{"id":33652,"date":"2023-05-04T07:07:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T07:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/cricket-englands-livingstone-strikes-form\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T08:20:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T08:20:48","slug":"cricket-englands-livingstone-strikes-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/cricket-englands-livingstone-strikes-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-England&#8217;s Livingstone strikes form in IPL after injury woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) &#8211;     Liam Livingstone said he was finally shaking off the rust following his return from injury after the England all-rounder cracked an unbeaten 82 for Punjab Kings in their six-wicket loss to Mumbai in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old was sidelined for nearly five months after sustaining a knee injury on his test debut against Pakistan in Rawalpindi late last year and only returned to action in the IPL last month.<\/p>\n<p>After scoring 40 against Chennai Super Kings last time out he hit his first half-century of the season against Mumbai, his 42-ball effort containing seven fours and four sixes including three huge hits in a row off England team mate Jofra Archer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s nice to get going. I had lunch with Jofra today (Wednesday) and he said that he was coming at me,&#8221; Livingstone said. &#8220;It was one of those pitches you felt you could get hold of the seam.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s nice personally to finally get a few out of the middle after a bit of a rusty start to the tournament.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Livingstone shared an unbroken partnership of 119 with Jitesh Sharma (49 not out) as Punjab posted 214-3 in their 20 overs but Ishan Kishan (75) and Suryakumar Yadav (66) helped Indians reach their target with seven balls remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Punjab are seventh with 10 points from as many games, level with three other sides who have all played one match less.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p> (Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/cricket-englands-livingstone-strikes-form\/t20-series-england-nets\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ4305V-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ4305V-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/cricket-englands-livingstone-strikes-form\/t20-series-england-v-south-africa\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ4305S-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ4305S-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/cricket-englands-livingstone-strikes-form\/t20-series-england-v-south-africa-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ4305T-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ4305T-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) &#8211; Liam Livingstone said he was finally shaking off the rust following his return from injury after the England all-rounder cracked an unbeaten 82 for Punjab Kings in their six-wicket loss to Mumbai in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Wednesday. 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