Liam Livingstone: I don't know where I stand with England to be honest

    Liam Livingstone says he does not know where he stands with his future in international cricket with England after being left of the squads for the white-ball matches against South Africa.

    Liam Livingstone in training Liam Livingstone in training

    The hard-hitting middle-order batter last represented his country in March when England were dumped out at the group stage of the Champions Trophy in Pakistan.

    Livingstone has since gone on to win an IPL trophy with Royal Challengers Bengaluru, although he played a limited role with 112 runs in eight innings in the tournament.

    He is currently having a fabulous time with the bat in the Hundred, where is captaining the Birmingham Phoenix and is the leading run-scorer.

    Livingstone said on talkSPORT: "Obviously I didn't have a great series in India and Pakistan and I hold my hands up: I wasn't good enough out there. But I probably wasn't the only one.

    "I don't know where I stand with England, to be honest. The frustrating part for me is I feel like I've got my best cricket ahead of me."

    The 32-year-old feels he is coming into his prime as a cricketer and can help England win the T20 World Cup that will be played in India and Sri Lanka next year.

    He added: "I absolutely love playing for England… Nothing makes me prouder than being able to represent my country. At my age now, I feel like this is where people start to really come into their prime as a batter.

    "You look at Jos (Buttler) over the last few years and I feel like, coming into a (T20) World Cup year, I could really help an England team go a long way to winning a World Cup.

    "That's probably the frustrating thing for me: I would love to help. I would love to play for England. I feel like I'm still good enough to play for England.

    "But I haven't had a single word since halfway through the IPL, so I don't really know where I stand, to be honest… I probably feel like right now, I'm playing as well as I ever have done in my whole career."