Exiled star Livingstone claims nobody cares when you are dropped by England cricket

[p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lancashire/viaOJgA0/"]Lancashire[/a] all-rounder has exactly 100 caps for his country across all three formats but has not featured for over a year.[/p][p]In an interview with ESPN Cricinfo, the 32-year-old was highly critical of his treatment by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/UJC5mtAU/"]England[/a] director of cricket Rob Key.[/p][p]He also described his time at last year's Champions Trophy as [b]"the worst experience I've had playing cricket"[/b] and said he did not miss being involved in the recent T20 World Cup.[/p][p]The England and Wales Cricket Board's Ashes review, covering "tour planning and preparation, individual performance and behaviours" after the 4-1 thrashing in Australia, is still ongoing.[/p][embed guid="2b79741f-3519-439c-880e-922d62e0d96c" url="https://x.com/bbctms/status/2033581708394787220" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/livingstone-liam/lSOz1l08/"]Livingstone[/a], reflecting on a lack of communication after his dropping in a brief phone call by England coach [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mccullum-brendon/0KJ3u1y4/"]Brendon McCullum[/a] in May, said: [b]"I don't think it would have reached a minute.[/b][/p][p][b]"I asked why; they said they wanted to try someone else. That was off Baz (McCullum). Brooky (captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brook-harry/MefSexXu/"]Harry Brook[/a]) sent me a text.[/b][/p][p][b]"Keysy said nothing, (he) said 'I'll speak to you in the summer'.[/b][/p][p][b]"I actually rang him one day, and he said he was busy at a Test camp at Loughborough and then I didn't hear off him until the end of September.[/b][/p][p][b]"That probably sums that group up as a collective. That was a bit of an eye-opening experience about the group and the regime: if you're in, you're in, and if you're not in, no-one cares about you."[/b][/p][p]Livingstone, still in demand on the franchise circuit, with a £1 million IPL deal from Sunrisers Hyderabad and a £350,000 bid from London Spirit at last week's Hundred auction, insisted: "I still believe I'm one of the best players in white-ball cricket in England.[/p][p]"Just because I'm not playing for England, because of a couple of people’s opinions, it doesn't mean that I'm not good enough to do it."[/p][p]As for missing the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka and India, where [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jacks-will/2o8aoySA/"]Will Jacks[/a] performed well in Livingstone's old role of spinner and hard-hitting batsman, he said: "I didn't miss it one bit.[/p][p]"There wasn't any part of me that was wishing I was playing in that team, to be honest."[/p]