, then I probably wouldn`t want to play the sport.” Livingstone said.
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