New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- The provisional England squad announced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for the following year's ICC T20 World Cup saw two stars not being rewarded with a place despite their fine performance in T20 cricket in recent times: all-rounder Liam Livingstone and wicketkeeper-batter Jordan Cox.

Livingstone last played for England during the ICC Champions Trophy and has been out of England's scheme of things since then. He had a lean 2025, scoring just 162 runs in 11 innings at a poor average of 14.62 and picking up just five wickets at an average of above 54. On the other hand, Cox has played three ODIs and six T20Is for England, scoring 88 runs in four T20I innings with a half-century and a strike rate of ove...