ENG vs AUS: “Always Enjoyed That” – Liam Livingstone on Batting up The Order After Player of The Series Award

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khelja|16-09-2024

England all-rounder Liam Livingstone has said he is enjoying his cricket and is hopefully to have proved his ability when batting up the order in the bygone T20I series against Australia.
  The 31-year-old was awarded the Player of the Series award for his magnificent performance in the first two matches of the series, which ended 1-1 after the third and final T20I at Old Trafford in Manchester was abandoned due to rain. Livingstone was the highest run-getter in the series with 124 runs in two innings at a strike rate of and at an average of 62. The right-hand batter slammed 10 boundaries and six maximums in his innings. He scored one fifty in the series, which came in the second match. Livingstone, who batter at number 4 in the 2 T20Is, revealed that he is happy to be involved a little more as an all-rounder, and playing alongside few younger faces with several senior players being rested or sidelined due to injury. "Just been a bit more involved to be honest. Getting a chance with both bat and ball with a few boys being away, I am back enjoying my cricket," Livingstone said in the post-match presentation. "I have had a different environment, few younger faces and stuff, I have just really enjoyed my cricket. I wanna be involved as much as I can in the game." The all-rounder has often been tasked with a job of a finisher, but said he has always enjoyed batting up the order as he can try and influence the game even more. "I haven't always been able to do that lower down the order. That is what it is - it's a part of the role. I have tried to do it to the best of my ability. Anytime you get an opportunity to go up and try and influence the game a little bit more, I have always enjoyed that. "I will bat wherever I am told to bat, I wanna play for England for as long as I can. Hopefully I have proved that maybe a little bit further higher up the order is probably better for me," the all-rounder added. Phil Salt, who stepped in as skipper for the T20I series in the absence of injured Jos Buttler, opened up on captaining the national side for the afirst time in his career. "I have enjoyed it (captaincy), it's different. It's for the first time in England shirt, I have been forced to look at the game slightly differently and have a bit more on my plate, For the most part, I have really enjoyed the challenge and having that added responsibility," Salt said.
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