{"id":302829,"date":"2023-12-18T21:24:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T21:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302829"},"modified":"2023-12-18T21:24:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T21:24:42","slug":"livingstone-says-england-dont-care-about-meaningless-milestones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/%d1%81ricket\/livingstone-says-england-dont-care-about-meaningless-milestones\/","title":{"rendered":"Livingstone says England don&apos;t care about &apos;meaningless&apos; milestones"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Liam Livingstone insists England&#8217;s batters are prioritising &#8216;winning games&#8217; over &#8216;meaningless&#8217; individual milestones, as they aim to level T20 series in West Indies after Saturday&#8217;s dramatic victory in Grenada<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>England beat West Indies in dramatic fashion in Grenada on Saturday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Phil Salt hit a century, while Harry Brook finished with 31 from just seven balls<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Livingstone thinks the pair want to win games rather than achieve milestones<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Liam Livingstone says the benchmark for batters in limited-overs cricket is no longer the amount of runs you score but the rate at which you score them.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, players have tended to focus on the half-centuries and hundreds they have scored to separate themselves from their peers, but Livingstone believes the modern game has adopted a different methodology.<\/p>\n<p>Promoted to number four by England ahead of Saturday\u2019s successful chase of 223 that defeated West Indies in Grenada, the Lancashire all-rounder hit 30 off 18 balls, combining in a 70-run stand with centurion Phil Salt.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I couldn&#8217;t tell you how many fifties or hundreds I score any more. It&#8217;s all about how many games that you can impact and winning games for your team,\u2019 Livingstone said, ahead of England\u2019s attempts to square the five-match Twenty20 series at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium on Tuesday night and send it into a decider on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I&#8217;d much rather get 30 off 18 balls than 50 off 40 balls. Milestones are actually pretty meaningless in T20 cricket. You&#8217;d much rather have a team full of cameos like we had the other day because that&#8217;s what actually gets you wins in high-scoring games.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/20\/79100267-12878425-image-a-1_1702930258185.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Liam Livingstone says England&#8217;s players are not bothered about individual milestones<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/20\/79100291-12878425-image-a-2_1702930335694.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Phil Salt smashed a stunning century on Saturday, but Livingstone thinks he will have been happier to get his side over the line for an important win<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/20\/79100327-12878425-image-a-3_1702930410141.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Harry Brook hit 31 off just seven balls to keep England&#8217;s hopes alive of winning the five-match T20 series<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was unbelievable for Salty to get a hundred but I think he&#8217;ll be much more pleased he&#8217;s seen an England team over the line by hitting sixes than getting a hundred.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Your strike rate is something that you pride yourself on. Certainly for me it&#8217;s one of my strengths. In previous walks of life you&#8217;d probably have a bigger eye on your average. Nowadays I&#8217;m all about sixes per game and probably one of my biggest things is limiting the number of dot balls in my first five balls.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Being able to hit boundaries from ball one is something that I&#8217;ve done really well in other franchise gigs around the world and hopefully it&#8217;s something that I can do really well for England.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, while Livingstone has only got to 50 four times in 52 white-ball innings for his country, his strike rate of 147.79 is second amongst Englishmen behind Salt when it comes to T20 internationals.<\/p>\n<p>England were able to get a win on the board in game three after edging the six count 18-16 in a series of aerial bombardment, having previously struggled in conditions in which they will defend their world title next June.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The best thing for us is it feels like from the start of the series to where we are now, we\u2019ve been learning,\u2019 Livingstone said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I feel like we&#8217;ve taken a big step forward and ultimately that&#8217;s what we want to do. Obviously we want to win this series but there&#8217;s a World Cup coming up.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018As holders of a World Cup, you always want to play your best cricket at that time. There&#8217;s a lot of focus on that and hopefully these next two games can give us a lot of confidence.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It is expected to be confirmed this week that England will be based in Antigua and Barbados &#8211; islands that attracted in excess of 5,000 travelling supporters on this tour &#8211; when they return here in six months.<\/p>\n<p><span>Probable teams:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>England:<\/span> Salt, Buttler (capt\/wkt), Jacks, Livingstone, Brook, Moeen, Curran, Woakes, Ahmed, Rashid, Topley<\/p>\n<p><span>West Indies:<\/span> Mayers, King, Pooran (wkt), Hope, Powell (capt), Rutherford, Russell, Holder, Hosein, Joseph, Motie<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12878425\/Liam-Livingstone-insists-Englands-batters-prioritising-winning-games-meaningless-individual-milestones-aim-level-T20-series-West-Indies-Saturdays-dramatic-victory-Grenada.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liam Livingstone insists England&#8217;s batters are prioritising &#8216;winning games&#8217; 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