Liam Livingstone has revealed that he has not exchanged "a single word" with England 's management since he was dropped from their white-ball squads in May, and believes his versatility has worked against him in selection.

Livingstone, who turned 32 this month, has not played for England in any format since their group-stage exit at the Champions Trophy in March. He has since won the IPL with Royal Challengers Bengaluru - though had a limited role, scoring 112 runs in eight innings - and is the leading run-scorer in the men's Hundred this season while captaining Birmingham Phoenix .

It was only last year that Livingstone captained England in an ODI series in the Caribbean, but he did not feature in the white-ball squads named on Friday to face South Africa and Ireland next mon

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