The Rajasthan Royals have shown their faith in the future of English T20 cricket, after successfully signing Lancashire’s, Liam Livingstone in the 2019 Indian Premier League auction.

England lost as many as 14 wickets on the final day of the warm-up game against New Zealand XI in Hamilton and yet could manage only 319 runs in the second and final day in Hamilton.

England batsman Liam Livingstone has made sufficient recovery from an ankle injury and will head to New Zealand to join the squad ahead of the Test series against the Black Caps.

England have called-up Lancashire batsman Liam Livingstone for the two-match Test series against New Zealand to be played from 22nd March.